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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (12 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the particular patient query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (12 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the particular patient query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (12 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the detailed queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (12 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I note from the transcript of their meeting on 10 April 2014 that the Joint Committee on Health and Children recommends training for GPs and medical students on sickle cell disease as well as the provision of necessary screening by hospital maternity units. With regard to medical education and training, the content and composition of curricula and specialist training programmes is a matter...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive has recognised the need to increase the level of consistency and standardisation in the way services for children with disabilities are delivered. It is currently engaged in a reconfiguration of existing therapy resources to multidisciplinary geographic based teams for children as part of its National Programme on Progressing Disability Services for Children and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (12 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: As the issue raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for the Health Service Executive, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (12 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (12 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the detailed query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Data (12 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: When posts at Principal Officer level and higher become vacant, my Department will first examine the possibility for the re-organisation of assignments within our current Employment Control Framework ceiling. Such posts are not counted as vacancies until that exercise is completed and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform sanction is granted to fill the particular post. On that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (12 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the particular patient query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (12 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Management of the healthcare property portfolio is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Health Promotion (12 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I thank Senator Cáit Keane for raising this important issue. By so doing, she will raise awareness of it, particularly among young women. It is important that women take folic acid long before they consider conception. General practitioners, who tend to be the first point of contact with the health system for young women in early pregnancy, will always advise taking folic acid. In...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Health Promotion (12 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Senator Cáit Keane has done a significant service in raising awareness of this issue. I undertake to discuss the matter with my ministerial colleague, the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn. No girl should leave secondary school without understanding the importance of folic acid if she becomes pregnant later in life and wishes to increase her chances of having...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy. In common with many hospitals, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda has experienced an increase in attendances at its emergency department in the current year. For hospitals like Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital that serve populations with significant numbers of high acuity elderly patients presenting with complex co-morbidities, the requirement to admit patients is...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I assure the Deputy that his desire is my desire. I do not want people spending any longer on trolleys than they must. I do not want to see the numbers of patients on trolleys increasing. We are moving to the use of patient experience times because those figures can highlight where people do have to wait prolonged periods on trolleys, which is unsatisfactory. The newly appointed director...

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue which relates not only to the specific drug to which she referred but to a range of medicines. I understand the manufacturer of Fampyra - a brand name for fampridine - has indicated to the HSE that it intends to submit a revised application to include the drug under the community drugs schemes. The HSE will consider the application on...

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Again, I thank the Deputy. I would like to make a few general points. The Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association and the Irish pharmaceutical sector are very important to this country, but we have a problem in that we have a very limited budget. We have just exited a bailout and the pressures of the health budget are well known. In the context of Fampyra, there are more than 7,000...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: My Department does not provide any funding to this organisation but I understand that the Health Service Executive (HSE) provides funding by way of grant aid and I have referred the Deputy's question to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Allowances (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Ireland operates a bilateral healthcare reimbursement agreement with the United Kingdom, in respect of health services provided under EU Regulations, covering such persons as temporary visitors between the two countries, pensioners of one country and their dependants residing in the other country, and the dependant families of persons employed in the other country. Under the terms of the...