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Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport Provision (24 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 her directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (24 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: At the Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre in December 2013, it was agreed to establish a Lyme Borreliosis Subcommittee. The aim of the Lyme Borreliosis Subcommittee will be to develop strategies to undertake primary prevention in order to minimise the harm caused by of Lyme Borreliosis in Ireland. These strategies will be published in a Final...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (24 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: National GP referral guidelines have been developed for breast, lung, and prostate cancers. The purpose of the agreed guidelines is to prioritise patients who present to their GP with suspected cancer. These guidelines are based on best international evidence. Patients presenting to GPs with symptoms and signs suggestive of breast cancer are normally seen by a Consultant within 2 weeks....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Food (24 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 her directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Food (24 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: Hospital Facilities (24 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: Departmental Staff Recruitment (24 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 551 to 553, inclusive, and 555 together. My Department received approval from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in March 2014 to fill three new Deputy Chief Nursing Officer (DCNO) posts in the Department of Health by way of secondment of existing staff from the public health sector. This is to ensure that the appointment of new DCNOs in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (24 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: As this is an operational matter, I have referred the question to the HSE for direct reply, however the Deputy should note that the HSE has the capacity to recruit where it is necessary to do so in order to ensure patient safety and to support service delivery.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (24 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 Services (24 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The Patient Advocacy Department at Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin has undertaken to provide any assistance to this patient and her family that may be required in these matters, which are service issues, and to liaise in regard to any follow-up. The Patient Advocacy Department can be contacted on (01) 409 6552.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (24 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: Hospital Facilities (24 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 Services Provision (24 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal services which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act, 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the HSE to have the matter investigated and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (24 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The HSE Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS) issues form E112 (IE) for specific episodes of care which an approved patient receives in a public hospital in the EU, EEA or Switzerland. The health authority of these countries issue invoices, under form E125, to the HSE for care provided to those approved patients. These invoices are received in arrears - often up to 2 and 3 years in arrears....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (24 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the particular 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 Appointment Status (24 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: As the particular issue raised by the Deputy relates to an individual case, this is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The Haddington Road Agreement provides for a process of negotiation under the auspices of the Labour Relations Commission in respect of staff working in residential care settings. Discussions in the Labour Relations Commission, involving my Department, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the HSE, Service Providers and the Trade Unions concluded recently. Despite detailed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service Provision (24 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The Emergency Aeromedical Support Service (EAS) was established as a pilot project between the National Ambulance Service (NAS) and the Air Corps, with additional support from the Irish Coastguard Service where necessary. The service provides dedicated aeromedical support to the NAS in the west, specifically where land ambulance transit times would not be clinically appropriate. The EAS...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 606 and 607 together. In relation to the specific queries raised by the Deputy as these are service matters they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2014,has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has...