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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The total net budget for my Department (Vote 38) for 2014 is almost €202m comprising €186m Revenue and €16m Capital. This funding is for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and certain other services administered by that Office, including grants to research, consultative and advisory bodies. The May Returns, produced five working days after...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 to 179, inclusive, together. Though 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, there is evidence that there are, at present, some difficulties in recruiting certain frontline staff including consultants, NCHDs and specialist nurses. I am currently progressing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The provisions of the European Working Time Directive encompass a number of measures to protect workers' welfare and safety, including a maximum 48 hour working week - averaged over a reference period, the granting of breaks, minimum daily and weekly rest periods and the granting of compensatory rest where the working day exceeds 13 hours. The HSE is focused on advancing implementation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: 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 Staff Recruitment (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Financial Reform is a key element of Future Health - A Strategic Framework for Reform of the Health Service 2012 – 2015. The HSE commenced the Finance Reform Programme in Autumn 2012. Central to the establishment of this programme was the recognition that successful implementation of Future Health and the wider reform agenda will require fundamental changes in the way financial...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Reform) Bill 2014: Second Stage (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I thank Senator Quinn for bringing forward the Health Insurance (Reform) Bill 2014 and I welcome the opportunity to participate in the debate on it. Having noted what the Senator said about the Bill in this House and in a recent newspaper article, I am satisfied that all staff in the private health insurance unit maintain the highest standards of probity by conducting themselves with honesty,...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Reform) Bill 2014: Second Stage (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: There are more medical cards than ever in the history of the State, just to correct the record.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Reform) Bill 2014: Second Stage (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Regardless of the accuracy, but that was never a problem for Sinn Féin anyway.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Reform) Bill 2014: Second Stage (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Health insurance.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Reform) Bill 2014: Second Stage (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Sinn Féin likes to forget about the full story.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Medical Indemnity Cover (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I am delighted to be here.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Medical Indemnity Cover (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The indemnity caps for medical consultants in private practice were introduced, with Government approval, in February 2004, following the migration into the State's clinical indemnity scheme, CIS, of hospital consultants engaged in public practice. With the establishment of the CIS, the medical defence organisations, such as the Medical Protection Society and the Medical Defence Union, had a...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Medical Indemnity Cover (25 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: On the last matter, we have more consultants working here than ever before. There are a couple of hundred more than there were in 2008. On the substantive issue, it would require a Government decision to enact any changes in this. We are awaiting the outcome of the actuarial study that is being undertaken. I thank the Senator for raising the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (26 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Smoking cessation services and the collation of data in relation to same is a matter for the Health Service Executive. As such, I have referred the Deputy's question to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (26 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Smoking cessation services and the collation of data in relation to same is a matter for the Health Service Executive. As such, I have referred the Deputy's question to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (26 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...