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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jul 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: Hospital Closures (1 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 476 to 481, inclusive, together. While I understand that the proposed sale of Mount Carmel has not been completed, I can confirm that, in the context of other potential uses for the campus, the HSE has made a bid for the buildings and land which were previously the Mount Carmel Maternity Hospital. Information relating to the proposed Mount Carmel sale or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (1 Jul 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: Hospital Appointments Administration (1 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant and hospital involved. In relation to the specific case raised by the Deputy, as this is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (1 Jul 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: Departmental Funding (1 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which once-off grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations, providing a range of health related services. If an organisation wishes to make an application for National Lottery Funding they should send in a formal application. Detailed procedures along with the application form are set out on the Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (1 Jul 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: Nursing Staff Provision (1 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: As this question relates to an operational matter, I have referred it to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff (1 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: As this question relates to an operational matter, I have referred it to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff (1 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: As this question relates to an operational matter, I have referred it to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jul 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: Maternity Services (1 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: My Department, in conjunction with the HSE, is currently preparing a new National Maternity Strategy, which will provide the strategic direction for the optimal development of safe and high quality maternity services. The commitment to develop a maternity strategy arises from my acceptance on 9 October last of the recommendations of the HIQA Report into the death of Savita Halappanavar....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (1 Jul 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 Waiting Lists (1 Jul 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: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (1 Jul 2014)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Rehiring (1 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: During the twelve month period 30th June 2013 to date four former staff members of my Department (2.2 wholetime equivalents) who had previously retired were employed in the Department in line with a Government Decision on the arrangements for dealing with our EU Presidency requirements. These officers had experience and expertise that was essential to a successful Presidency for Ireland in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (1 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: Ireland's policy on smoking is to promote and subsequently move toward a tobacco free society. Contrary to the Deputy's assertion, the cumulative effect of Ireland's tobacco control legislation to date has been a decrease in the number of people smoking. In 2013, the National Tobacco Control Office reported that 21.5% of Irish adults smoked (22.9% men and 20.2% women). This represents a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (1 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I would like to assure the Deputy that I am confident that the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 will have a positive impact on health and is a proportionate measure. As the Deputy may be aware, the tobacco industry has argued that standardised or plain packs would be easier to forge and would lead to growth in illicit trade of tobacco products. However, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (1 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy for her question, which gives me the opportunity to draw my colleagues' attention to the wealth of evidence available to support the introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco products. In preparing the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014, my Department commissioned an international expert in the field, Prof. David Hammond, to carry out an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections Incidence (1 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is universally recognised at global, European and national levels as one of the greatest potential threats to human and animal health with possible serious consequences for public health. The emergence of resistance is a normal biological phenomenon, but the extensive use, misuse and overuse of antimicrobials (antibiotics) in both human and animal...