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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The BreastCheck Programme provides free mammograms to all women aged 50-64. A priority of the BreastCheck Programme at present is to maximise national uptake in the 50-64 year age cohort. It also aims to extend the upper age range to include the 65-69 age cohort as soon as possible in line with available resources.

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: With the commencement of S.I. 203 of 2014 on 1st June 2014 the principal areas of the Directive have been transposed and the HSE is in the position to operate the terms of the Directive.  Details are available on the HSE website at http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/1/schemes/cbd/.   The formal process of notification to the Commission of this transposition is in hand and is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: BowelScreen, the National Bowel Screening Programme, commenced operation in late 2012 for men and women aged 60 to 69 years. Sligo General hospital has been operational as a Screening Colonoscopy Unit for BowelScreen since Spring 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: 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 hospital appointment query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (17 Jun 2014)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 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: Health Services (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The HSE operates a Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS), for persons entitled to treatment in another EU/EEA member state or Switzerland under EU Regulation 1408/71, as per the procedures set out in EU Regulations 574/72, and in accordance with Department of Health Guidelines. Patients, in conjunction with their Irish based public referring hospital consultant, have the ability to apply to the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 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: Departmental Meetings (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 625 and 626 together. Both myself and officials from my Department, the Health Service Executive and the Department of Education and Skills have met with representatives of SOUND (sufferers of unique narcolepsy disorder), on a number of occasions, to address their concerns and outline services available. My priority as Minister for Health is to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 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: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 635 and 736 together. 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 these questions to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Universal Health Insurance (UHI) will require a new system of eligibility, based on a legally defined basket of services.  The basket will comprise a UHI standard package of services and services that will continue to be funded directly by the Exchequer.  The exact composition of the basket of services under UHI will be considered by an Expert Commission which will be established...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 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: Medical Records (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The principle underlying legislation governing the release of information is that it is the duty of public bodies to release information to the greatest extent possible consistent with the public interest and the right to privacy. In line with the Programme for Government, the Freedom of Information Bill, due to be enacted later this year, provides for a general right of access to records...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I wish to inform the Deputy that the information requested in relation to the amounts of bad debts resulting from unpaid hospital bills is being finalised and will be sent to the Deputy by the HSE shortly. The information requested in relation to the amounts of uncollected revenue from private health insurance companies was issued to the Deputy by the HSE on the 24th March.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: 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 hospital appointment query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

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

James Reilly: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply

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

James Reilly: This question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Screening Service (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre of the HSE is responsible for the surveillance of notifiable infectious diseases such as Lyme Disease. The HPSC has begun the process of establishing a Lyme Borreliosis Sub-Committee with the primary aim to examine best practice in prevention and surveillance of Lyme Disease and to develop strategies to undertake primary prevention in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases Incidence (17 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre of the HSE is responsible for the surveillance of notifiable infectious diseases such as Lyme Disease. The HPSC has begun the process of establishing a Lyme Borreliosis Sub-Committee with the primary aim to examine best practice in prevention and surveillance of Lyme Disease and to develop strategies to undertake primary prevention in order to...