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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.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: My goodness. The Deputy's claims would be laughable if the issue was not so serious. His party was in government for 14 years and it did not deal with this matter.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: That Administration did not do anything and now I am expected to clear up the mess it left behind in jig time. That is the issue here, is it not?

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Let us be realistic about this matter. I have not denied that there is overcrowding in our emergency departments and neither have I denied that a problem exists. I have set out to address that problem. The budget relating to home help hours was restored in 2013. In this year's budget, we have taken additional money out of the long-term care nursing home support scheme in order that we...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Universal health insurance will mean that we will have an equitable system which, as befits any proper republic, will cherish all citizens equally.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: That is precisely the direction in which we are moving. All the actions we have taken to date are leading us along the path to that goal. As a doctor, I accept that we must care for those who are acutely ill today. It must not be a case of "Live horse, get grass" and people being obliged to wait for treatment. Last year, for the first time, we counted the number of people on the outpatient...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: We addressed that issue. I accept that our efforts in this regard have not been completely satisfactory but at least we can now quantify the problem and begin to deal with it.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Some 99% of people waiting for inpatient procedures were treated in under eight months. When Fianna Fáil was in power, it had neither targets nor figures. It threw billions at the problem and quadrupled the health spend over a 12-year period. However, we still ended up with a dreadful crisis in the health service. In that context and as the Deputy alluded to, on a single day in...

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I will look into the case. There may have been medical reasons for the long wait, but maybe not. I accept the Deputy's bona fides in that regard. I want to make sure that everybody understands what I am saying because I do not want a mixed message to go out from here. I am committing to exploring the lack of a model three hospital in the group.

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I am not committing to putting one in or building one. There has been no mention of building a new hospital. There is no point-----