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Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (27 May 2014)

James Reilly: My Department and the Health Service Executive respect an individual's choice in childbirth and their right to have a home birth. Currently in Ireland there is a National Domiciliary Midwifery service available to eligible expectant mothers who wish to avail of a home birth service under the care of a self-employed community midwife (SECM). This service is provided by the self-employed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (27 May 2014)

James Reilly: As this is an operational matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Claims (27 May 2014)

James Reilly: VHI issues a Statement of Benefit to each customer detailing the payments made by VHI on their behalf, and urging the customer to be vigilant when examining their claims statements to ensure that there are no anomalies. Customers are advised to contact VHI's Special Investigation Unit (SIU) if they think that there is a mistake on their statement or if VHI has been charged for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Claims (27 May 2014)

James Reilly: I assume the Deputy is referring to claims by medical practitioners in respect of treatments paid for by private health insurers. I do not have a role in the day to day operations of any private health insurance company. However, it is my understanding that each of the private health insurance companies has its own procedures in place to investigate instances where over-charging of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 May 2014)

James Reilly: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy Publication (27 May 2014)

James Reilly: The plan is almost finalised and is being prepared for publication as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 May 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 2013,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: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (27 May 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: Hospital Complaints Procedures (27 May 2014)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to address the specific issues raised and reply directly to the Deputy. The Deputy may be interested to note that the HSE has in place a formal policy and procedures on complaints/comments and it is open to any HSE service user to comment, compliment or complain about any of the services provided by the HSE. Details of “Your Service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cover (27 May 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 766 and 767 together. Minimum Benefit Regulations, made under the Health Insurance Acts, require insurers to offer a minimum benefit to every insured person. The regulations help to ensure that consumers obtain a minimum level of health insurance cover regardless of what plan they purchase. At present, the minimum benefits cover access to a semi-private room...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (27 May 2014)

James Reilly: Senior management in the HSE are aware of this issue and have sought a detailed action plan from the local management and are then monitoring this on a monthly basis. A series of measures have already been undertaken over the last 2 years to bring Galway/Roscommon PCCC from a very low base of 14% up to the 82.4% in Roscommon and 90% in Galway for March 2014.The following are the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 May 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: Health Strategies (27 May 2014)

James Reilly: The eHealth Strategy for Ireland was published in December 2013. The strategy sets out how the individual citizen, the Irish healthcare delivery system, both public and private and the economy as a whole can benefit from eHealth. The strategy envisages that a new entity called “eHealth Ireland” is to be established, initially on an administrative basis, within the System...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (27 May 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 (27 May 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 2013,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 (27 May 2014)

James Reilly: The particular issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (27 May 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: Maternity Services (27 May 2014)

James Reilly: Reports suggesting that some hospitals in the West are to lose their maternity services are purely speculative. The position is that in the context of the implementation of the recommendations of the HIQA Report into the death of Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital Galway, and the Report on the establishment of Hospital Groups, the West/North West Hospital Group undertook a review of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 May 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 Appointment Status (27 May 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.