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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: Good. I am glad that Deputy Ó Caoláin has acknowledged that it is shroud-waving.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The response vehicle situation is currently being reviewed. I wish to inform Deputy Ó Caoláin again of some facts that do not quite fit the picture he likes to portray. Over 600 calls have been carried out this year already by those vehicles and over 230 of these were out-of-hours calls responded to by officers who had these vehicles at their homes and who were able to respond in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: I assure the House that the national ambulance service will continue to modernise and reconfigure its services to ensure emergency pre-hospital care is delivered in an appropriate and timely manner. In that regard, additional funding of €3.6 million and 43 staff have been provided under the national service plan for 2014. Including Dublin Fire Brigade emergency ambulances, our total...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The acute hospital service in HSE Dublin South East/Wicklow is provided through a collaborative arrangement across three sites, St. Vincent's University Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital and St. Columcille's Hospital. Work on reconfiguration of clinical services across these hospitals has been ongoing for some time, to bring service provision in line with best practice. As part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board is responsible for this priority capital project, and is focused on delivering the new hospital on schedule, to optimal design and value for money. The Development Board is currently in the final selection phase of the process leading to the appointment of the Design Team. Short-listed architectural teams have been announced, and tender...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware, in May of last year, I published the Report on the Establishment of Hospital Groups. The formation of acute hospitals into a small number of groups will provide the optimum configuration for hospital services to deliver high quality, safe patient care. Each group will have at least one major university teaching hospital, a cancer centre and a maternity service,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Energy Conservation (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 115, 135 and 494 together. My Department is participating in the Office of Public Works (OPW) "Optimising Power @ Work" Scheme. The main focus of the scheme is to improve energy efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions through improved heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and a staff awareness campaign to reduce energy consumption where possible....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: At my request, the HSE has taken urgent action to ensure Section 38 agencies which have been found to be in breach of health sector pay policy are brought into compliance. The process which has been ongoing with the Section 38 Agencies to reach compliance with government pay policy is nearing completion. Since the beginning of the year the Regional Directors of Performance and Integration...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) provides emergency ambulance services in Dublin city and county, by arrangement between Dublin City Council and the HSE. The HSE National Ambulance Service (NAS) provides some emergency capacity in the greater Dublin area, as well as non-emergency patient transport. The ongoing development of pre-hospital emergency care involves a range of initiatives, including...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The Chief Medical Officer's Report into Perinatal Deathsat Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise 2006 to date makes 42 recommendations, all of which I have accepted. The HSE has now established an implementation group to oversee and ensure that the Report's recommendations are progressed in a timely and effective manner. The group has representation from Acute Hospitals Division, Clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance White Paper (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 551 together. The Government has embarked on a major reform programme for the health system, the aim of which is to deliver a single-tier health service, supported by universal health insurance (UHI), where there is fair access to services based on need, not on ability to pay. Under UHI, everyone will have a choice of health insurer and access to a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: In a time of very limited recruitment opportunities in the public service, I am very pleased that up to 1,000 two-year contracts are being made available to graduate nurses and midwives in our health services under the Graduate Nurse/Midwifery Programme. In addition to giving employment opportunities, a major objective of the Nurse Graduate scheme is to put in place more cost-effective...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Mortality Rates (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: My Department published the report “Health Care Quality Indicators in the Irish Health System: Examining the Potential of Hospital Discharge Data using the Hospital Inpatient Enquiry System” on the 17th February 2014. The purpose of the report was to assess the feasibility of using HIPE data to derive healthcare quality indicators that could in the future be used to measure the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The National Ambulance Service (NAS) is continuing to modernise and reconfigure its services to ensure emergency pre-hospital care is delivered in an appropriate and timely manner. A significant reform programme is currently underway which will provide a clinically driven, nationally co-ordinated system, supported by improved technology. In that regard, additional funding of €3.6...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (1 Apr 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the detailed information requested 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: Hospital Staff Recruitment (1 Apr 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 Insurance Regulation (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The Government agreed in December 2011 to address the European Court of Justice ruling of September 2011 and to work with the VHI in its application process for authorisation by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), subject to further Government consideration of any application for authorisation. Despite good progress, it was not possible to authorise the VHI before the deadline of 31 December...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: Currently those exempted from the Emergency Department charge are persons with a medical card, persons who have a referral letter from a General Practitioner, a person whose attendance results in admission as an in-patient or other exemptions as provided for by the Health (Out-Patient Charges) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No 45 of 2013) made under Section 56 of the Health Act 1970 (as amended)....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (1 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.