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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: The Government has decided that the numbers employed across the public service must be reduced in order to meet fiscal and budgetary targets. In order to mitigate the impact on frontline services of the reduction in employment numbers, the priority is to reform how health services are delivered in order to ensure a more productive and cost effective health system. The revised working...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: Significant resources have been invested by the health sector in recent years in services for children with special needs, including those with autism. The Government is committed to the provision and development of services for these children, having regard to available resources. The Health Service Executive’s National Review of Autism Services: Past, Present and Way Forward...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Issues (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: During February, 2014 I received letters of resignation from 3 Board Members of the Health Information and Quality Authority. All three resigned in order to reduce the risk of any real, potential or perceived conflicts of interest arising from their membership of the Board of the Authority. I appreciate and understand the difficult decision that they have made which was taken in the best...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: Tobacco Free Ireland, Ireland’s tobacco control policy, states that the general consensus at European level is that there is a lack of research in relation to the long term health effects of e-cigarettes and a lack of sufficient evidence that they aid with smoking cessation. In order to harmonise regulation of e-cigarettes across EU Member States, the new Tobacco Products Directive,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: Delivery of healthcare facilities is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: In May last year I announced that the National Maternity Hospital would be relocated to the campus of St Vincent's University Hospital. This is consistent with the recommendations of the 2008 KPMG Review of Maternity and Gynaecological Services in the Greater Dublin Area. An indicative sum of €150m has been approved in the HSE Capital Plan to enable this project to proceed. A Project...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Mar 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 Appointment Status (4 Mar 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 Appointment Delays (4 Mar 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 Services (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: I have been advised by the HSE that Tallaght Hospital has entered into a Service Level Agreement with the Mater Private Hospital, approved by the HSE, for the provision of spinal surgery. Under this agreement, 630 patients who had been awaiting an outpatient spinal appointment for greater than 12 months were transferred to the Mater Private and will be reviewed by specialist surgeons there....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: I am advised that Tallaght Hospital has not appointed two spinal surgeons in the recent past. Rather, Tallaght Hospital is working with the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and the HSE to explore solutions that can address spinal service needs across both hospitals and this process will be informed by the ongoing work of the National Clinical Care Programme for Orthopaedics in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the detailed information requested 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: Tobacco Control Measures (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter I have referred it to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Functions (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: The establishment of an Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) is a central Government initiative to enhance the capacity of the Civil Service to undertake evaluations of public expenditure, to provide economic analysis, and to improve the analytical resources available in the design and formulation of policy. It is led by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. No...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Mar 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 (4 Mar 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: Medical Inquiries (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: I am not aware of any such legislative provision. I have asked the HSE to clarify its position in relation to the specific case raised by the Deputy and I will forward their response as soon as I receive it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 440 and 441 together. While the focus under the Public Service Agreement and the Haddington Road Agreement (HRA) is on increased productivity and reform, additional nursing support is being made available throughout the system. In its Service Plan for 2014 the HSE undertakes to minimise the instances of overtime and agency. It is envisaged that the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 442, 444 and 445 together. Notwithstanding the need to reduce public service numbers the HSE has the capacity to recruit where it is necessary to do so in order to ensure patient safety and quality care and to support service delivery. While the focus under the Public Service Agreement and the Haddington Road Agreement (HRA) is on increased productivity...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 443 and 446 to 451, inclusive, together. In relation to the detailed queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service issues, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.