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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Feb 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: Hospitals Funding (4 Feb 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 732 and 737 together. In relation to the detailed information requested by the Deputy, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (4 Feb 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 733 and 734 together. As these are service matters, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (4 Feb 2014)

James Reilly: The detailed information sought by the Deputy in relation to health service staff is a matter for the HSE and, accordingly, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (4 Feb 2014)

James Reilly: The detailed information sought by the Deputy in relation to agency staff is a matter for the HSE and, accordingly, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him.

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

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 738 to 740, inclusive, together. 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: Ambulance Service Provision (4 Feb 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: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (4 Feb 2014)

James Reilly: The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) is the body responsible for the planning, design, building and equipping of the new children's hospital capital project. The project is currently in the design procurement stage. A Procurement Open Day was held on 25 November last, the short-listing of design teams is now being completed and this will be followed by the invitation to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (4 Feb 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: Ambulance Service Provision (4 Feb 2014)

James Reilly: The National Control Centre Reconfiguration Project is reducing the number of control centres to one national centre, over two sites, with significant investment in new voice, data and mapping technologies. This will allow the HSE National Ambulance Service to deploy emergency resources more effectively and efficiently, on a regional and national basis, rather than within small geographic...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Closures (30 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Notwithstanding what Deputy Kelleher has said about NAMA's activities, that agency showed a profit last year.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Closures (30 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: NAMA has been very co-operative in helping coherence in Government. In other words, when we were considering the National Maternity Hospital moving to St. Vincent's University Hospital, we looked at the buildings that had been built for a private hospital and other purposes - it may not quite have been for a private hospital, but that was one of the possibilities. However, IDA Ireland had...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Closures (30 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: The closure of Mount Carmel Hospital has left its patients in an uncertain situation. As the Deputies have said, it will result in job losses. As a doctor and as Minister for Health, my primary concern must be the provision of quality care to patients. The HSE is continuing to work with the hospital to ensure patients' choices are respected, their immediate needs are met and there is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (30 Jan 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: Hospital Appointments Administration (30 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: The management of inpatient and daycase waiting lists for patients awaiting public health care is based on the principle that after urgent and cancer patients are treated, then clinically assessed routine patients should be seen in chronological order (i.e. longest waiter first). Should the patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 Jan 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: Preschool Services (30 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: The free pre-school year is provided through the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme, which is the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. The objective of this scheme is to make early learning in a formal setting available to eligible children in the year before they commence primary school. I understand that certain flexibilities are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Eligibility for health services is governed by the provisions of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). A key principle underpinning the current eligibility framework for acute hospital services is that the public or private status of every patient must be identified in cases where there is any consultant involvement and it is not possible to mix status during a single episode of care. This...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Closures (30 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I am, of course, very disappointed at the loss of jobs in Mount Carmel and recognise that it is a very difficult time for the staff. It is also an uncertain time for patients. I know that the HSE is working with the hospital to ensure that patients’ needs are met in the short term and they will also endeavour to support staff in their efforts to secure alternative employment. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Training (30 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: The question relates to the role of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ISCP) as competent authority for the profession of physiotherapy under Statutory Instruments Nos. 139 and 166 of 2008, which transpose Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications into Irish law. This is a separate matter to membership of the professional body. Directive...