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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the specific 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: Hospital Appointment Status (21 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: Health Services Issues (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: As the query raised by the Deputy is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Parliamentary Questions Numbers (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Information on the number of Parliamentary Questions referred by the Department of Health to the HSE for direct reply to Deputies, where the subject matter concerns the National Ambulance Service, is the following tables. 2012 Total Received 0-5 Days 6-10 Days 11-15 Days On Time (%) 16-20 Days 20+ Days 97 63 10 20 93 (96%) 2 2 2013 Total Received 0-5 Days 6-10 Days 11-15 Days On Time...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: The Deputy may wish to note that, in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights and the Medical Council’s Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics for Medical Practitioners,the Act clarifies that medical practitioners, nurses and midwives with a conscientious objection will not be obliged to carry out or assist in carrying out lawful terminations of pregnancy, unless the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: No specific theatre upgrades are required to facilitate procedures to save women's lives under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion Issues (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Healthy Ireland proposes a whole-of-government and whole-of-society response to improving the health and well-being of Irish people over the coming generation. The establishment of the Healthy Ireland Council is the most significant action within Healthy Ireland to leverage engagement with whole-of-society. The Council will provide the platform to connect and mobilise communities, families...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cover (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: The inclusion of maternity benefit in all health insurance products is a statutory requirement, as part of a legal obligation on health insurers to provide a specific minimum level of benefit in all health insurance products sold. Minimum benefit is one of the key principles on which the Irish private health insurance regulatory system is based. Minimum Benefit Regulations, made under the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (21 Jan 2014)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: This question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: HIQA published its Pre-hospital Emergency Care Key Performance Indicators for Emergency Response Times in 2011, classifying 112/999 emergency calls by clinical status. Clinical Status 1 ECHO calls involve life-threatening emergencies of cardiac or respiratory origin. Clinical Status 1 DELTA calls involve life-threatening emergencies of other than cardiac or respiratory origin. Since they...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Investigations (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 654 to 657, inclusive, together. At the outset I would like to express my sympathies to the family of the person concerned. The National Ambulance Service (NAS) has reviewed the call received on 1st January 2014 requesting ambulance assistance in the Rathmullan Park area of Drogheda and has noted that there was a significantly high level of demand on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: The only source of Departmental funding for voluntary and community organisations, other than Local and Regional Drugs Task Forces, is through National Lottery Grants. Details of the National Lottery Grants provided by my Department are available on the Department's website, www.dohc.ie. If the Deputy requires more specific details or seeks further clarification please let me know. Since...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: My Department is currently working on the Licensing of Health Facilities Bill which will provide for a mandatory system of licensing for public and private health service providers. The legislative proposals are being prepared broadly in line with recommendations made in the Report of the Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance and are designed to improve patient safety by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: All State agencies under the aegis of, or funded by, the Department of Health are subject to the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies issued by the Department of Finance and the Framework for Corporate and Financial Governance issued by the Department of Health. Line Units within the Department with governance responsibility for individual agencies meet regularly throughout the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Dyscalculia is a specific developmental disorder characterised by difficulty in learning or comprehending and frequently involves difficulties with time, measurement, and . I understand that the Department of Education and Skills classifies dyscalculia as a Specific Learning Disability (SLD). I am also advised that all primary and post-primary schools have been allocated additional...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Experimentation (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Directive 2010/63/EU introduced a significant change in the systems for authorisation and conducting of scientific procedures on animals and in the monitoring of standards for animal welfare as compared to the previous legislation. I designated the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) as the Competent Authority for those functions related to the protection of animals used in scientific procedures,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health and HSE (16 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: It is not the intention that such would be the case. I do not know if I am in a position to give the Senator a cast iron guarantee that it could never happen but it was not designed for that purpose. It was designed for a number of reasons, as outlined by the chief nursing officer. It was a means of getting around the employment control framework so that additional staff could be made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health and HSE (16 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I will let Mr. O'Brien answer that.