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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Allowances (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: In late 2011 the HSE identified an urgent need to put in place appropriate management arrangements for the Galway and Roscommon hospitals, in view of the need to address critical service difficulties that had been identified in the hospitals concerned. Serious problems of a long standing nature had been identified in managing scheduled and unscheduled care. Similar difficulties had arisen...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 16, 252 and 253 together. There is a determination by both my Department and the HSE to ensure budgets and savings are tightly monitored throughout 2014. The health service is operating in a very challenging environment given the increasing demand due to demographic pressures; the need to ensure patient safety as a priority at all times; and the very...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I have initiated this process arising from the HIQA report into Tallaght. I requested that the HSE conduct an Internal Audit of all Section 38 funding recipients. As a result of this audit and as has been reported extensively, a considerable number of funding recipients have been found to be in breach of Government pay policy with regard to the remuneration of senior staff. I have no...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: Healthy Ireland, A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013-2025 is the national framework for action to improve the health and wellbeing of the country over the coming generation. Healthy Ireland includes a high-level goal to reduce the health inequalities experienced by many people in Ireland, including Travellers. The All Ireland Traveller Health Study (AITHS) found that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries Issues (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 19 and 38 together. The Government has accepted in principle the recommendations of Judge Quirke on the establishment of an ex gratia Scheme and related matters for the benefit of those women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen Laundries. The Government furthermore decided that the Minister for Justice and Equality would bring forward in one Bill,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Stroke Programme (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: Improvements in Stroke services were envisioned in the “Changing Cardiovascular Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010 -2019” which was launched in 2010. The policy establishes a framework for the prevention, detection and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, including stroke, which seeks to ensure an integrated and quality assured approach in their management, so as to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: My Department undertook a public consultation between 19 July and 20 September this year on the practical aspects of introducing an opt-out system of consent for organ donation. A total of 57 submissions were received and an overview of these submissions is available on my Department's website www.doh.ie. My Department, in conjunction with the HSE's National Organ Donation and Transplantation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital has a total of seven operating theatres. The number of theatres in use on any given day varies depending on the number of consultants available and the clinical case load mix on the day. Staffing restricts the maximum number of concurrent theatres in use at any given time to five. It should be noted that, as set out in the published HSE September 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Allowances (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy is aware, the HSE's internal audit report on remuneration in health service providers funded under Section 38 of the Health Act 2004 has found that there are a variety of unapproved payments being made to senior managers. 2004. Staff of these organisations are public servants and are subject to Government pay policy. Employees of Section 39 organisations are not public...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Allowances (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy is aware, the HSE's internal audit report on remuneration in health service providers funded under Section 38 of the Health Act 2004 has found that there are a variety of unapproved payments being made to senior managers. 2004. Staff of these organisations are public servants and are subject to Government pay policy. The HSE has a team of senior managers following up with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 33 and 256 together. I wish to take this opportunity to express my sympathy and concern for the children and adults diagnosed with narcolepsy following pandemic vaccination and indeed their families who are also affected by this. My priority has always been that my Department, the HSE and other Government Departments work together to provide appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternal Mortality (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 34 and 35 together. The Confidential Maternal Death Enquiry in Ireland report (2009-2011) confirms that the number of maternal mortalities in Ireland is small. While the Report does not specify ethnicity, 10 of the 25 deaths reported in the three year period were women not born in Ireland. There was no evidence of clustering of cases in any one hospital. A...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tax Reliefs Availability (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: In Budget 2014, the Minister for Finance announced a cap on tax relief on premia for private health insurance. From 16 October 2013, tax relief for medical insurance premiums has been restricted to the first €1,000 per adult and the first €500 per child insured. Any portion of premium paid in excess of these ceilings will no longer qualify for tax relief. The measure is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005 provides, inter alia, for an assessment of the needs of eligible applicants occasioned by their disability to be commenced within three months of receipt of an application and completed within a further three months. This Part of the Act was commenced on 1st June 2007 in respect of children aged 5. There has been a very significant rise in overall...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Allowances (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: As has been reported extensively, a considerable number of Section 38 agencies have been found to be in breach of Government pay policy with regard to the remuneration of senior staff. The HSE has a team of senior managers following up with individual agencies and the Director General of the HSE met with the Chairpersons and the CEOs of all the Section 38 organisations last Thursday....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Dec 2013)

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: National Children's Hospital Issues (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: The new children's hospital project is a priority for this Government. The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board is the body responsible for the capital project. Last August, I announced appointments to this Board to replace the transitional Board which had been in place since January this year. These appointments bring architectural, planning, procurement, engineering and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: In 2008 the HSE developed an Integrated Discharge Planning Code of Practice as a guide to the standards of practice required in the management of integrated discharge planning. In 2011 the HSE established a National Integrated Care Advisory Group (NICAG) to review the existing Integrated Discharge Planning Code of Practice. Following initial consultation last year with staff in hospitals...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE endeavours to treat all patients at the earliest possible time and at a place of patient choice, however the HSE advises that patients should in the first instance be referred by their GP to the nearest available service to their area of residence. If a particular service or procedure is not available in the local area, the consultant should then refer the patient to the most...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (18 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together. In relation to the detailed information requested by the Deputy, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.