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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (16 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Collaborating with individual hospitals, the SDU, together with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) and the HSE, has developed the outpatient waiting list minimum dataset. This allows data to be submitted to the NTPF from hospitals on a weekly basis and, for the first time, outpatient data is available on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (16 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Collaborating with individual hospitals, the SDU, together with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) and the HSE, has developed the outpatient waiting list minimum dataset. This allows data to be submitted to the NTPF from hospitals on a weekly basis and, for the first time, outpatient data is available on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (16 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Community response in various forms has long been an important support in the delivery of healthcare in Ireland, and in particular in pre-hospital care for people who have been unfortunate enough to suffer serious illness or injury. I acknowledge the enormous voluntary contribution, commitment and assistance offered by community response schemes in responding to emergency calls over the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (16 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (16 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Government approval was received on 28 May 2013 to begin the process of introducing standardised packaging of tobacco products in Ireland. An interdepartmental Steering Group on Standardised Packaging has been established to oversee the implementation of a project plan. The group has met twice to date. In line with the Regulatory Impact Assessment Guidelines published by the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Impact Assessment Submissions (16 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: In line with the Regulatory Impact Assessment Guidelines (RIA) published by the Department of the Taoiseach, my Department will be undertaking a Regulatory Impact Analysis on the proposed legislation for the introduction of standardised packaging for tobacco products. A final decision has yet to be taken on the timing of the consultation.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (16 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Government gave approval to the drafting of amendments to a Private Member's Bill entitled "Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012". The purpose of the Bill is to prohibit smoking in cars where children are present. A number of amendments are required to ensure that the Bill operates as an effective piece of legislation. Meetings have been held with my Department,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Congregated Settings Report (16 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy is set out as follows:; ; ; ; ; # A Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) was published in relation to the A RIA in relation to some elements of the

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (16 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware, the Health Service Executive has operational responsibility for the delivery of health and personal social services within the ambit of its Vote (Vote 39). The level of health services to be delivered within the available funding has been set out in the HSE National Service Plan, which I approved in January. With regard to the HSE's Speech and Language...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (16 Oct 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (16 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Collaborating with individual hospitals, the SDU, together with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) and the HSE, has developed the outpatient waiting list minimum dataset. This allows data to be submitted to the NTPF from hospitals on a weekly basis and, for the first time, outpatient data is available on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Government approval was received on 28 May 2013 to begin the process of introducing standardised packaging of tobacco products in Ireland. A Steering Group on Standardised Packaging has been established to oversee the implementation of a project plan. This is an interdepartmental group and includes a representative from the Office of the Revenue Commissioners. The group has met twice to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Budget (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Drugs misuse continues to be one of the most significant challenges facing our country. It is highly destructive and has devastating effects on individuals, relationships, families, communities and society in general. Implementation of the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 which sets out Government policy in dealing with the drugs problem is being pursued across a range of Government...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: My Department has received an application for funding from the 2013 National Lottery allocation from the organisation in question. This is one of a large number of applications currently being assessed. The Deputy will be informed of the outcome of the application as soon as a decision has been made.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware, NCHD’s undertook one-day industrial action in pursuance of a maximum shift of 24 hours and full compliance with the EWTD (48 hours per week) by the end of 2014 which resulted in a reduction in planned patient attendances and the cancellation of numerous procedures. I was disappointed that this action took place, particularly given its impact on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (15 Oct 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: In line with the Regulatory Impact Assessment Guidelines (RIA) published by the Department of the Taoiseach, my Department will be undertaking a Regulatory Impact Analysis on the proposed legislation for the introduction of standardised packaging for tobacco products. Consultation with all relevant stakeholders is an integral part of the RIA process, which will also consider the costs,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Oct 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: In response to a Reasoned Opinion of the European Commission issued in September 2011, Ireland submitted an Implementation Plan on achieving compliance with the provisions of the Directive by the end of 2014. The Plan: Affirmed Ireland's commitment to achieving compliance with the Directive; Set out a challenging three-year timeframe for achieving EWTD compliance by the end of 2014;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (15 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) published the Pre-hospital Emergency Care Key Performance Indicators for Emergency Response Time in October 2012. They developed a set of key performance indicators (KPIs), which classify 112/999 emergency calls by clinical status. Clinical Status 1 ECHO calls involve life-threatening emergencies of cardiac or respiratory origin. Clinical...