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Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Removal (10 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: My Department published two reports by Dr Deirdre Madden in 2006. The first of these reports "Post Mortem Practice and Procedures" inquired into the policies and practices relating to the removal, retention and disposal of organs from children who had undergone post-mortem examination in the State since 1970. The second report "Working Group on Post Mortem Practice" considered the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (10 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Delayed Discharges continue to present a significant challenge to the optimal use of acute hospital resources. They impede the operational functioning of a hospital and expose patients concerned, predominantly older persons, to the inappropriate risks of longer acute hospital stays e.g. hospital acquired infections. Higher numbers of delayed discharges can also be associated with extended...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (10 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: My Department is working closely with the HSE to ensure that full phased implementation of Money Follows the Patient (MFTP) will commence from January 2014. I am confident that all necessary steps are being taken to deliver the new funding model in line with this target date. Progress has been made on a number of areas in this regard including completion of a “State of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (10 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As the particular queries raised by the Deputy are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Oct 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: Ambulance Service Provision (10 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: Health Services Staff Data (10 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: Hospital Services (10 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: Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (10 Oct 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (10 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 202 and 203 together. The Report of the Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death (2006) estimated that approximately 5,000 cardiac deaths are sudden cardiac deaths. These are due to coronary heart disease, valvular heart disease or other cardiac abnormalities. Whilst it recommended prevention strategies for coronary heart disease, it did not do so for mass...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (10 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The particular issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Title (10 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: I understand the land registry details of title the Deputy is referring to is Crooksling Hospital. 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: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: There are no staff employed directly in my Department who are paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary or the Government's pay cap. With regard to the Health Service Executive and the other health agencies, they have been asked to collate the data sought as soon as possible and it will be provided directly to the Deputy when available.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (9 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE publishes monthly performance data, including performance information for pre-hospital emergency response times at national level. This information is collected from data reported at regional level within the National Ambulance Service and is available to management for information and decision-making in relation to local service provision. In relation to your query regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (9 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Second Stage of the Public Access to Defibrillators Bill, which sets out the requirement to provide defibrillators in a range of settings and for events which have a regular attendance in excess of 100 persons per day, was passed in the Seanad in June 2013. The Minister has requested the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) to undertake a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (9 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: Cochlear Implants (9 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Beaumont Hospital is the centre for delivering Ireland’s national cochlear implant programme, with surgical provision for patients under six years being carried out in the Children’s University Hospital Temple Street. Since the programme commenced in 1995, over 700 patients have received cochlear implants. Beaumont Hospital carried out ninety cochlear implants in 2012 (42...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cochlear Implants (9 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Beaumont Hospital is the centre for delivering Ireland’s national cochlear implant programme, with surgical provision for patients under six years being carried out in the Children’s University Hospital Temple Street. Since the programme commenced in 1995, over 700 patients have received cochlear implants. Beaumont Hospital carried out ninety cochlear implants in 2012 (42...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Trusts (9 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The hospital groups are configured so as to facilitate the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care in a cost effective manner. I wish to assure the Deputy that appropriate patient care pathways will not be affected by the establishment of hospital groups. In terms of timescale, within a year of establishment, the new hospital groups will be required to produce a strategic plan...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Trusts (9 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Patients will not be restricted in their choice as a result of the establishment of Hospital Groups. Expectant mothers may be referred by their GP to the hospital of their choice.