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Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Even Mattie is quiet.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Haddington Road Agreement Issues (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Haddington Road Agreement (HRA) is a critical enabler for employers and organisations, across the full spectrum of the public health sector, to make their contribution to the cost reductions required by Government and to support the public service reform agenda. All agencies funded by the HSE, including Section 39 agencies, are required to make an appropriate and proportionate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Staffing (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Government is fully committed to protecting frontline services, including services for children with disabilities, to the greatest extent possible, notwithstanding the financial constraints which the health sector must operate within. Significant resources have been invested by the health sector in recent years in services for children with disabilities. In particular, there is now an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: In July 2011 I announced changes to the remit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), namely that its role would be changed to support the mission of the Special Delivery Unit (SDU). The NTPF/SDU are working closely with hospitals towards achievement of maximum waiting time targets. I am advised that, as part of this work in 2012, funding was set aside from the 2012 NTPF allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (2 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: A Chronic Pain Service was developed in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda during 2012. This Service was not part of the Service Plan for the Louth Meath Hospital Group, but rather an adjunct service provided by a Consultant Anaesthetist who had the appropriate skills and a particular interest in the provision of such a service. The service ran from February 2012 to December 2012 and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As this is an service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (2 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: Hospital Appointment Status (2 Oct 2013)

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: Cochlear Implants (2 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: National Lottery Funding Applications (2 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 currently being assessed by my Department, and 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 Services (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 267 and 268 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Health (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 31 of 2013) provides for the introduction of a single private in-patient charge for all private patients, including those accommodated in public beds. The charges set out in the Act have been set at a level intended to raise an additional €30 million in hospital revenue in 2014. As I outlined when the Act was being debated in the Dáil, as a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (2 Oct 2013)

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: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: I have not contracted any consultants since 1 January 2013 to advise on the possible sale of any assets.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Increment Payments (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Employees of bodies funded under Section 38 of the Health Act 2004 are public servants. Over the next three years the salaries and increments of persons employed by such bodies will be paid in accordance with the terms of the Haddington Road Agreement. Staff employed in bodies funded under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004 are not public servants and therefore are not party to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women in Ireland, but outcomes are good and improving. There is a growing body of evidence internationally that long term hospital based clinical follow up of well women with a history of breast cancer is not required and confers no additional benefit to the women. Under the General Medical Services (GMS) contract, a general...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter I have referred the Deputy's question to the Health Service Executive for direct response.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) has commenced a new phlebotomy service for people who suffer from hereditary haemochromatosis. At present this involves a two year pilot programme which has been available in Dublin since 19 August 2013. It is expected to be made available in Cork before the end of the year. People who wish to use the service must get a prescription from their GP or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 568 and 573 together. The Health Service Executive is aware of England's National Chlamydia Screening Programme. To investigate the feasibility, acceptability and likely uptake of chlamydia screening in various settings, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, supported by the Health Research Board, contracted a team of population health and other...