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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: In relation to the particular queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service issues, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in these matters.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (18 Sep 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: Hospital Administration (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: In relation to the specific queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service matters they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

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

James Reilly: Improving access to day, inpatient and outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Immediately following my appointment, I established the Special Delivery Unit (SDU), the aim of which is to unblock access to acute services by improving the flow of patients through the system. For this year, the target maximum waiting times as set out in the HSE Service Plan are eight months...

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

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1306 and 1325 together. As these are service matters, I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to these issues.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulation of Sunbed Use (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: The Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill has now been drafted. Under the Draft Bill, I propose to make it an offence to sell or hire a sunbed to a person under 18 years of age or allow such a person to use a sunbed on a sunbed premises. Breaches of this core provision will result in prosecution and very significant penalties will be available to the courts in cases of non-compliance. The Draft Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. However, I have asked the Health Service Executive to supply this information to me and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: My Department has contacted Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital concerning your question and has been provided with the following information regarding the services provided by the two hospitals: Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street has a general paediatrician with a special interest in rheumatology,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Services (18 Sep 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: Organ Donation (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: The Government proposes to introduce an opt-out system of consent for organ donation. Consent will be deemed unless the person has, while alive, registered his/her wish not to become an organ donor after death. However, it is proposed that, even though consent is deemed, the next of kin will in practice always be consulted prior to removing any organ. If the next of kin objects to the organ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street has a general paediatrician with a special interest in rheumatology, who is on maternity leave at present. The two rheumatologists at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin are covering the hospital’s outpatient department clinics in the spirit of cross hospital support. A patient visit includes review with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive has advised me that Beaumont Hospital issued a comprehensive report to HIQA and the HSE on 9 August 2013 on this matter, outlining an action plan for measures to prevent risk of transmission from such an occurrence. These actions include a comprehensive process mapping of neurosurgical patients, led by Beaumont’s Chair of Clinical Governance, a review of...

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

James Reilly: Patients should contact their referring practitioner in the first instance to discuss their request for an appointment date. The referring practitioner, should he or she consider that their condition warrants an earlier appointment, would be in the best position to take the matter up with the hospital involved. In relation to the specific query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Sep 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: Health Services Issues (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal services which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act, 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the HSE to have the matter investigated and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Sep 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: Health Promotion Issues (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: The promotion of breast-feeding is one of my Department's public health priorities. Breast-feeding rates in Ireland have increases gradually over recent years and our goal is to increase this rate further. In 2011 47% of babies were exclusively breast-fed on discharge from Irish maternity units, with a total of 55.2% receiving any breast-milk (ESRI, 2012). There is a vast body of evidence...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Incidence (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: The National Cancer Registry (NCR) is the statutory body with responsibility for the collection and analysis of information relating to the incidence of cancer and related tumours in Ireland. I understand that the NCR previously wrote to the Deputy in 2007 concerning cancer incidence in the area in question. The NCR report of that time found that the number of cancers for the wider area...