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Written Answers — Department of Health: Sale of Electronic Cigarettes (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: On the 19th December 2012, the European Commission published a proposal for a new EU Tobacco Products Directive, the ultimate purpose of which is to reduce the numbers of people smoking. The proposal, which is currently being considered by Member States recommends that Nicotine Containing Products (e.g. electronic cigarettes) below a certain nicotine threshold are allowed on the market, but...

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

James Reilly: As this is a service matter this has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

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

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to reply directly to the Deputy with the information sought.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1476, 1477 and 1559 together. 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...

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

James Reilly: The Deputy may be aware that the Roma have been recognised as the most disadvantaged group in Europe. SafetyNet is funded by the HSE to provide a basic GP service for the most vulnerable Roma, including Roma children, who would otherwise not have access to GP services. Following a successful pilot phase of the SafetyNet Roma GP mobile clinic between September and December 2012, which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 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: Medical Card Applications (18 Sep 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: Medical Card Applications (18 Sep 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: Medical Card Applications (18 Sep 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: Medical Card Applications (18 Sep 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: Hospital Appointment Status (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: Hospital Appointments Administration (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: Hospital Appointment Status (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: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: The new children's hospital to be co-located with St James's Hospital on its campus will provide tertiary services for the country as a whole and secondary acute services for children in the Greater Dublin Area. The paediatric service at Tallaght Hospital will, along with Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin and Children's University Hospital Temple Street, move to the new hospital when it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications Issues (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1523 and 1524 together. One of the requirements of statutory regulation of professions by the State is the possession of an approved qualification. In the absence of statutory regulation, persons are free to work without professional restriction in the State. The Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 provides for the statutory regulation of twelve...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: The objective of the Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme is to achieve an immunisation uptake level of 95%, which is the rate recommended by the World Health Organization, required to provide population immunity and to protect children, and the population generally, from potentially serious vaccine preventable diseases. Since 2011 Ireland has achieved the 95% update level for the 6 in...

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

James Reilly: The increase in prostate cancer among men in recent years arises from the ageing population, with increased risk of prostate cancer with age, and the increased use of Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) testing resulting in more diagnosis of early stage cancer, only some of which require immediate treatment. The National Cancer Control Programme has established rapid access prostate cancer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (18 Sep 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: HSE Funding (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which once-off grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations, providing a range of health related services. The total annual allocation of this fund is €3.286m. Based on the details supplied the proposal would appear to be a substantial construction project. On this basis it would be more appropriate for...