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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Contract Issues (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 739 and 740 together. For historical reasons, consultants working in the public health service are employed under a number of contracts. The 1991 and 1997 Consultant Contracts provided for consultants working 33 hours per week, while the 2008 Consultant Contract provided for consultants working 37 hours per week. However, under the Haddington Road...

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

James Reilly: In relation to the particular query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service issue, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The Government decision S21590E of March, 1995 regarding the appointment of women to State Bodies states that there is a requirement for a minimum of 40% of both men and women appointed as Ministerial representatives to all State Bodies. Although the overall current membership of State boards under the aegis of my Department is well balanced, with 56% of the membership being male and 44%...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The bottom line is that he did not say there were virtually no supports available. He stated that dialectical behavioural therapy was not freely available. He also pointed out during that conversation that this was useful in treating people who are emotionally disturbed with a personality disorder. To suggest that women finding themselves in this group all fall into that category is not...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I can clarify this matter because I have been through it in the other House.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: We are dealing with amendment No. 2 but are also referring to amendments Nos. 3, 18 and 43 to 45, inclusive, which relate to the same topic and are thereby discussed together. Amendments Nos. 3, 18 and 43 to 45, inclusive, relate to the same topic and are to be discussed together. They will be voted on separately when we reach the relevant sections. I thank people for their very good...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (17 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: This Government is acutely aware of the challenges that people with cystic fibrosis and their families face in managing their condition and I acknowledge the need to ensure that patients with cystic fibrosis receive the right care at the right time and in the right environment – that is, dedicated accommodation in an environment which allows appropriate isolation for improved infection...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (17 Jul 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: Tobacco Control Measures (17 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Government approval was received on the 28th May 2013 to begin the process of introducing standardised/plain packaging of tobacco products in Ireland. My Department is currently establishing a High Level Implementation Group to oversee the implementation of a project plan and ensure that the legislation is effective in meeting the stated objectives of plain packaging. Plain packaging, also...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence Policy (17 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: In 2010 the National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence was published. It aims to provide a framework for sustainable intervention to prevent and effectively respond to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence and is lead by Cosc which is the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence. The HSE subsequently published its own Policy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (17 Jul 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: Departmental Staff Rehiring (17 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: My Department has not retained any retired civil or public servants since January 2013 where normal abatement rules did not apply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Haddington Road Agreement Savings (17 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The measures applying to my Department, and agencies under the aegis of my Department, are set out in the relevant sectoral collective agreement under Haddington Road, in this case in Appendix 4 (Collective Agreement for Civil Service and NCSSBs) and Appendix 7 (Proposals for Collective Agreements in the Health Sector). As stated by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (17 Jul 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...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: After that long diatribe, which is all I would call it, I would be delighted to respond and remind the Deputy across the floor that last year when we were facing a reduction in manpower, he was the one who went shroud waving telling women they would not have a safe health service in which to have their babies and advising cancer patients they would not be able to get the treatments they...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The Deputy twists everything I say. That is a sad but, unfortunately, consistent feature of his contributions in this House.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: There has been a great deal of discussion with regard to public capacity vis-à-vis long-term care and the public option. I wish to place on record the fact that we are committed to maintaining that option. In framing his amendment, Deputy Kelleher, in whose stead Deputy Troy moved the amendment, has misunderstood the purpose of the Bill. What is at issue here is a statement which...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I repeat what I said earlier, namely, that there is currently no limit in primary legislation on the number of days for which a Minister for Health can impose a charge on a public inpatient. Under existing regulations, the maximum number of days for which the acute public inpatient charge applies is ten. I reiterate that I have no plans to increase this. If, however, a future Minister for...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: On Deputy Ó Caoláin's opposition to the section and his contention that the review will introduce means testing, that was not said but means testing may be introduced. The current fund, which is very heavily funded, is for long-term care. The Deputy rightly pointed out that most people want to stay at home, yet the funding is not in place in the manner in which it might be. I am...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: It is not the intention and it is not the case. Deputy Ó Caoláin seems to have a problem with very well off people making a contribution towards care in the home, as opposed to not having a problem with them being charged for their care in long-term care. I find that very inconsistent, to say the least. It is all very well for Sinn Féin to talk about progressive taxes and a...