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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Ms McGuinness might discuss the narcolepsy issue.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: There is a lot of co-operation at local level between the two Departments. Given the new Department has only been set up and the Bill for that will only be coming out this week, and given the new agency is currently being set up, there is a lot of co-operation between the Departments. The Deputy raises a very valid point, nonetheless, and we probably need to have a more formal arrangement...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Deputy Kelleher has raised a very valid point. I do not accept that the drugs task forces are falling off the cliff. What we are doing is reviewing their role and effectiveness. As Deputy Byrne has made clear, many people have very serious concerns about their effectiveness and the way they are operating currently. We need to ensure that, at a time of very limited resources, we are...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Is the Deputy referring to Vote 38 or 39?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The Department is currently in conversation with the Revenue Commissioners and we all know that these are private matters between the individuals and the Commissioners. It would be inappropriate for me to comment.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Because there were queries from Revenue to the Department.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I will come back with a written answer.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I ask the Deputy to withdrawn his contention that there has been a 20% reduction when it is a 5% reduction. I do not know where he got 20% from.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The Deputy said 20% at the outset.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: That is fair enough once we have clarity from members. There is a 5% reduction. We have a major problem with the drugs task forces and we are concerned about the drugs issue. There are 14 local drugs task forces which cover areas with the highest concentration of drugs activity. There are 12 in Dublin, one in Bray and one in Cork. There are also ten regional drugs task forces for the...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Yes. We covered some of the issues raised by Deputy Kelleher so I will not go over them again. I will ask Ms Laverne McGuinness to answer his questions about discretionary medical cards, because I do not believe the assessments have been random, as well as issues raised by others about the nursing homes support scheme and the supposed cuts there. Deputy Kelleher mentioned the drug deal...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Deputy Ó Caoláin quite rightly pointed to the reduction in our budget and staff numbers over the past several years. He contends this has done significant damage to the health service. He does not acknowledge that it has actually improved because reforms have been carried out. A deal was done with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, IPHA, which will yield savings of...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I am accompanied by Ms Bairbre Nic Aongusa, assistant secretary of the Department of Health, Mr. Tom Byrne, chief financial officer, Health Service Executive, Ms Nuala Prendergast, principal officer, Department of Health, and Ms Laverne McGuinness, chief operations officer, Health Service Executive. I am pleased to have the opportunity to address the select committee on the Revised...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Acknowledging the significant pressures facing the health sector, the Government approved an increase of €150 million to the expenditure ceiling for 2013 which was extremely welcome but does not take away from the fact that further significant cost extraction is required with €781 million in savings to be achieved in 2013. The primary aim in targeting savings is to cut the cost...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I will leave that up to the committee if it would like me to finish. I only have a small bit left to say.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The recently enacted Health (Pricing and Medical Goods) Act 2013 provides for the first time a radical change in the way prices are set and will lead to benefits for patients and the State finances. The legislation will promote price competition among suppliers and ensure that lower prices are paid for these medicines resulting in savings for taxpayers and patients. The Irish Medicines...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I thank all contributors to this part of the debate. Amendment No. 21 states:In page 7, to delete lines 10 to 12 and substitute the following:“ “unborn”, means a foetus which has reached that stage of development at which, if born, it would be capable of life outside the womb;”.What would that mean for a perfectly normal 16 week old foetus with no anomalies? It...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: These amendments deal with the issue of consent, something we discussed at some length on Committee Stage. This issue was addressed in section 16, which clearly states that the provisions of the Bill will operate within the existing legal provisions in regard to consent for medical procedures. The guide to professional conduct and ethics for registered medical practitioners of the Medical...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: A range of views have been expressed and I have responded to all of them. I have made it clear that we cannot be prescriptive in medicine and that a psychiatrist has described the Bill as a pathway to care. It would not be useful to repeat our discussion. This is the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill. The phrase "protection of life" refers to the mother and the unborn. I respect...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Genetically Modified Organisms (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Ireland adopts a “positive but precautionary” stance on GMO food and feed matters, considers the advice of EFSA with regard to authorisations, and votes with the European Commission once assured of the safety of the product. The only GM food ingredients that are authorised in the EU and that may, as a consequence, be marketed in Ireland are soya bean, maize, oilseed rape,...