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Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Several speakers, including Deputy Lowry, have used the industry's figures to say that premia will go up by 30%. I have made it clear that I have got actuarial figures that show quite a different scenario. Deputy Lowry does not seem to understand risk equalisation because he said that it would increase the cost for all adults. It does not. It is a transfer between adults who are young...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: This is in stark contrast to the Government of which Deputy Kelleher was part, which was hiding it under the carpet. It was never exposed or counted before because they did not want to know. To paraphrase Bill Clinton, is it not the case that the Deputy is giving out because it is taking me so long to clean up the mess in which his Government left the health services? Nowhere in our...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Let us deal with the issues the Deputy raised. The number of patients waiting more than a year for an inpatient procedure is at its lowest level since records began. At the beginning of this year, the number of patients waiting more than a year for day case surgery is at its lowest level. Waiting lists in excess of a year for inpatient and day case procedures have been eliminated in 15...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Am I not from the Government?

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: They will all be here for the vote.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I thank all of the Deputies for their contributions. I will raise a number of points, having listened to the debate. One of the issues raised by Deputy Kelleher is the number of people who have left the insurance market, approximately 250,000 in the past five or six years. We all know what happened in that time. Some 250,000 people probably equate to 100,000 families. We know that more...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The truth is not fragile; it will not break.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." It is my pleasure today to introduce the Second Stage of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 to the Dáil. The Bill amends both the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 and the Health Act 1970, and has completed all Stages in the Seanad with no amendments. The main aim of the Bill is to facilitate the announcements made in budget 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (4 Jul 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: Health Services Provision (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Since September 2011, Lyme Disease(orLyme borreliosis)has been statutorily notifiable, as neuroborreliosis,under the Infectious Diseases Regulations. Lyme disease can be very successfully treated using common antibiotics. These antibiotics are effective at clearing the rash and helping to prevent the development of complications. Antibiotics are generally given for up to three weeks. If...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I understand that the deputy is referring in his question to creative arts therapists. The Health and Social Care Professionals Council (the Council) and the 12 registration boards to be established under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 are responsible for protecting the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct and professional education, training and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 263 and 268 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 and 265 together. The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). NIAC is a committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland comprising of experts in a number of specialties including infectious diseases, paediatrics and public health. The committee's recommendations are informed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 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: Public Procurement Regulations (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: An insurance bond is an important condition and best practice in any construction contract. The purpose of an insurance bond is to ensure that a construction project can be delivered to the satisfaction of the contracting authority in the event that the contractor is not in a position to complete the project. As all parties to the bond are bound by its conditions, all have its legal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service Provision (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: In 2011, a number of approaches were made to my department to establish, at state cost or with state assistance, a helicopter ambulance service in the west of Ireland. Given the lack of emergency aeromedical support (EAS) data in an Irish context and the funding implications, it was decided to run a pilot project using existing state resources. The purpose was to determine the level and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Bodies Membership (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated and will be forwarded to him as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Female Genital Mutilation (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I wish to inform the Deputy that the Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2011 was signed by the President in April 2011 and commenced on 20th September 2012. The Act explicitly prohibits Female Genital Mutilation along with related offences, which include removing a girl from the State for the purpose of FGM. A defence of custom or ritual in proceedings is not permitted; neither...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I thank my staff, the committee staff and the staff behind the glass wall who make this debate available to the greater, wider public. I also thank my staff at the Department, who worked extraordinarily hard to meet deadlines with large volumes of work. It has not been easy for them, but what we have produced to date reflects many of the concerns expressed by people. I also wish to thank...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The factors the Deputy is seeking to have taken into account can be summed up as the commission of the listed offences against a woman who has sought treatment in accordance with the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, against a medical practitioner providing treatment in accordance with the Bill or against a third person for facilitating or assisting the woman or the medical...