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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 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: HSE Properties (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Management of the healthcare property portfolio is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Staff (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: While the HSE employs a significant number of home helps directly, the majority of home helps working in the health service are employed by organisations working on behalf of the HSE. There are no specific regulations governing the retirement age of home helps within the HSE or broader health service. Retirement age, if any, can vary depending on the nature of the contract held,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Jun 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: Nursing Staff Provision (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Legal Costs (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 581 and 582 together. As the Deputy's questions refer to HSE operational matters I have referred them to the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive for attention and direct reply to him.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Collaborating with individual hospitals, the SDU together with the NTPF and the HSE have developed the OP waiting list minimum dataset that allows for data to be submitted to the NTPF from hospitals on a weekly basis and, for the first time, outpatient data is available on www.ntpf.ie. For 2013, a maximum waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 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: Hospital Appointment Delays (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Building on work already undertaken by the HSE, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has now taken over the reporting of outpatient waiting time data. For the first time data is available on www.ntpf.ie. The collation and analysis of outpatient waiting time data in a standardised format will reveal the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Building on work already undertaken by the HSE, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has now taken over the reporting of outpatient waiting time data. For the first time data is available on www.ntpf.ie. The collation and analysis of outpatient waiting time data in a standardised format will reveal the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Complaints Procedures (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE has a well established procedure for managing feedback and complaints in relation to experiences of individuals and their families in our hospitals. The details of the formal complaints policy are available on the HSE website, at www.hse.ie/eng/services/ysys/Complaint. In addition, advice and instructions for making complaints and feedback about a service or an individual may be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Topical Issue Debate (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: A total of 216 Dáil Topical Issue/Adjournment Debates speeches were delivered by my Department since March 2011. Every effort is made to ensure that debates are taken by either myself or one of the Ministers of State in my Department. However the Deputy will appreciate that circumstances will sometimes arise where it may not be possible for either myself or another Minister from my...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (25 Jun 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: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy was informed by the Health Service Executive on 14 May 2013, the National Ambulance Service (NAS) is not aware of any proposals to implement cutbacks in services in Kerry. The HSE is currently considering the most appropriate model of service delivery for South Kerry, to replace the current on-call, static deployment model and the operation of resources in isolation. No...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Transport (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: The Minister for Health and the Ministers of State are all required to use their own cars. The total cost of Ministerial transport in my Department since 2010 and the number of drivers employed is detailed below: Total cost of Ministerial Transport 2010 2011 2012 To date in 2013 €241,154.36 €243,132.40 €239,439.41 €156,154.56 Number of drivers employed 2010...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Information on the cost of photography incurred by my Department for the period 2011 to February 2012 is set out below. Information for the period March 2012 to June 2013 will be collated and forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available. Occasion for which photography was booked Costs 2nd National Patient Safety Conference - 9th February 2012 €317.80 Launch of European Year...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: It is not altogether clear from the text of the Deputy's question precisely what information is being sought. However my Department will attempt to clarify this and will forward the relevant information to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Most document translation work carried out by my Department is in relation to translation from English to Irish in accordance with the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003. For the period 2007 to July 2012 the total expenditure for my Department on providing services through the Irish language was €276,664. Details in this regard for the period July 2012 to June 2013 together...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Building on work already undertaken by the HSE, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has now taken over the reporting of outpatient waiting time data. For the first time data is available on www.ntpf.ie. The collation and analysis of outpatient waiting time data in a standardised format will reveal the...