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Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Seanad: Public Health (Availability of Defibrillators) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I apologise at the outset because I will have to leave for an important meeting at approximately 5.25 p.m. There is nothing at all contentious in the health sector, as Senators know. We welcome our friends from the Irish Heart Foundation in the Visitors' Gallery. I am grateful to the Senator for providing me with the opportunity to speak on this matter in Seanad Éireann. It is...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I am pleased to have an opportunity to introduce the Second Stage debate on the Health (Amendment) Bill 2013. The Bill amends the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 and the Health Act 1970. The primary purpose of the Bill is to give effect to the budget 2013 announcements relating to the nursing homes support scheme, public acute hospital inpatient charges and the charging of private...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (19 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: My Department is having inquiries made of the Health Service Executive in relation to the matter raised by the Deputy. I will be in further communication with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (19 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: The particular issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (19 Jun 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (19 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Under the provisions of the Health Act 1970, the assessment for a medical card is determined primarily by reference to the means, including the income and expenditure, of the applicant and his or her partner and dependants. There is no automatic entitlement to a medical card for persons with a specific illness, such as cancer. The income thresholds apply to all applications and there are no...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (19 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Any application for additional funding for services submitted to the HSE would be considered in the context of the HSE 2014 Estimates process. In relation to the particular query regarding spinal services 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: An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (19 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann was changed from An Bord Altranais following the introduction of the Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011, to inter alia give full recognition to midwifery as a separate profession.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (19 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: Data Retention (19 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: In the wake of mounting concern from a range respected bodies about the potential value into the future of the loss of the material, and in the context of low public awareness of the issue, I requested that no destruction of the cards takes place pending legal advice from the Attorney General prior to further consideration on how to archive the material in a manner that satisfies the concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Redundancies (19 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE recognises the importance of home help and home care in supporting older persons to live in their own homes and communities, in accordance with Government policy. The 2013 National Service Plan includes the provision of 10.3 million hours of home help service, the same level as planned for in 2012. On 29 June 2012, the Labour Court recommended that the HSE and SIPTU should engage in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Smoking Ban (19 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: It is recognised that smoking in cars exposes all the occupants to harmful environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). ETS is a carcinogen and contains the same cancer causing substances and toxic agents that are inhaled by the smoker. There is no safe level of exposure to ETS. Exposure to cigarette smoke is particularly dangerous in enclosed spaces, such as cars, and parents and others with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Regulations (18 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: The Department of Health adopts a positive but precautionary approach to GM food. Each application for authorisation to allow the placing of food containing, consisting of or produced from GMOs on the markets of EU Member States is assessed on a case by case basis. The food in question must first be deemed safe by both the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the competent authority in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (18 Jun 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: Home Help Service Provision (18 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: The employers of the home helps concerned are funded by the HSE under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004, which provides that the executive may assist a body that provides a service similar or ancillary to those which the Executive itself may provide. The staff of these employers are not public servants and their pay and superannuation arrangements are not subject to the control of my...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (18 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 500, 501 and 566 together. My Department is having enquiries made of the Health Service Executive in relation to the matters raised by the Deputies. I will be in further communication with the Deputies.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 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: Ministerial Meetings (18 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I advise the Deputy that the main purpose of the visit to Quito by the Minister of State for Primary Care was to represent the Presidency of the EU at the 15th High Level Meeting of the EU CELAC Co-ordination and Co-operation Mechanism on Drugs that took place in the Ecuadorian capital on 13-14 June. Presidency of the Mechanism is shared by the EU and CELAC (Communities of Latin America and...

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

James Reilly: A significant reform programme is underway in the HSE to reconfigure the management and delivery of pre-hospital emergency care services. Under Future Health: A Strategic Framework for Health Reform in Ireland 2012-2015, this will ensure a clinically driven, nationally coordinated system to support all pre-hospital emergency care activity in the State. The National Ambulance Service (NAS)...