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Written Answers — Department of Health: Research Funding (11 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: The Deputy may wish to note that all project applications in the period referred to in the Deputy's question, that is, 2010 to 2012, involving the use of animals required the application of replacement, reduction and refinement considerations. It would not have been possible for research projects to be licensed by my Department in the absence of such considerations. However, there was no...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Research Funding (11 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I would wish to draw to the attention of the Deputy that what is proposed under Article 47 (1) is that the Commission and the Member States shall contribute to the development and validation of alternative approaches which could provide the same or higher levels of information as those obtained in procedures using animals, but which do not involve the use of animals or use fewer animals or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Research Centres Programme (11 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I would like, at the outset, to clarify that the development and validation of alternative approaches to procedures using animals is a matter that must be addressed on a an EU wide basis. The Irish Medicines Board (IMB) is currently working with the European Commission regarding the identification and validation on alternative approaches that might be developed in the future. In this regard,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Horizon 2020 Strategy Negotiations (11 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will know, Ireland is implementing Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes which includes the principles of replacement, reduction and refinement. I understand that the recitals to the Framework Regulation for Horizon 2020, as proposed by the Commission, contain the following in paragraph 24 "Research and innovation activities supported...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (11 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: Hospital Staff (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE is actively managing the recruitment process for the next rotation of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors in order to ensure that as many as possible are recruited and that all critical service needs are met. (It should be noted that Registrars in Emergency Medicine are in short supply internationally.) A number of separate recruitment processes are currently underway including: -...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 May 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: Smoking is the greatest single cause of preventable illness and premature death in Ireland, killing over 5,200 people a year. Ireland’s public health policy objective in relation to tobacco is to promote and subsequently move towards a tobacco free society. As this is a service matter, I have referred this question to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: I am informed by the Health Service Executive that Claimsure is the Health Insurance System currently being used in Beaumont Hospital.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programme (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: The BreastCheck Programme provides free mammograms to all women aged 50-64. The Programme for Government includes the extension of BreastCheck to women in the 65-69 age group, in keeping with EU Guidelines on effective screening for breast cancer. The main priority for the HSE's National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) at present is to maximise national uptake in the 50-64 year age cohort...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 and 270 together. The HSE operates a Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS), for persons entitled to treatment in another EU/EEA member state or Switzerland under EU Regulation 1408/71 as per the procedures set out in EU Regulations 574/72, and in accordance with Department of Health Guidelines. Within these governing EU Regulations and the Department of Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 May 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: Cancer Screening Programme (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer diagnosed in women in Ireland. The lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is 10% to 11% for the general population. Five to ten per cent of all breast cancers are explained by the presence of BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 gene mutations, which increases the lifetime risk to 60% to 80%. The HSE’s National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Closures (30 May 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: Dental Services Provision (30 May 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: Health Services Access (30 May 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: Departmental Budgets (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: In the context of the forthcoming Budget, the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform has asked my Department to identify savings which will feed into the expenditure decisions by Government for the Estimates 2014 and the setting of future Ministerial ceilings. The identification of savings options should ensure that a sufficient range of proposals are made by all Departments to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: A significant reform programme has been underway in recent years in pre-hospital care services, to ensure a clinically driven, nationally co-ordinated system, supported by improved technology. The programme involves a number of measures, including the Performance Improvement Action Plan, development of the intermediate care service (ICS), the trial emergency aeromedical service (EAS), and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (30 May 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: Hospital Procedures (30 May 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...