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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: The director of mental health will be on the directorate, as will be the directors of hospitals, primary care and social care. It is unnecessary to specify mental health on its own in this regard. I do not believe we need to have it spelled out. Section 8 provides that the directorate will consist of a director general and other persons referred to in the Bill as appointed directors. To...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: I have stated on the record that there will be a director of mental health. This is the first time that a separate and distinct director of mental health will be appointed. The person appointed will be responsible to the director general for the budget and resources applied to mental health and for advancing the Government's stated policy of implementing A Vision for Change. The idea is to...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: I fully concur with the Chairman. While I was not involved in politics when the Health Service Executive was established, I was concerned at the time about the democratic deficit to which the HSE gave rise. Notwithstanding the many problems associated with the health board system, at least the health boards held local health officials to account and there was a public forum in place to...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: I have great sympathy with the arguments that have been made. However, the issue under discussion is the establishment of a new directorate and the abolition of the board of the Health Service Executive. These measures will be a stepping stone towards the end of the HSE, which, under my plan, will cease to function either next year or in early 2015. The Chairman is correct to express...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: Níl mé in ann an leasú a ghlacadh. One of the main reasons I will not accept the amendment is that there are no precedents in legislation for involvement by an Oireachtas committee in regard to amending service and business plans of agencies or setting priorities for agencies. It would not be wise for us to set such a precedent. Under the Garda Síochána Act 2005,...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: I do not wish to make a long opening statement. Many of the amendments have been addressed in the Seanad and people understand the purpose of the Bill, that is, to make official the removal of the board of the HSE and to put in place a directorate.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, lines 28 and 29, to delete paragraph (b) and substitute the following:“and”.This a technical amendment that relates to section 10 of the Health Act 2004, which deals with directions to the HSE from the Minister. The Bill as it currently stands would expressly provide that the Minister can, by written direction, amend or revoke any direction...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: While I understand the thinking behind the proposed amendments regarding the role of the Joint Committee on Health and Children, I have some difficulties with them. The purpose of section 10(a) is to enable the Minister to specify priorities to which the HSE must have regard in preparing its service plan and establish performance targets in respect of those priorities. This is not done in...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: In the HSE or the Vatican?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service Provision (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 575, 620 and 621 together. In cooperation with my colleague Alan Shatter, Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, I decided in March 2012 to carry out an emergency aeromedical support (EAS) service pilot project. The pilot, which involves the Irish Air Corps and the HSE National Ambulance Service (NAS), was established to obtain operational and clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (23 Apr 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Training (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: The Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) is the recognised professional body for general practice and as such is the standard setting body on behalf of the Irish Medical Council. Any alternative route to membership of the College must be approved by the ICGP and must be of equivalent standard to the conventional route to membership, i.e. formal training undertaken in an accredited...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Apr 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: Health Services Issues (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: Ireland has been supportive of the EU proposals on rare disease which concluded with the Council Recommendation in June 2009 to which the Deputy refers. The end point is that countries are recommended to develop plans or strategies preferably by the end of 2013. In 2011, I established a Steering Group to develop a policy framework for the prevention, detection and treatment of rare diseases...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters 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: Hospital Services (23 Apr 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: Health Promotion (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: At present there are no statutory regulations governing sunbed use. I do accept that there is a need for the use of sunbeds to be restricted, especially for children, because of the increased risk of skin cancer and other health problems. The Government has approved the drafting of legislation in this regard. This legislation will prohibit the use of sunbeds on a sunbed premises by persons...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Apr 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: Water Fluoridation (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: The Forum on Fluoridation, which reported in 2002, advised that the fluoridation of piped public water supplies should continue as a public health measure. One of the recommendations of the Forum was to amend the Regulations regarding fluoridation of public water supplies to redefine the optimal level of fluoride in drinking water from 0.8 to 1.0 parts per million (ppm) to between 0.6 and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (23 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: I have had further enquiries made of the HSE regarding this matter. The HSE has advised that its Local Health Manager in Cavan/Monaghan commissioned a review into the case. The review is at an advanced stage but certain issues of consent are still to be addressed. In the circumstances, the HSE has been asked to respond further to the Deputy in this matter.