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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Staff (16 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: I fully appreciate the difference quality home care can make to individuals and their families. The HSE also recognise 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. Home helps play a vital role in enabling people to continue to live at home and this policy will continue to be a key feature...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 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: Assisted Human Reproduction (16 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: Certain aspects of the operation of fertility clinics are currently regulated. The handling, processing, storage, etc, of human tissue, including gametes (eggs and sperm) and embryos, is currently regulated under the European Communities (Quality and Safety of Human Tissues and Cells) Regulations (Statutory Instrument No.158 of 2006) which came into law on 7 April, 2006. The Regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (16 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: I am currently considering policy proposals to regulate Assisted Human Reproduction and related matters. These proposals are informed by the Report of the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (16 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1243 and 1244 together. In relation to the particular queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in these matters.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (16 Apr 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: Ambulance Service Staff (16 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: In relation to waiting list management in general, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 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: Health Services Provision (16 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: In relation to the particular queries raised by the Deputy, as they are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence Refuges (16 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: In 2010 the National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence was published. It aims to provide a framework for sustainable intervention to prevent and effectively respond to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence and is lead by Cosc which is the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence. The HSE subsequently published its own Policy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Apr 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 Waiting Lists (16 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: Hospital Procedures (16 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: Following a request from the Health Services Executive (HSE), the Health Information and Quality Authority undertook a health technology assessment (HTA) to inform a decision regarding the provision of a deep brain stimulation service for adults with movement disorders in Ireland. At present, patients who require this treatment are referred to neurosurgical centres outside of Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport Provision (16 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: Hospital Transfers (16 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: Hospital Transfers (16 Apr 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: Patient Transport Provision (16 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: Patient transport is the responsibility of the HSE. However, people attending outpatient and hospital appointments are, in general, expected to make their own travel arrangements, using private or scheduled public transport. The exceptions are for dialysis, cancer (radiotherapy and chemotherapy) and post-operative transplant patients, where transport may be provided. In these cases, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (16 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: As I have no function in such matters I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the specific issue he has raised.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (16 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: Revised HSE management structures are being put in place in conjunction with the new governance arrangements provided for in the Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012; the recruitment process for a Chief Financial Officer and five National Directors, including Directors of Mental Health and Primary Care, has commenced. It is expected that the recruitment process, conducted by the...