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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: As the delivery of healthcare infrastructure is a service matter your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I am not in a position to provide the requested information as yet. However, the Deputy may wish to note that the Revised Estimates Volume for 2013, which will be published shortly by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, will set out the revised allocations for Votes arising from the proposals made by the LRC.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Mar 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: Health Service Executive Reports (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I have not received the report referred to by the Deputy. The Health Service Executive's Investigation Team continues to work diligently to complete the report as soon as possible recognising the need to balance expedience with thoroughness.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: Immediately following his appointment, the Minister for Health established the Special Delivery Unit, as set out in the Programme for Government. The aim of the SDU is to unblock access to acute services by improving the flow of patients through the system. A target was set for 2012 that no child should be waiting longer than 20 weeks for an elective procedure (either inpatient or daycase)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Properties (12 Mar 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: HSE Procurement is responsible for the strategic sourcing, purchasing, storage and distribution of HSE goods and services. As this matter is a service issue your question has been referred to the Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Mar 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: Home Help Service Eligibility (12 Mar 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 (12 Mar 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: Autism Awareness Month (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: Last year my Department made efforts to mark Autism Awareness 2012 by lighting up Hawkins House in blue. Due to the old lighting system in operation in Hawkins House this proved to be ineffective. My Department had an electrician recently install a test lamp on the roof of the building to see if it were possible to improve the lighting. Unfortunately the cost of carrying out this project...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: As all members of the Board of the Health Service Executive are public servants, they are precluded from claiming fees under the "one person one salary" principle. This precludes public servants acting as chairpersons or directors of State-sponsored bodies from receiving additional remuneration for undertaking such duties. In relation to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service Board, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Mar 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: Medical Internships (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: Under the provisions of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 it is a matter for the HSE to assess, on an annual basis, the number of intern training posts required by the health service. My Department is in regular contact with the HSE in relation to the issue of intern places with the aim, in so far as is possible, of providing a sufficient number of intern places for Irish/EU graduates from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Expenditure (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy's query relates to an operational issue, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (12 Mar 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: Hospital Parking Facilities (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: My Department does not receive any revenue from the controlled parking system parking fees on the hospital grounds of the Mater Hospital, Beaumont Hospital, James Connolly Hospital and St. James's Hospital. As this is a service matter pertaining to the Health Service Executive, I have asked them to respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cost (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: The main legislative provisions for the regulation of the Irish private health insurance market are included in the Health Insurance Acts 1994 to 2012 and Regulations made under those Acts. The aim of this legislation is to ensure that the market is regulated appropriately. The regulatory system is based on the key principles of community rating, open enrolment, lifetime coverand minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (12 Mar 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 Insurance Cover (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I do not have a role in the day to day operations of any private health insurance company. The inclusion of MRfacilities in the VHI's Directory of Hospitals (and Treatment Centres) is a matter for the VHI. If a VHI customer requires an MRI scan during the course of a medically necessary stay in a participating hospital listed in the VHI's Directory of Hospitals (and Treatment Centres), and...