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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 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: Medical Internships (5 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 543 and 556 together. The issue of an adequate number of intern places in the Irish medical system is a priority for my Department and for the HSE. The intern year is an integral part of medical training and a medical practitioner cannot be fully accredited without it. Under the provisions of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 it is a matter for the HSE to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programme (5 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE's national colorectal screening programme, BowelScreen, commenced in November 2012 and is being introduced on a phased basis to men and women between the ages of 60-69 years. When fully implemented the programme will offer free screening to men and women aged 55-74 every two years. The screening test, known as a Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT), is a home based test and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Deaths in Hospital (5 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: Firstly, I wish to offer my sincere condolences to the relatives of the person who died. Under the Acute Coronary Syndrome Programme, patients with symptoms and ECG findings indicative of a STEMI-type acute heart attack are treated according to the National STEMI Protocol, which was officially launched in October 2012. It has been in use in the west of Ireland since July 2012. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: All patients with symptoms and ECG findings indicative of a STEMI-type acute heart attack are treated according to the national STEMI protocol, which has been defined by the Acute Coronary Syndrome Clinical Programme, in accordance with international best practice. If patients can be transported to a primary PCI centre dedicated to 24/7 treatment of STEMIs within ninety minutes, then they go...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (5 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 548 and 549 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: Hospital Services (5 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 555 and 567 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: For the period March 2011 to date, I have appointed a total of 202 people to boards under the aegis of my Department. Of these, 119 were appointments where I, as Minister for Health, have full discretion to nominate and appoint under the relevant legislation and the remaining 83 were appointed on foot of nominations by various bodies, again in accordance with the relevant legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (5 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: As the issues raised are matters appropriate to the HSE, they have been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (5 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I have brought this matter to the attention of the National Director of Clinical Strategy and Programmes in the HSE and requested that she also bring it to the attention of those involved in the relevant clinical programme.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Waste Management Regulations (5 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: The Department of Health does not have responsibility for the management, maintenance or operation of waste water treatment facilities. Where such facilities are in public ownership it is generally a matter for the local authority in the area in question to oversee the management, maintenance and operation of such facilities. Where the facility is privately owned responsibility rests with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (5 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 586 and 587 together. Developing appropriate budgets is an integral aspect of management of the health services, and detailed work was undertaken in the context of the preparation of the regional plans, ensuring that the savings measures have been appropriately profiled across the year. As the Deputy will be aware, additional expenditure was provided for in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programme (5 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE’s national colorectal screening programme, BowelScreen, commenced in November 2012 and is being introduced on a phased basis to men and women between the ages of 60-69 years. When fully implemented the programme will offer free screening to men and women aged 55-74 every two years. The screening test, known as a Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT), is a home based test and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: As set out in the HSE's Service Plan for 2013, targets are that no person should have to wait more than four weeks for an urgent colonoscopy and no person should have to wait more than 13 weeks for routine GI endoscopy (that is either a colonoscopy or gastroscopy) once placed on a hospital daycase waiting list. By the end of 2012, the number of patients waiting over 13 weeks for a routine...

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Order for Report Stage (28 Feb 2013)

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

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputies who have supported the Bill and contributed to the debate on it as it has passed through the House. Their support for the important work of reducing the number of smokers is heartening. The Department of Health and the HSE continuously monitor the marketing tactics of the tobacco industry. As these tactics evolve, so too must our legislative and policy framework. I am...

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The images being displayed on cigarette packets show the reality of what smoking does to people. We want them to understand the consequences of smoking include peripheral vascular disease, the amputation of legs, rotten lungs and cancer. When they see these images on the front of cigarette packets every time they open them, I hope they will realise the harm they are doing to themselves. We...