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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Properties (21 Feb 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Staff (21 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 220 to 222, inclusive, 227, 228, 235, 246 and 247 together. The Report of the Undergraduate Medical Education and Training Group (Fottrell - 2006) recommended a number of reforms in basic medical education including a significant increase in medical school intake for Irish/EU students, on a phased basis. While my colleague, the Minister for Education and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Graduate Statistics (21 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The Deputy will appreciate that the number of medical graduates from Irish medical schools can vary from year to year. The Higher Education Authority has provided the following figures for the total number of graduates from each of the six medical schools for the period 2007 to 2011, the latest year available. Medicine Graduates 2007 to 2011 Graduation Year National University of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Feb 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 (21 Feb 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 Aids and Appliances (21 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 and 262 together. The HSE undertook a National Review of Audiology Services. The National Audiology Review Group developed a comprehensive set of recommendations to address the inconsistencies and inadequacies in audiology services which are contained in the HSE Report of the National Review of Audiology Services published in April 2011. This report...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Feb 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: Health Service Executive Properties (21 Feb 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Feb 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 (21 Feb 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: Food Safety Authority Investigations (21 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 244 and 245 together. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has advised me that testing for phenylbutazone (Bute) in the food chain is conducted every year under the National Residues Control Programme (NRCP). This testing is carried out on samples from bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals as well as poultry, farmed game and milk. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Feb 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 Services (21 Feb 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 Services (21 Feb 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: Autism Incidence (21 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 256 to 258, inclusive, 265 and 266 together. Autism is a developmental disorder that appears in the early years of life and affects the brain's normal development in the areas of social interaction and communication. While the exact cause of these developmental abnormalities remain unclear, genetic and other non genetic factors such as brain development...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (21 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: My Department commenced the development of a National Sexual Health Strategy on 12th May 2012. This initiative is intended to formulate a strategic plan for the delivery of services in this area. This plan will focus on improving sexual health and wellbeing and address the surveillance, testing, treatment and prevention of HIV and STIs, crisis pregnancy, and sexual health education and...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (20 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I am happy to have an opportunity to participate in the Second Stage debate on Senator Colm Burke's Bill which proposes the introduction of mandatory professional indemnity cover for medical practitioners engaged in medical practice. It proposes to do this by amending the Medical Practitioners Act 2007. I thank the Senator for proposing the legislation and acknowledging that I tried to make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation (20 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 209 to 217, inclusive, and 221 to 223, inclusive, together. Immediately following my appointment, I set out to address the issues which have been causing unacceptable delays in patients being treated in our hospitals. I established the Special Delivery Unit (SDU), as set out in the Programme for Government. The SDU is working closely with hospitals to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I believe we must concentrate on getting the best possible services for patients from the budgets available to us. This means we need to focus on how beds are used, on the throughput of patients, on reducing length of stay to international norms and on having as many procedures as possible carried out as day cases rather than inpatient work. The work of the Special Delivery Unit, together...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (20 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: Patient safety and the delivery of quality services is an ongoing priority for the Irish Government and continues to be a key consideration of the overall health reform agenda. The HSE is not attempting to restrict access to cataract and varicose vein treatment. What the HSE is in fact doing, is ensuring that elective surgical procedures are managed in a safe and equitable manner. ...