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Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Incidence (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: Suicide is a tragedy that we are constantly working to prevent and also working to give more support to the families affected. Dealing with the current high levels of suicide and deliberate self harm is a priority for this Government. Reach Out the National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention makes a number of recommendations in relation to fast track referrals to community-based...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Redress Scheme (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 664 and 717 together. A commitment was made in the Programme for Government to seek a mechanism to compensate those women who were excluded on age grounds alone from the Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme. The Scheme of Redress approved by Government in 2007 was a non-statutory, ex-gratia scheme. Awards were determined by an independent Redress Board in 2007...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Appointments (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 665, 667 and 669 together. For appointment to a State Board, candidates must have a range of general competencies in order to carry out their role effectively. These would include experience of good corporate governance, a good track record of working with teams or committees, analytical and strategic management capacity, a working understanding of financial...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 671, 735 and 736 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Staff (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The JobBridge Scheme was established by my colleague the Minister for Social Protection to provide work experience placements for interns for a 6 or 9 month period. The filling of such posts is a matter for the Health Service Executive, and as such, the Deputy's enquiry has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: Cork and Beaumont are two of six regional centres which have been identified by the HSE's Clinical Care Programme for Epilepsy for the provision of specialist epilepsy services. Developments so far under the Programme include the opening of Rapid Access Clinics at four of these centre, including Beaumont, St James’s, Galway and Limerick. The Rapid Access clinics are led by Advanced...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE operates a Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS), for persons entitled to treatment in another EU/EEA member state or Switzerland under EU Regulation 883/04 and Implementing Regulation 987/09 and in accordance with Department of Health and Children Guidelines. Within these governing EU Regulations and the Department of Health and Children’s Guidelines, the TAS provides for the cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Expenditure (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The Special Delivery Unit has supported funding for two initiatives in Mayo General Hospital. The Hospital received €300,000 in 2012 to support the enhancement and development of their Acute Medical Assessment Unit. More recently, in January 2013, the SDU supported an application for funding to assist in supporting their escalation measures to address trolley waits for the first two...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE National Clinical Programme for Diabetes - which includes the care of children and adolescents with diabetes - was established within the Clinical Strategy and Programmes Directorate. The purpose of the Programme is to define the way diabetic Clinical Services should be delivered, resourced and measured; and a clinician has been appointed to lead on the development of the programme. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Recruitment (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The Government has decided that the numbers employed across the public service must be reduced in order to meet its fiscal and budgetary targets. The health sector must make its contribution to that reduction. However, the HSE can make staff appointments once it remains within its overall employment ceiling and has the financial resources to do so. As the recruitment of paramedics is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The transfer of staff is a matter for the HSE and, accordingly, the Deputy's enquiry has been referred to the Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: Eleven sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are currently legally notifiable in Ireland: ano-genital warts, chancroid, chlamydia trachomatis, genital herpes simplex, gonorrhoea, granuloma inguinale, infectious hepatitis B, lymphogranuloma venereum, non-specific urethritis, syphilis and trichomoniasis. Aggregate data on the number of notified STIs from Departments of Public Health in each...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: Sexual health prevention and treatment services include a broad range of health care at different levels, both public and private, throughout the health care system. The main elements include prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and clinical care for those with STIs, contraception, screening for diseases such as genital chlamydia, psychosexual counselling and support, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I am not aware of any EU directives that apply to the provision of treatment or testing for sexually transmitted infections.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) remit is to provide a safe, reliable, robust blood service to the Irish health system. Blood, and the products derived from it, are an integral facet of health care delivery. A major objective of the organisation is to ensure that it always has the necessary programmes and procedures in place to protect both the donors of blood and recipients of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: A group within the HSE is updating guidance on the prevention and control of Legionellosis in Ireland. The HSE has again been requested to supply the details of health care facilities affected by Legionellosis in the last two years to the Deputy as a matter of urgency.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis (19 Feb 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: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: Autism is a disability that affects the normal development of the brain in areas of social interaction and communication. It is described as a spectrum disorder that can have a varied presentation of characteristics ranging from mild to severe. The first signs of autism may appear as developmental delay before the age of 3. Many individuals with autism due to the complexity of their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 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 Food (19 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The Healthy Catering Guidelines for Staff and Visitors in Health-care Facilities was published by the Department in 2002. Guidelines for Preventing Under-Nutrition in Acute Hospitals were published by the Department of Health in August 2008. These guidelines are helping to achieve the recommendations outlined in the Council of Europe report, Food and Nutritional Care in Hospitals: How to...