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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: In relation to the next question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: Well fine.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I do not need you to tell me what the rules are. You have already pointed out that you have asked a load of questions and I am not allowed to respond.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The Chair has let me respond to inform you. You have been informed. So be it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I beg your pardon. The Chair can rule on this. You have asked a question in writing, I have responded verbally in the Chamber. You have a response to that. I responded to that. You have the final response.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: That is the case. That is always the case.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I am quite happy to answer.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: Let the Chair rule.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Mortality Rates (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The Chief Medical Officer's office of my Department has been working on a report entitled Health Care Quality Indicators in the Irish Health System: Examining the Potential of Hospital Discharge Data. The focus of the report is the quality of the data not the care provided. One of the indicators examined in the report is derived from the hospital inpatient inquiry, or HIPE, data 2008-10...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: This scheme represents an opportunity for a substantial number of recently-qualified nurses to work in Ireland for a two-year period and to gain valuable experience and additional skills at a time when job opportunities in the public service are, regrettably, very limited. Graduate nurses and midwives are of course entitled to choose whether to participate in the initiative or to pursue...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: In Naas General Hospital the first five weeks of 2013, compared to same period in 2011, there has been a 52% decrease in the number of patients waiting on trolleys., i.e., the number of patients on trolleys has more than halved. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12, 39 and 343 together. I am pleased to inform the Deputies that MRSA rates are at a 6-year low and would like to assure the Deputy that the management of Healthcare Acquired Infections (HCAIs) including MRSA is a key patient safety issue for my Department and the Health Service Executive (HSE) and a number of significant initiatives have been developed to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: In Sligo General Hospital in the first five weeks of 2013, compared to same period in 2011, there has been a 65% decrease in the number of patients waiting on trolleys at the hospital. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: In the Mid Western Regional Hospital in the first five weeks of 2013, compared to same period in 2011, there has been a 9% decrease in the number of patients waiting on trolleys. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 16 and 76 together. Xolair (Omalizumab) is indicated as additional therapy for the prophylaxis of severe persistent allergic asthma in patients who cannot be controlled with the standard treatments. This medicine is being prescribed nationally. This is administered in a hospital setting by a health care professional, namely a nurse, under the care of a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Planning (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17, 56 and 353 together. Details of the 2012 budget on a regional basis are available in the HSE's regional plans which can be found on their website. Outturn figures for 2012 will be finalised in the HSE's Appropriation Account at the end of March. 2013 allocations will be available in the 2013 regional plans which are expected to be published by the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: In St. James' Hospital in the first five weeks of 2013, compared to same period in 2011, there has been a 13% decrease in the number of patients waiting on trolleys. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: There are no plans to include community kitchen facilities in the proposed Corduff primary care centre. However the usual facilities will be provided for staff working in the facility.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues (14 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 20, 35, 49, 346, 347 and 359 together. The recruitment of graduate nurses under this scheme, which is currently in train, will continue. The HSE will accept applications on an ongoing basis for Phase 1, covering registered general nurses for the acute hospital setting and the community, from 2012 graduates and also those who graduated in 2010 and 2011....