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Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (5 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The Heads of a Human Tissue Bill which willmeet the key recommendation of the Madden Report on Post Mortem Practice and Procedures that no hospital post-mortem may be carried out and no tissue retained without consent/authorisation are at an advanced stage of drafting. The Deputy will also be aware that the Programme for Government envisages the introduction of an opt-out system of organ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 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: Mental Health Services (5 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: Primary Care Centres (5 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: As you are aware there will always be more construction projects than can be funded by the Exchequer. The primary care infrastructure model offers a good fit for private sector finance and the HSE will continue to work with interested parties to deliver primary care centres. As the delivery of health care infrastructure is a service matter your query has been referred to the Executive for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (5 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 780, 800 to 802, inclusive, and 816 together. I am advised that Beaumont Hospital carried out over ninety cochlear implants in 2012 and that over seven hundred patients are currently under the care of the hospital programme which provides rehabilitation and programming on a recurring basis. In relation to the specific queries raised by the Deputy, as these...

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

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 786 and 787 together. Under the Programme for Government 2011-2016, the Government committed to developing a universal, single-tier health service, which guarantees access to medical care based on need, not income. On foot of this commitment the Government will introduce a system of Universal Health Insurance (UHI). A key stepping stone to the new...

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

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Building on work already undertaken by the HSE, the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has now taken over the reporting of outpatient waiting time data. The collation and analysis of outpatient waiting time data in a standardised format will reveal the distribution of long waiters across all hospitals. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The health capital allocation for 2013 is €397m of which the HSE's allocation is €381m. This €381m includes €40m for information and related services. The remaining €341m which includes €8m to be funded from the proceeds of the disposal of surplus assets is available for construction projects. Work is underway on the Executive's multi-annual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cover (5 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 794 and 812 together. The Government is embarking on a major reform programme for the health system, the aim of which is to deliver a single-tier health service, supported by universal health insurance (UHI), where access is based on need, not on income. Insurance will be provided under a multi-payer insurance model with no distinction between "public" and...

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

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Building on work already undertaken by the HSE, the NTPF has now taken over the reporting of outpatient waiting time data. The collation and analysis of outpatient waiting time data in a standardised format will reveal the distribution of long waiters across all hospitals. In the first instance, this will allow the...

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

James Reilly: The issue of Out-Patient waiting lists was essentially an untended problem. The scale of the problem was unmeasured and consequently no special action was taken to deal with it. This Government intends to change that. The Special Delivery Unit is now dealing with the issue of Out-Patient waiting lists on my instruction, with the assistance of the NTPF. Work has commenced on the systematic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (5 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The policy proposals on the regulation of Assisted Human Reproduction and related matters have not yet been submitted to Government. However, last year I instructed my officials to further examine a number of policy issues on this matter, and I am currently considering these proposals.

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

James Reilly: The National Waiting List Management Policy promotes a standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures. The policy advises hospitals that the process for scheduling patients for admission applies to both public and private patients. i.e. once clinical urgency has been taken into account patients should be scheduled in chronological...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (5 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which once-off grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations, providing a range of health related services. Applications come primarily from community groups and voluntary organisations with an involvement in the provision of health services to specific client groups (for example persons with an intellectual...

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

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 818, 839 and 852 together. Cork and Beaumont are two of six regional centres which have been identified for the provision of specialist epilepsy services under the HSE's National Clinical Care Programme for Epilepsy. It is intended that services will be provided by a team of nurses and consultant neurologists working as a virtual national network supporting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (5 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive has confirmed that the following figures relate to the number of patients with Epilepsy who have availed of treatment under the provisions of the Treatment Abroad Scheme. These figures relate to patients who have been identified as having Epilepsy but in some cases other illnesses were present. Year Number of Patients Cost of Treatment Cost of Travel 2011...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 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: Vaccination Programme (5 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) recommends a universal neonatal BCG vaccination policy. Historically, BCG vaccination is given in HSE West to children in 5th/6th class in primary schools and also to infants in the 'at risk' categories. This continues with the agreement of the NIAC. The latest validated figures for epidemiology of TB in Ireland relates to 2009. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (5 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: In relation to the specific queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service matters they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.