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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: I understand from Letterkenny General Hospital that the person in question has a Cardiac Device which was fitted in the United States. Dr Santhosh David, Consultant Cardiologist at Letterkenny General Hospital (LGH) has made two separate referrals to specialist Cardiology Tertiary Centres in Dublin to arrange follow up for this patient. The Consultant in each of these centres has been unable...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Jan 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: Services for People with Disabilities (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: The Government is committed to the provision and development of services for children with a disability including those with autism having regard to the resources available. A range of community and other services are provided for children with a disability including those with autism by or on behalf of the HSE. Significantly the HSE is currently engaged in a reconfiguration of existing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Mortality Rates (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: The Chief Medical Officer of my Department is finalising a report examining the potential of hospital discharge data in measuring the quality of health care. This includes the measure of recorded 30 day in-hospital mortality rates following heart attack. It is expected that the report will be finalised and published in the near future.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: In late 2009, the Data Protection Commissioner received a complaint from a member of the public in relation to the retention of Newborn Screening Cards. The basis of the complaint, which was upheld by the Data Protection Commissioner, was that the NSCs should not be retained indefinitely without consent as this constituted a breach of the Data Protection Acts 1998 and 2003. During 2010, a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: Responses received in relation to the June 2012 follow up consultation questions will be published on the Department of Health website by the end of January. A Memorandum to Government on the Health and Wellbeing Framework is currently being prepared by my Department for consideration by Cabinet in the coming weeks. The Health and Wellbeing Framework will be published once agreed by Government.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Private Partnerships (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: Neither I nor my Department have not been involved in any such talks and I am advised by the HSE that they have not had any contact with private investors or funders in relation to this matter. However, the HSE have advised that they have responded to a number of queries from private parties, mostly regarding property and suitability of sites/lands in the Navan area for such a purpose. They...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE is proceeding with arrangements to commence the Graduate Nurse Placement Initiative. The recruitment process for Phase 1 for registered general nurses and covering the Acute Hospital setting and the Community commenced on 11 January, with the first of the appointments to be in place by the end of February 2013. On 16 January, the HSE announced that it had extended the scope of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Building Regulations (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: The installation of Carbon Monoxide detectors in buildings is currently being examined in the review of Part J of the Building Regulations. This review is being carried out by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Staff Remuneration (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: The numbers employed in the health service have been reduced from over 111,000 at end-December 2008 to 101,519 at end-November 2012. In addition, salary scales for all health service grades have been reduced in line with Government decisions. I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy with the detailed information requested.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: Ms Anne Dunne S.C. was appointed to carry out a Post-Mortem Inquiry to investigate post-mortem practice and procedure in all hospitals in the State since 1970.The Dunne Inquiry commenced its work in March 2001 and it submitted a report to my predecessor in March 2005.The strong legal advice obtained from the Attorney General was that the report could not be published for legal and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding (22 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: An application for funding from the 2012 Lottery allocation was received in October from the organisation in question. The application was reviewed by my Department and a decision was made that funding should not be provided on this occasion. My Department informed the organisation of this decision on 27 December 2012. If funding for this project is required in 2013, the organisation may wish...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (22 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware the Department of Education and Skills has primary responsibility for addressing the educational needs of children with disabilities. However the health sector has a role in terms of providing health- related supports to these children, where required. The Health Service Executive is currently reconfiguring therapy resources for children with disabilities aged 0...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (22 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: Smoking is the greatest single cause of preventable illness and premature death in Ireland, killing over 5,200 people a year. Ireland’s public health policy objective in relation to tobacco is to promote and subsequently move towards a tobacco free society. Smoking is prohibited in most enclosed workplaces under the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 (as amended). Further provisions...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Jan 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 (22 Jan 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: Sexual Violence (22 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: In 2010 the National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence was published. It aims to provide a framework for sustainable intervention to prevent and effectively respond to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence and is lead by Cosc which is the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence. The HSE subsequently published its own Policy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (22 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: Smoking is the greatest single cause of preventable illness and premature death in Ireland, killing over 5,200 people a year. Ireland's public health policy objective in relation to tobacco is to promote and subsequently move towards a tobacco free society. As the Deputy is aware it is currently illegal to sell tobacco to an individual under the age of 18 years. While there are no plans to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (22 Jan 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 Charges (22 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: As part of Budget 2013, it has been indicated that legislative proposals will be brought to Government that will provide for charges to be collected from private in-patients who are not occupying a private designated bed. This charge will be phased in over a number of years to mitigate the impact on the private health insurance market. It is envisaged that new charges will be implemented...