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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (11 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: Delivery of health care infrastructure is a service issue. Therefore your query has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Services (11 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: One of the key commitments in the Public Service Reform Plan is to identify and evaluate new business models and opportunities to support the delivery of non-core processes and services. External Service Delivery is an area that can potentially deliver a range of benefits for the provision of health services. These include both cost and efficiency savings stemming from better work and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (11 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: Carrickmacross Co Monaghan is one of the 35 potential locations for primary care centres for development by way of PPP as announced in July in the Government's Infrastructure Stimulus Package. Of the 35, approximately 20 will be offered to the market subject to a) agreement between the local GPs and the HSE on active local GP involvement in the centres and b) site suitability and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (11 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter , it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (11 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 515 and 516 together. A new dedicated Respiratory and CF unit was opened in Temple Street in June 2010 providing state of the art facilities for children with respiratory disorders, their families and staff. It includes a lung function laboratory with the most up to date equipment, spacious patient treatment rooms and outpatient clinic rooms. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Employment Rights (11 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 519 to 521, inclusive, together. Following the enactment of the Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act this year, the HSE provided guidance to public service employers on the Act, including the fact that the equal pay provisions of the Act have retrospective effect to 5th December 2011. All agency staff employed through agencies contracted by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive have advised me that they are compiling an answer at the moment to the Deputy's original question, and as soon as it is available they will respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: I can confirm that officials from my Department attended a meeting with Tallaght Hospital in June in the context of providing secretarial support for the Review of Financial Management Systems in the Irish Health Service, more commonly known as the Ogden review. At the meeting a presentation was made in relation to Tallaght's performance to date covering various topics including activity,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Dec 2012)

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: Health Services (11 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware, the Disability Appeals Officer is an independent officer appointed by the Minister for Health whose purpose is to provide an appeals service to people who wish to appeal (i) against a finding or recommendation of a complaints officer of the Health Service Executive made under the Disability Act 2005; or (ii) against the failure of the HSE or an education service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive has advised that it issued a response to the Deputy in October on this matter which related to the preparation of an assessment report involving a number of professional disciplines. The Executive has indicated that it is working to finalise the assessment process with the input of the various professionals involved as soon as possible and that it will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Patronage (11 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: Acute and non-acute hospital services are provided in three different types of hospitals in the greater Dublin Area. hospitals, owned and funded by the Health Service Executive; voluntary public hospitals, most of whose funding comes directly from the Health Service Executive; private hospitals, which may deliver some services to the Health Service Executive; voluntary public hospitals are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programme (11 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the national colorectal screening programme commenced in November. The programme has been introduced on a phased basis to men and women between the ages of 60-69 years. When fully implemented the programme will offer free screening to men and women aged 55-74 every two years. As 50% of cancers within this age group are found in people aged 60-69 the...

Seanad: Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (6 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: I am pleased to have the opportunity to make this statement on the report of the expert group on the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in A, B and C v. Ireland. The reason for this debate - more than 20 hours have been set aside for statements to be taken in the Houses of the Oireachtas on this topic - is that the Government is committed to allowing all Members of the Houses...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (6 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: The 2001 Tobacco Products Directive (2001/37/EC) relates to the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products in the EU. This directive sets out the provision that the tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide (TNCO) yields of cigarettes shall be printed on cigarette packs. While all tobacco products must include health warnings, the provision relating to the TNCO yields relates to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is the next 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is the next 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: The funding pressures now being experienced in the health services mean that the acute sector must reduce its costs in order to deliver the agreed level of activity within the resources available to it. This means that we must concentrate on maximising efficiency and getting the best possible services for patients from the budgets available to us. In relation to the specific queries raised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Report (6 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: As the Deputy is aware, Professor Oonagh Walsh, independent researcher was commissioned by the Chief Medical Officer in my Department to draft a report in relation to the practice of symphysiotomy in Ireland. The Report was conducted in two stages. The first stage is an independent academic research report, which is based on an analysis of published medical reports and research. The draft...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Budget Deficits (6 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 135 to 159, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy has not yet been published by the Health Service Executive. However, I have asked the Health Service Executive to contact the Deputy directly with the information requested as soon as it becomes available.