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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I have asked for and get weekly reports.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I had better conclude, because I must be out of here by 11 a.m. There are a number of issues to be raised about the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's survey. While the Department has not seen the full results and has not had an opportunity to examine it, Deputy Healy in particular made some statements with which I do not agree. He stated the cuts are having serious consequences for...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: In my view, there is no single biggest reform as what we are doing is reforming the entire system. This is a valid and important point to make. I keep using John Donne's line, "No man is an island, entire of itself" and no part of the health system is an island entirely unto itself. If one hopes to fix the emergency department problem, one must fix what is happening elsewhere in the...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: If I may, I wish to come back to the whole issue of outcomes for patients. We have pretty good measurements for outcomes in hospitals, which include average length of stay, waiting times, how many people are treated, how many are readmitted within 30 days and so on. However, we have very little by way of measurement of outcomes in primary care. As a general practitioner, I believe it must...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I thank the members for their contributions. The tone has been reasonable, which is always beneficial when we are trying to discuss serious issues associated with health. The issue of health can be very emotional, as we know. People get very upset when they cannot obtain certain services or get their child into a certain school, but this is nothing by comparison with the emotional trauma...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: Correct.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: It is not so much that they are refusing but that they just cannot afford to go, as the Chairman said. It is also a question of the cost of the care. This is why we want to extend free GP care to the entire population. The value of 2,000 medical cardholders to a GP's practice is approximately €500 million. Many expenses must be paid from that but, none the less, that is the...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: There ought to be a quid pro quo and mutual respect on the part of the system and patient. The patient should be respected by the system delivering the care, but the patient should respect the fact that the system must deliver to others also and that if one abuses it, others suffer. With regard to the average cost of the GP service, €51, one should note that it is €22 in...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I thank the sub-committee for the opportunity to discuss the situation. I look forward to responding to questions from members and to a discussion on the many challenges facing the health service in 2013. While I acknowledge that the sub-committee's agenda today is to discuss the 2013 allocations, it is not possible for me to provide any degree of detail on the budgets for the Department of...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I am almost finished.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I would like to conclude because it is important to put these matters in perspective. Between now and 2017, the proportion of the population aged 65 and over will increase by approximately 20,000 per year. This is good because it reflects improving longevity and better quality of life. We must fully celebrate that fact but also take cognisance of the implications it has in the context of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (29 Nov 2012)

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: Hospital Procedures (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The HSE National Service Plan sets out the health and personal social services that will be delivered during 2012 from within the HSE budget. In relation to the specific matter which is the subject of the Deputy's query, as this is a service issue it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Nov 2012)

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: Hospital Staff (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: In regards to this particular issue, I have asked the Health Service Executive to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Nov 2012)

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: Speech and Language Therapy (29 Nov 2012)

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: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Nov 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: Health Service Staff (29 Nov 2012)

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. Plans to establish panels within the Health Service Executive for new graduates is a matter for the HSE, and as such, the Deputy's enquiry has been referred to them for direct reply.