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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: If the Chairman has the time, I am happy to have a long discussion with Deputy Kelleher on how this will operate. A main point that must be taken on board is the failure of insurers to date to address the underlying costs in the provision of private health care. It is possible. Everyone in this room has anecdotal evidence of people approaching them about procedures mentioned on their VHI...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I commend the Deputy on his research. He has good facts about issues that need to be considered. The role of the clinical programmes in public hospitals has caught the eye of the VHI. I have asked Dr. Barry White to engage with the VHI in this regard. I have also asked Dr. Martin Connor to engage with it in terms of what we have been doing in the public sector that might inform it. For...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: Go raibh maith agat. The principal objective of this Bill is the general statement of policy on the line of the health insurance Acts, including the amendments to be made by the provisions of this Bill. It is an aid to interpretation of the Acts. The health insurance Acts regulate how private health insurance is provided to ensure it is available to those who choose to purchase it on a...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I do not consider the amendment is appropriate to this Bill. I acknowledge the points made by the Deputy on IMPACT trade union's assessment of the Dutch system. Different people form different opinions. The Dutch system is quite fair and much of the complaint about it relates to increasing costs. However, the increase is due to an extension in what is covered, for example, dental work. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Deaths in Hospitals (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 614 and 699 together. It would not be customary for my Department to be routinely advised of deaths which have occurred in hospitals, nor to be informed of inquiries being carried out by the Health Service Executive (HSE) into such deaths. However, in this case my Department became aware of the death of Ms Savita Halappanavar on 12th November as a result of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 616 and 617 together. In relation to the particular matters raised by the Deputy, as these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: My Department has not allocated funding to the organisations in question during this period. I have requested the HSE to reply to the Deputy directly in respect of any funding it may have made to the respective organisations.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (27 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 Procedures (27 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 service which is the subject of the Deputy's query, it has therefore been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Fee (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 623, 665 and 678 together. The Health and Social Care Professionals Council (HSCPC) and the 12 registration boards to be established under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 are responsible for protecting the public by regulating health and social care professionals. The Council (also known as CORU) was established in March 2007 and is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 624 to 626, inclusive, together. There is no set ratio of midwives to mothers in maternity hospitals. The staffing level in such services varies according to the clinical needs and midwifery dependency of mothers. I have asked the HSE to provide figures relating to midwifery staffing levels in maternity hospitals directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cover (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The main legislative provisions for the regulation of the Irish private health insurance market are included in the Health Insurance Acts 1994 to 2011. Within that statutory framework, all private health insurers are free to design their own health insurance schemes and to enter into agreements with health service providers. As Minister for Health I do not have statutory powers to direct...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The current in-patient charges are provided for by Section 55 of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). These charges are levied in respect of each day or part of a day during which in-patient services are availed of in respect of private, semi-private and day-care accommodation in public hospitals. These rates are set out in the following table. Hospital Category Private Accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: A patient is described as a day case where they are admitted on an elective basis for care and/or treatment, do not require the use of a hospital bed over night, and have been admitted and discharged on the same day. The procedure or treatment must be codeable in the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry System (HIPE) as a daycase; this typically requires that the procedure or treatment take place in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The new children’s hospital is a key commitment in the Programme for Government and the largest project within the current Capital Plan . I recently announced the Government’s decision to develop the new children’s hospital at the campus of St James’s Hospital in Dublin. This decision has been made in the best interests of children, with clinical considerations...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: A comprehensive review of maternity and gynaecology services in the greater Dublin area was completed in 2008. The 2008 KPMG Independent Review of Maternity and Gynaecology Services in the Greater Dublin Area report noted ‘it is well recognised that for optimal clinical outcome, maternity services should be co-located with adult acute services, or in the case of neonatology and fetal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: Should the patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he/she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant and hospital involved. In relation to the specific query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: A priority action for the HSE has been the development and implementation of standardised reporting for outpatient access through the HSE Outpatient Data Quality Programme. This has enabled reporting of Outpatient Waiting Lists from January 2012. Subsequently, waiting times have been published on www.hse.ie each month as part of the HSE Performance Reports. The latest HSE Performance Report...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 645, 646, 648, 667 and 684 together. The association between Pandemic vaccination and an increased risk of narcolepsy in children/adolescents is acknowledged in the report of the National Narcolepsy Study Steering Committee. However, causation has not been established. My priority is to ensure that the children/adolescents affected are provided with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector Funding (27 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I have referred this matter to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. Organisations may receive grants from the HSE under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004 to provide a service similar or ancillary to a service that the HSE may provide. Staff in such independent organisations are not public servants and are not specifically subject to the pay scales approved for public servants.