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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1000 and 1004 together. Table 1 sets out a yearly sum of patients who missed scheduled appointments (did not attend) from 2008 to 2010, along with those who attended and total number of appointments booked (supplied by the HSE Business Intelligence Unit). The DNA rate is calculated by taking the number of missed appointments (DNAs) as a percentage of the total...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programme (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1002, 1003 and 1150 together. Plans for the implementation of a national colorectal screening programme are at an advanced stage within the HSE-National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) and the programme will be introduced on a phased basis shortly. Live testing of the programme is now underway to ensure that all systems and processes operate effectively. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (6 Nov 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: Health Services (6 Nov 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Nov 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: Medical Aids and Appliances (6 Nov 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: Health Insurance Claims (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The amount of money outstanding in private insurance income at the 31st July 2012 is €216m, of which €125m is due to statutory hospitals and €91m to voluntary hospitals. It is acknowledged that the public hospital system has unacceptably long delays in relation to income collection and a number of measures are being progressed in order to address this. The HSE is...

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

James Reilly: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to her.

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

James Reilly: Over the last two to three years, despite a reduction in budget, the HSE have made considerable gains in relation to service provision at Kerry General Hospital. The hospital will retain the level of services required to provide services in its 24 hour Emergency Department (ED), into the future. The newly opened ED and the two recently appointed ED consultants are testament to this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Nov 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: Patient Transport (6 Nov 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: Cross-Border Co-operation (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The North-South Feasibility Study, finalised in 2009, examined the potential for joint co-operation in health across an extensive range of health and social care services. It set out 10 priority recommendations and many of these are already being taken forward. Areas of ongoing collaboration include - child protection, cancer research, health promotion, suicide prevention, radiotherapy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Nov 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: Health Service Expenditure (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: Ireland operates a bilateral health care reimbursement agreement with the United Kingdom, in respect of health services provided under EU Regulations, covering such persons as temporary visitors between the two countries, pensioners of one country and their dependants residing in the other country, and the dependant families of persons employed in the other country. Under the terms of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (6 Nov 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: Ireland's recommended immunisation programme is based on the guidelines of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. The objective of the Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme is to achieve an uptake level of 95%, the rate recommended by the World Health Organization, required to provide population immunity and to protect children,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1046 to 1048, inclusive, together. As you will be aware, I established an independent Review Group to consider the implications of the decision of An Bórd Pleanála, received on 23 February 2012, to reject the planning application for the proposed construction of a national paediatric hospital on the site of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The amalgamation of the Pre-hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) and HIQA is not being considered.

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

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

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

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