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Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: The Special Delivery Unit (SDU) is working to unblock access to acute services by improving the flow of patients through the system, and by streamlining waiting lists, including the management of referrals from GPs by hospitals. The SDU is working closely with its partner agencies - mainly the HSE and the NTPF. As a priority, public hospitals were instructed to ensure that, by the end of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: The HSE has no statutory obligation to provide patient transport, other than emergency transport. The cost to the health service of providing non-emergency patient transport, in particular for outpatient (OPD) appointments, has been escalating in recent years and non-essential provision has been identified as an area suitable for budgetary control. Accordingly, criteria have been restricted...

Written Answers — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (17 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: The only available data concerning administrative costs in health services is to be found in the System of Health Accounts (SHA) data collected by the OECD. As Ireland currently does not supply data in this format it is impossible to compare Ireland with other country's data, and indeed, there is no data available from this source in relation to either the UK or Australia. The SHA data...

Written Answers — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (17 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (17 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: In relation to the issue raised by the Deputy it is my understanding that this treatment is available in some hospitals but not in others due to resource constraints. I have communicated to the Health Service Executive the view that it is not appropriate for access to this medication to be determined by geographical location and for this anomaly to be resolved without delay.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Jul 2012)

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

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: The Special Delivery Unit (SDU) is working to unblock access to acute services by improving the flow of patients through the system, and by streamlining waiting lists, including the management of referrals from GPs by hospitals. The SDU is working closely with its partner agencies - mainly the HSE and the NTPF. As a priority, public hospitals were instructed to ensure that, by the end of...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Jul 2012)

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

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Jul 2012)

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

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (17 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 744 and 780 together. It is Department of Health policy that there must be sufficient inpatient beds available nationally to treat all people with Cystic Fibrosis who require hospitalisation in single en-suite rooms. Therefore I welcome the new Nutley Wing seven-storey development at St. Vincent's University Hospital, of which two floors will contain a...

Written Answers — Advertising Standards: Advertising Standards (17 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I was not aware that the consultant of the British consultancy firm retained by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, was one of the persons involved in designing for the UK Food Standards Authority the Nutrient Profiling Model. While the submission made to the Children's Commercial Communications Code is not in the public domain, I can confirm that my Department's submission considers...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (17 Jul 2012)

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

Written Answers — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (17 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (17 Jul 2012)

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

Written Answers — Creative Arts Therapies: Creative Arts Therapies (17 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 752, 753, 773 and 840 together. The Health and Social Care Professionals Council, established in 2007 and the 12 registration boards being established under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (the Act), will be responsible for protecting the public by regulating health and social care professionals in Ireland. The object of the Council is to...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: The Special Delivery Unit (SDU) is working to unblock access to acute services by improving the flow of patients through the system, and by streamlining waiting lists, including the management of referrals from GPs by hospitals. The SDU is working closely with its partner agencies, mainly the HSE and the NTPF. As a priority, public hospitals were instructed to ensure that by the end of...

Written Answers — Dental Services: Dental Services (17 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: If the patient's general practitioner considers that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant and hospital involved.

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (17 Jul 2012)

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

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (17 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: As property management is a service issue, the Deputy's question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (17 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund, from which once-off grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations that provide a range of health-related services. If an organisation wishes to make an application for National Lottery Funding, it should send in a formal application. Detailed procedures along with the application form are set out on the Department's...