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Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jun 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 (12 Jun 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 (12 Jun 2012)

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

Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (12 Jun 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 — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (12 Jun 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 — Health Services: Health Services (12 Jun 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 (12 Jun 2012)

James Reilly: The group, which included two members of the public (Service User Panel Representatives) was established and independently chaired by a specialist in public health medicine and work commenced in October 2011. The group also included a consultant general physician in medicine and a Monaghan general practitioner. The group committed itself to establishing if there was a clinical need for an MAU...

Written Answers — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (12 Jun 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 — National Children's Hospital: National Children's Hospital (12 Jun 2012)

James Reilly: 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 aim of the Review was to consider all the possible options for the earliest...

Written Answers — Substance Misuse: Substance Misuse (12 Jun 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 617 to 619, inclusive, together. Officials are working on this Action Plan, which will also include proposals on developing a broadcast code to address alcohol advertising and marketing to children, along with legislation on minimum unit pricing of alcohol based on the recommendation in the Steering Group's report; and in this regard, there are both plans to...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (12 Jun 2012)

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

Advance Healthcare Decisions Bill 2012: Second Stage (8 Jun 2012)

James Reilly: I thank Deputy Liam Twomey for raising this important issue. All Deputies will acknowledge that there are serious deficiencies in this area which must be addressed. I also thank him for sharing his personal and professional experience with the House. There is increasing recognition that advance health care directives can empower patients by giving them greater control over their treatment...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Jun 2012)

James Reilly: I am determined to address the issues which cause unacceptable delays in patients receiving treatment in our hospitals. In this regard I have established the Special Delivery Unit (SDU), which will work 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...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (7 Jun 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128 and 129 together. As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Jun 2012)

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

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (7 Jun 2012)

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

Written Answers — National Children's Hospital: National Children's Hospital (7 Jun 2012)

James Reilly: As you will be aware, I have 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 aim of the Review is to consider all the possible options for the earliest...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Jun 2012)

James Reilly: I am determined to address the issues which cause unacceptable delays in patients receiving treatment in our hospitals. In this regard I have established the Special Delivery Unit (SDU), which will work 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...

Written Answers — EU Regulations: EU Regulations (6 Jun 2012)

James Reilly: I take it that the Deputy is referring to Section 2(2)(b) of the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876 which was inserted by Regulation 2(c) of the European Communities (Amendment of Cruelty to Animals Act 1876) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 566 of 2002). This sub-section states that "an experiment shall not be performed if another scientifically satisfactory method of obtaining the result sought, not...

Written Answers — Alcohol Sales: Alcohol Sales (6 Jun 2012)

James Reilly: In its report on alcohol, the National Substance Misuse Strategy Steering Group recommended - among other things - the introduction of a legislative basis for minimum pricing per gram of alcohol. As minimum pricing is a mechanism of imposing a statutory floor in price levels for alcohol products that must be legally observed by retailers, its primary function would be thus to discourage at...