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Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (15 May 2012)

James Reilly: My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services. Meningitis Trust Ireland received lottery funding from my Department in 2009 and 2010 and also from the HSE in 2009, 2010 and 2011. It must be stressed that lottery funding is once-off discretionary funding and is...

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (15 May 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 466, 515 and 517 together. The manufacturer of Fingolimod (Gilenya®) has submitted an application to the HSE for the product to be reimbursed through community pharmacies under the High-Tech Drug Scheme. The list of medicinal products provided under the High-Tech Drug Scheme is reviewed on a regular basis. The application in respect of the product in question...

Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (15 May 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 472, 481, 487, 492, 500 and 508 together. My Department has received a draft report from the independent academic researcher who was appointed to complete a report into the practice of symphysiotomy in Ireland. As I outlined in the Dáil Statement on 15 March 2012, the specific scope of the report that the researcher has been given is to: 1. a) Document the...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (15 May 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 475 and 483 together. As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (15 May 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 476 and 496 together. As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Staffing: Hospital Staffing (15 May 2012)

James Reilly: I have asked the Health Service Executive to investigate the position in relation to the shifts worked by NCHDs in the specific hospital referred to by the Deputy and to respond directly to him. S.I. No. 494 of 2004 European Communities (Organisation of Working Time) (Activities of Doctors in Training) Regulations 2004, which transposed the EU Working Time Directive, provides for: A maximum...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 May 2012)

James Reilly: I believe we must concentrate on getting the best possible services for patients from the budgets available to us. The work of the Special Delivery Unit, together with implementation of the Clinical Care Programmes in the HSE, will help to improve the efficiency of our hospitals, allowing us to treat as many patients as possible within budget. In the current economic climate the acute...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (15 May 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 — Health Services: Health Services (15 May 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 — Community Care: Community Care (15 May 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 Care Quality Indicators: Health Care Quality Indicators (15 May 2012)

James Reilly: It is essential to have a health system that is transparent and accountable. Information needs to be collected, analysed and intelligently interpreted in order to allow the health system and population it serves to monitor what it is doing, recognise where improvements are occurring and identify potential problems, so that actions can be taken to rectify them. It makes sense to use available...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 May 2012)

James Reilly: The position remains the same as per the answer received by the Deputy on the 8th May.

Written Answers — Regulatory Impact Assessments: Regulatory Impact Assessments (15 May 2012)

James Reilly: During the period in question, a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) was completed by my Department in relation to the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2011 for the introduction of combined text and photo warnings on tobacco products. The RIA was carried out prior to the draft heads of Bill going to Government for approval and was not published by my Department.

Written Answers — Hospital Equipment: Hospital Equipment (15 May 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 (15 May 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 (15 May 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 dramatically improving the flow of patients through the system, and by streamlining waiting lists, including referrals from GPs. The SDU is working...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (15 May 2012)

James Reilly: My Department has no record of an application from the Group referred to by the Deputy. If the organisation wishes to make an application for National Lottery Funding they should send in a formal application. Detailed procedures, along with the application form are set out on my Department's website - www.doh.ie

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 May 2012)

James Reilly: The Department is in discussions with the hospital concerned and full information will be made available when the process is complete. The hospital is working through the issues and we are offering whatever assistance is required and we do not wish to comment in advance of the process being completed. In advance of the process being completed, the Department will not be naming the hospital...

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (15 May 2012)

James Reilly: The Special Delivery Unit was established in my Department last July to tackle patient wait times for hospital services. Unacceptably high wait times have been tolerated for too long and have become systemic for both unscheduled and scheduled care. The problems have to be tackled step by step so that improvements can be sustained. There is no room for complacency but progress is being made....

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (15 May 2012)

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