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Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Mar 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 Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Mar 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 Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Mar 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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 Mar 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Mar 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 — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (27 Mar 2012)

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

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (27 Mar 2012)

James Reilly: The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) recommends that there is an universal BCG vaccination policy in place. Historically this happened in all parts of the country bar: In the West, the BCG was given at age 10-11 years and not at birth, this has continued with the agreement of NIAC In the South, BCG was not given at birth in Cork, this was recently replaced by a neonatal...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Mar 2012)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. The Government's priority is to reform how health services are delivered, in order to ensure a more productive and cost-effective health system. The primary aim of the 29 February 'grace period' retirements was to assist in the reduction of the number of public servants and the cost of...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (27 Mar 2012)

James Reilly: I have noted the correspondence that the Deputy has brought to my attention. At this juncture, the recommendations of the Steering Group are encouraging public debate and I envisage an Action Plan being developed in advance of proposals being drafted for Government that will take account of - among other things - the particular recommendation raised in the correspondence concerned.

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (27 Mar 2012)

James Reilly: Pandemrix is licensed for use across the EU by the European Medicines Agency for prevention of influenza caused by the H1N1 influenza virus. The indications for Pandemrix changed following an EU review of concerns about a link between vaccination with Pandemrix and narcolepsy in children and adolescents. This resulted in a recommendation that Pandemrix should only be used in people under 20...

Written Answers — Research and Development: Research and Development (27 Mar 2012)

James Reilly: Health research covers a diverse range of activities and applications. It is also funded from a number of State Departments and Agencies including the Department of Health (through the Health Research Board), Science Foundation Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Marine, etc. The Health Research Board (HRB) is a statutory body under the aegis of the Department of Health. It is...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (27 Mar 2012)

James Reilly: Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services. The funding available for 2012 is €3,286,000 and is published in the Revised Estimates Volume (REV) having its own Subhead (B.2.). Funding from this Subhead is not allocated to the general spend of my Department but is...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (27 Mar 2012)

James Reilly: The Government decision S21590E of March, 1995 regarding the appointment of women to State Bodies states that there is a requirement for a minimum of 40% of both men and women appointed as Ministerial representatives to all State Bodies. Although the overall membership of State boards under the aegis of my Department is well balanced, with 56% of the membership being male and 44% female, some...

Written Answers — Departmental Equipment: Departmental Equipment (27 Mar 2012)

James Reilly: There are 80 operational laptops and 2 tablet devices in use in my Department. The current infrastructure provides functionality and support for both device types. It is expected that 20% of the laptop stock will be upgraded this year.

Hospitals Building Programme (27 Mar 2012)

James Reilly: I welcome the Deputy's assertion that we are all on the one side, as we all want to see the hospital progress as quickly as possible. Nonetheless, the refusal on the Mater site requires time for reflection. The two months to be taken to report, including the month that has passed, will stand to serve the children of the State for 100 to 200 years and must be viewed in this timescale. I...

Hospitals Building Programme (27 Mar 2012)

James Reilly: I am aware of all of the issues raised by the Deputy. It is the role of the group not necessarily to interview NAMA on all of its sites, but to give an indication of the pros and cons on a new site, a brownfield site or a greenfield site. It is not my intention that it will inspect every site because if it did so months would turn into years very quickly. I am aware of the sites to which...

Hospitals Building Programme (27 Mar 2012)

James Reilly: The issue of co-location with an adult hospital is a major requirement. The expert group comprising four chief executive officers of some of the biggest paediatric hospitals in the world, three of whom were clinicians themselves, were unanimous on the fact that it needed to be co-located with an adult hospital. The basis for this is our childhood population would not be able to sustain an...

Health Service Staff (27 Mar 2012)

James Reilly: The main service areas that have been identified as critical in the context of the grace period retirements include maternity hospitals and critical and intensive care, as well as community nursing services. It is, therefore, necessary to be as innovative and flexible as possible in order to mitigate the impact on services of reduced budgets and staffing. The mitigation measures which are in...

Health Service Staff (27 Mar 2012)

James Reilly: I visited the National Maternity Hospital and met with the new master, who is the first female master in the history of this State. Staff at the hospital are dynamic and the recently opened new theatre will provide greater access for the patients they serve. There is no question but that from a capital perspective we could do with new maternity hospitals. While in the past I have been told...

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)

James Reilly: Deputy Martin only hears what he wants to hear, just like with the Mahon report.