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Written Answers — Health Insurance Levy: Health Insurance Levy (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: Community rating, in principle, provides that everybody is charged the same premium for a particular health insurance plan, irrespective of age, gender and the current or likely future state of their health. The only exceptions to this rule relate to children less than 18 years of age and students in full time education. Community rating therefore means that the level of risk that a...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: There is no doubt that there are challenges facing the mental health, disability and child care services as a result of reduced resources by way of an additional efficiency target of €50 million in 2012. This target is in addition to savings in employment and procurement costs which are required of the health services as a whole next year. The precise level of savings required will vary...

Written Answers — Clinical Indemnity Scheme: Clinical Indemnity Scheme (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 808 and 823 together. Cord blood is a recognised source of stem cells. However, there are other sources of stem cells including bone marrow. The benefit of stem cells for a range of issues is being explored by scientists around the world. In these studies the use of stem cells have been derived from a variety of sources, not just cord blood. Thus, while cord...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Jan 2012)

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

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (11 Jan 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 (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: It is clear that 2012 will be a very challenging year for the health services. The combination of the savings measures, the absence of extra funding for unavoidable extra costs and service needs plus the further reductions in numbers employed will inevitably impact on services across all care programmes. The extent and nature of the impact on specific services will be set out in the HSE's...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Jan 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 (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: It is widely recognised that secondary or acute care alone cannot cope with the current and increasing burden of disease. This is true for many chronic diseases but diabetes in particular presents an opportunity for a more integrated disease management approach. Indeed Irish health policy recognises this, and more recently the policy framework for the management of chronic diseases in...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: The management and delivery of the health capital programme is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Jan 2012)

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

Written Answers — National Clinical Programme for Diabetes: National Clinical Programme for Diabetes (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) National Clinical Programme for Diabetes - which includes the care of children and adolescents with diabetes - was established within the Clinical Strategy and Programme's Directorate. The purpose of the programme is to define the way diabetic clinical services should be delivered, resourced and measured; and a clinician has been appointed to lead this...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (11 Jan 2012)

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

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: Proposals for improving and modernising emergency ambulance services in Cork and Kerry include stations and crews moving from on-call to on-duty status. Being on-duty means our highly trained paramedic crews will be on site in their stations or in their vehicles to respond to calls, rather than having to go to the station when called out. This will drastically reduce deployment times for...

Written Answers — Primary Care Strategy: Primary Care Strategy (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: Following the publication of the 'Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Medium Term Exchequer Framework', the Health Service Executive commenced drawing up its capital programme for the multi-annual period 2012-2016. The Executive is required to prioritise the capital infrastructure projects within its overall capital funding allocation taking into account the existing capital...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: During October, the SDU sought proposals from hospitals with significant numbers waiting on trolleys to reduce the number waiting during the months of November 2011 to January 2012 and in particular over the critical Christmas and New Year holiday period. At the end of 2011 Our Lady of Lourdes in Drogheda was identified as one of eight hospitals that required very high support by the Special...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: To comply with Data Protection Legislation, a number of changes are required to the Newborn Screening Card and the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme. I requested that the HSE undertake a review of the governance policy regarding the retention and disposal of Newborn Screening Cards (NSCs). A draft report on the agreed governance structures undertaken by the National Newborn...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Jan 2012)

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

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (11 Jan 2012)

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

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Jan 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 (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 860 to 862, inclusive, together. In July of this year I requested that public hospitals ensure that, by the end of 2011, they have no patients waiting more than 12 months for treatment. In order to achieve this target a new calculation methodology was introduced, the new method is described as the 'Maximum Waiting Time Target'. The NTPF working on behalf of...