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Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to expand the Health Information and Quality Authority's (HIQA) inspection role into the area of residential services for people with disabilities along with a commitment to establish a Patient Safety Authority which will incorporate HIQA. Discussions are ongoing between my Department and HIQA to progress these commitments. At this time...

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

James Reilly: The Food Supplements Directive 2002/46/EC has been transposed into Irish law by Statutory Instrument No. 506 of 2007, which is implemented by the Health Service Executive, under a Service Contract Agreement with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). The Food Supplements Directive ensures that consumers in Ireland are protected by the harmonised EU rules on the sale of food supplements...

Written Answers — EU Regulations: EU Regulations (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: The Regulation on Nutrition and Health Claims made on foods was introduced by the EU in 2006. It aims to protect consumers and facilitate consumer choice by ensuring that products placed on the market are safe and adequately labelled. An EU-wide list of permitted health claims for food was agreed at EU level in 2011. This followed an evaluation by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)...

Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: Procurement of goods and services is a service issue. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

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

James Reilly: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department does not own any property and so the issue of participation in management companies does not arise. In relation to the Non Commercial State Agencies under my Department's remit, responsibility for the day to day administration of these bodies lies with their governing Boards. The Boards and management teams are fully aware of the necessity to...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 942 to 944, inclusive, together. Immediately following my appointment I set about establishing the Special Delivery Unit to unblock access to acute services by improving the flow of patients through the system. The SDU is focusing initially on emergency departments and will be working to support hospitals in addressing excessive waiting times for admission to...

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

James Reilly: As I previously stated to the House, the hospital management along with the Board of Tallaght Hospital brought the 2011 budgetary overrun under strict control within agreed parameters and agreed to develop a further cost saving plan for 2012. The deficit referred to by the Deputy was incurred in previous years and will be addressed by the Hospital in conjunction with the HSE. As the Deputy...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: Products such as breast implants which are used by the cosmetic surgery industry are classified as medical devices. The Irish Medicines Board (IMB) is the competent authority responsible for the regulation of medical devices on the Irish market. The IMB is currently monitoring recent safety issues concerning Poly Implant Prosthesis (PIP) breast implants in liaison with their European...

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

James Reilly: The following table sets out the funding that was allocated to the Irish Patients' Association between 2007 and 2011. No funding was allocated to Patients Focus or Patients Together during this period. I have also asked the HSE to reply to you directly in respect of any funding it may have made to the respective organisations. Funding allocated to Irish Patients' Association Year €...

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

James Reilly: As these are service matters, they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

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

James Reilly: The sexual assault treatment unit (SATU) for the Cork & Kerry region is located in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital Cork. The provision of the service at a regional level was based on the sustainability of the service provision and ensuring that the skills, experience and training required by the clinical staff should be at a level which would be appropriate from a legal...

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

James Reilly: I can confirm to the Deputy that I have attended several meetings regarding the Special Delivery Unit.

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: Immediately following my appointment I set about establishing the Special Delivery Unit to unblock access to acute services by improving the flow of patients through the system. The SDU is focusing initially on emergency departments and will be working to support hospitals in addressing excessive waiting times for admission to hospital. The Special Delivery Unit (SDU) is working closely...

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

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 961, 993 and 994 together. As a step toward achieving this goal, new governance arrangements will be made in regard to the HSE and these transitional arrangements will be given effect to by legislation which will be advanced as a priority. The transitional legislation will abolish the Board of the HSE and will replace the Board structure with a directorate...

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

James Reilly: The Government intends to publish a framework for the development of smaller hospitals, which will set out the way these hospitals provide services to patients and how they work within their regional hospital networks. The framework and its implementation is a priority of the Government. In developing the framework, the Government is clear that: - there is an important future role for...

Written Answers — Health Practitioners' Qualifications: Health Practitioners' Qualifications (11 Jan 2012)

James Reilly: The Deputy refers to an application, from the person whose details are supplied, to have his professional qualifications recognised under Directive 2005/36/EC for the purposes of seeking employment in the publicly-funded health service in Ireland. This Directive applies to all EEA nationals wishing to practise a regulated profession in an EEA Member State other than that in which they...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jan 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...