Results 14,081-14,100 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly
- Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (14 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: The current statutory public in-patient charge is â¬75 per day subject to a maximum of â¬750 in any period of 12 consecutive months. This charge is payable by all public patients subject to exemptions specified in regulation, which include medical card holders, amongst others. There was no increase in the public in-patient charges in 2011 and there are no plans to increase these charges...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: Immediately following my appointment as Minister for Health, I set about establishing the Special Delivery Unit, the purpose of which is to unblock access to acute services by improving the flow of patients through the system. As a priority the SDU is addressing the issue of unacceptably long trolley waits. The SDU is putting in place an infrastructure based on information collection and...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (14 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 286 and 287 together. Firstly I would like to clarify that there is currently no voluntary redundancy or voluntary early retirement scheme available in the public health sector. The 'grace period' during which the calculation of public service pensions is unaffected by the pay reductions applied under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest...
- Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (14 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: The current statutory public in-patient charge is â¬75 per day subject to a maximum of â¬750 in any period of 12 consecutive months. This charge is payable by all public patients subject to exemptions specified in regulation, which include medical card holders, amongst others. There are no plans to increase these charges for 2012. The private/semi private accommodation charges for private...
- Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (14 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: I am advised by the Health Service Executive that the total anticipated income from statutory and voluntary hospitals in respect of inpatient and accident and emergency charges in 2011 is estimated at â¬37,147,270. The public hospital statutory in-patient charge is currently â¬75 per day up to a maximum of â¬750 in any twelve consecutive months during which an individual is maintained as...
- Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (14 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: The Secretary General of my Department met with representatives of the three insurers on the day of the Government announcement relating to changes to bed charges for public hospitals. Following on from this I met yesterday with the three commercial insurers, Aviva Health, Quinn Healthcare and Vhi Healthcare. They have agreed to set up a Health Insurance Consultative Forum to tackle issues...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: The Gross Current Vote for my Department in 2011 is â¬331.610m, of which â¬241.552m was spent to the end of November, leaving â¬90m unspent at that date. The current projection is that there will be a surplus of at least â¬40m on the Vote in the current year which will be surrendered to the Exchequer. This surplus can be attributed to a number of factors: Hepatitis C Compensation...
- Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (14 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: The â¬143m comprises â¬18m being the full year effect of the increase provided for in 2011 following the Value for Money review on private accommodation in public hospitals, â¬50m for the accelerated income collection from private health insurers; and â¬75m being the part year effect of the proposal to introduce legislation allowing public hospitals to raise charges in respect of all...
- Written Answers — Comprehensive Expenditure Review: Comprehensive Expenditure Review (14 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: The Comprehensive Expenditure Review prepared by my Department, and submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in September, was published on both Departments' websites on 7 December subject to the appropriate redactions.
- Written Answers — Comprehensive Expenditure Review: Comprehensive Expenditure Review (14 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware, a comprehensive review of expenditure was undertaken within each Department which has formed the basis for the 2012 Estimates. The Department of Health draft Comprehensive Expenditure Review was approved by the Minister and submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 22 July 2011. The Report analysed the 11 HSE care programme areas in terms...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Dec 2011)
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 (14 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: The HSE must ensure that the health sector is staffed with personnel with the appropriate mix of skills and experience. This is part of the human resource planning function of any organisation. While it is not possible to say how many staff will actually retire in any given year, it will be affected by a number of factors. In particular, the grace period during which the calculation of...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: Ireland does not have a public cord blood bank and collection of cord blood for private use in low risk families is not provided publicly in Ireland. However, when clinically indicated by a consultant overseeing care, collection of cord blood for donation to an identified family member in high risk families is facilitated by HSE hospitals in collaboration with the Irish Blood Transfusion...
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: Another Pauline conversion on the road to Damascus.
- Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (13 Dec 2011)
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 — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (13 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: I understand the HSE has recently issued a response to the Deputy in this matter.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 426 and 473 to 478, 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...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (13 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: Dr. Sean Faughnan worked in the office of the Leader of the Opposition from late 2008, prior to becoming my Special Adviser in 2011. My Press Adviser, Mr Mark Costigan, deals with a wide range of press enquires from both the national and local media and from the specialised health publications sector. He also works closely with the my Department in arranging the output of information on...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (13 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to Special Advisers is set out in the following tabular format. Name Office Whole Time Equivalent Salary now Salary date appointed Mark Costigan Dr. James Reilly T.D. Minister for Health 1 â¬92,672 â¬92,672 Sean Faughnan Dr. James Reilly T.D. Minister for Health 1 â¬80,051 â¬80,051 Maev-Ann Wren RóisÃn Shortall T.D. Minister of...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Dec 2011)
James Reilly: One of the key elements of the Government's health reform programme is financial reform of the acute hospital sector. We are committed to introducing a more efficient and transparent 'money follows the patient' funding system for hospitals. Various initiatives to facilitate achievement of the 'money follows the patient' funding system are already under way. These include a patient-level...