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Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2011)

James Reilly: I take the amendment in the spirit it is offered but, unfortunately, it is not appropriate. We do not require legislation to review the effect of this Bill, but I will give the Deputy an undertaking that it will be reviewed regularly. Indeed, the HSE keeps patient care and impact on hospitals under review on an ongoing basis and the Deputy will be able to consider the impact of this Bill,...

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2011)

James Reilly: I can certainly provide for patient feedback, which is very important. I will write to the HSE and ask for this to be done quarterly.

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2011)

James Reilly: Garda vetting takes place in the case of non-consultant hospital doctors. Doctors from outside the European Union or a different jurisdiction may bring their own vetting documentation and will have police clearance before entering the country. It would not make sense for Departments to vet them. Our own doctors are vetted here, while those entering the country are vetted by the authorities...

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Jul 2011)

James Reilly: Yes.

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Jul 2011)

James Reilly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to start by thanking Opposition Members for their support for this urgent legislation to address the shortfall we are currently experiencing in non-consultant hospital doctors who are essential to the running of hospitals and the safe delivery of care to patients. The provisions of the Bill before the House enable the Medical Council...

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Order for Second Stage (7 Jul 2011)

James Reilly: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (6 Jul 2011)

James Reilly: Bantry General Hospital was not selected as one of the candidate colonoscopy screening units under the National Cancer Screening Service's National Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme, which will commence in 2012. Bantry General, however, similar to the other 21 hospitals not selected for that Programme, will continue to provide colonoscopies for patients.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Jul 2011)

James Reilly: I have instructed the HSE not to withdraw any services from acute hospitals unless and until I receive a full briefing on the details of what is proposed, the alternative arrangements to be put in place, and the overall implications for patients. The scheduling of patients for hospital treatment is a matter for the consultant concerned in each case and is determined on the basis of clinical...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Jul 2011)

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

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (6 Jul 2011)

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

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Jul 2011)

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

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (6 Jul 2011)

James Reilly: The operation of the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the HSE (PAD) allows for the centralised receipt, assignment and tracking of Parliamentary Questions within the HSE's extensive network of operations. More generally, PAD monitors overall performance in relation to the timely issue of replies and provides a central contact for all requests from Oireachtas members for information relating...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Jul 2011)

James Reilly: I am committed to ensuring that acute hospital services at national, regional and local level are provided in a clinically appropriate and efficient manner. In particular I want to ensure that as many services as possible can be provided safely in smaller, local hospitals. I have also made it clear that patient safety must be the overriding priority. I want patients to be treated at the...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (6 Jul 2011)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 159 and 160 together. Due to scheduling constraints I am not in a position to meet with the Cross-Party group at the current time. I intend, however, to consider a meeting at a later date. I understand that the issue of funding for Dignity 4 Patients has been of particular concern to the Cross-Party group and I am pleased to be in a position to state that...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Jul 2011)

James Reilly: I am committed to ensuring that acute hospital services at national, regional and local level are provided in a clinically appropriate and efficient manner. In particular I want to ensure that as many services as possible can be provided safely in smaller, local hospitals. I have also made it clear that patient safety must be the overriding priority. I want patients to be treated at the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Jul 2011)

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

Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (6 Jul 2011)

James Reilly: A review, commissioned by the HSE, is currently underway into four surgical laparoscopic cases with poor outcomes at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. The review is chaired by Mr. Rodney Peyton and is nearing completion. Since 2005, on foot of concerns regarding patient safety, the HSE has also commissioned four other reviews into the Department of Surgery in Navan. The HSE has accepted all of the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Jul 2011)

James Reilly: The scheduling of patients for hospital treatment is a matter for the consultant concerned in each case and is determined on the basis of clinical need. Should the patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he/she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant involved. As this is a service matter, it has...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Jul 2011)

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

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

James Reilly: Will the Deputy have enough speakers?