Results 16,221-16,240 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have referred this question to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: The management of outpatient waiting lists is a matter for the HSE and the individual hospitals concerned. I have therefore referred the Deputy's question to the Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: In recent years, there has been a much-increased emphasis on improved efficiency in acute hospitals. In particular, the focus has been on reducing inpatient care activity levels through the provision of more appropriate service responses, with a shift to day-case care where appropriate, and on performance improvements in inpatient care such as surgery on the day of admission and reducing...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (14 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (14 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: My Department is developing policy proposals which will provide the basis for Government to approve legislation to give effect to the policy proposals it decides upon.
- Written Answers — Hospital Closures: Hospital Closures (14 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: St. Luke's Hospital, which provides only radiation oncology services, was subsumed into the Health Service Executive under the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010 (No. 18 of 2010). Radiation oncology services will continue at St. Luke's until at least 2015, when further radiation oncology capacity will be available at Beaumont and St. James's. This decision is based on expert advice...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (14 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: The total number of staff (whole time equivalents) employed in my Department in the years requested by the Deputy is listed in the following table: Year No. of Staff Employed (WTE) 1995 ** 448.50 2000 ** 490.50 2005 641.00 2010 439.83 * The figures quoted relate to whole-time equivalents employed at the end of December each year. It includes staff working in the core Department, the...
- Written Answers — Hepatitis C Infection: Hepatitis C Infection (14 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: The Health Amendment Act (HAA) Card is given to men, women and children who contracted Hepatitis C from the administration within the State of blood or blood products. It is not the same as a medical card, a GP visit card or a Drug Payment Scheme card. The HAA Card gives entitlements to additional services, on more flexible terms and conditions than the medical card. The HAA card and the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: The management of outpatient waiting lists is a matter for the HSE and the individual hospitals concerned. I have, therefore, referred the Deputy's question to the Executive for direct reply. In the event that a person is on an in-patient waiting list, and subject to the resources available to it and the overall waiting list situation in the hospital concerned, the National Treatment...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (13 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 161, 162 and 164 together. The Health Service Executive (HSE) introduced new arrangements for contracting agency staff on 14 March 2011. The appointment of agencies to provide health staff, including agency nurses, is a HSE procurement matter and neither I nor my Department had any involvement in this process. The use of agency staff has always been a...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (13 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: On 2 December 2010, the Government approved the reduction by 10% of the salary scale and fixed allowances for new entrants to traditional recruitment grades in the public service, with effect from 1 January 2011. This was to achieve a medium-term structural reduction in the cost of the public service and gave effect to a commitment in the National Recovery Plan. Therefore, this reduction was...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have referred this question to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (13 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: My Department has received an application for funding from the 2011 National Lottery allocation from the organisation in question. A grant was approved by the previous Minister for Health and Children and Tánaiste in February. The Department requested clarification in respect of aspects of the purpose of the grant from the organisation. Having received the requested clarification, the...
- Written Answers — Capital Projects: Capital Projects (13 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: The Health Service Executive's capital infrastructure programme is a multi-annual programme which is developed over a rolling five year period. The Executive's capital allocation for the five year period is â¬1,876.55m, (an allocation of â¬374.25m is assumed for 2015). Allocations for 2011 - 2014 are as follows - all include â¬40m per annum in respect of ICT: 2011 - â¬392.25m (includes...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: I am considering the measures introduced by the HSE to contain expenditure on the Dental Treatment Services Scheme at the level of â¬63m. Responsibility for the Dental Treatment Benefit Scheme (DTBS) rests with my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection. I understand that the expenditure and, as a consequence, the treatments available under the DTBS will be kept under review, taking...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Apr 2011)
James Reilly: The management of hospital services generally, including outpatient waiting lists, is a matter for the Health Service Executive and the individual hospitals concerned. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the case investigated...