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Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: My Department has received an application for funding from the 2011 National Lottery allocation from the organisation in question. This is one of a large number currently being assessed by my Department. The Deputy will be informed of the outcome of the application as soon as a decision has been made.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 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 — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: The waiting times for patients attending emergency departments in many hospitals during last winter and in particular the first week of January of this year were unacceptable. I am determined that this should not happen again. The difficulties in emergency departments cannot be resolved solely within the EDs themselves and must be addressed on the basis of a health-system wide approach. This...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Apr 2011)

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

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (12 Apr 2011)

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

Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: I take it that the Deputy is referring to a draft report written by a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children in 2007, which was not endorsed by the Committee. The Forum on Fluoridation, which was established by the Minister for Health and Children in 2000, advised in 2002 that the fluoridation of public piped water supplies should continue as a public health measure....

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: As the Deputy's question relates to service issues, I have referred this question to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 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 — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: I understand the Deputy is referring to the HPV vaccination. I have asked the HSE to develop an implementation plan for a catch-up programme for HPV vaccination of girls in secondary school to commence in the new school year this autumn.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 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 — Primary Care Centres: Primary Care Centres (12 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 — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (12 Apr 2011)

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

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: Since my recent appointment as Minister for Health, I have not made any appointments to boards or review groups, nor have I appointed any persons to prepare reports on my behalf.

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: Initially, it was agreed that the Inter-Departmental Group, involving my Department and the Department of Education and Skills, would meet 3 times a year but that this arrangement could be reviewed in the light of experience. The Group last met in May 2010 and the next meeting is scheduled for May 2011. The SPHE Management Team, who oversee the operational management of SPHE delivery, have...

Written Answers — Primary Care Centres: Primary Care Centres (12 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 (12 Apr 2011)

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 (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) introduced new arrangements for contracting agency staff on 14 March 2011. The use of agency staff has always been a feature of the health system and will remain an ongoing requirement to fill short term vacancies and ensure continuity of service provision. Agency nurses are employed directly by the agencies that were successful in the HSE's tendering...

Health Service Reform (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 36, 47, 54, 66, 71, 76 and 376 together. 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 wish to ensure that as many services as possible can be provided safely in smaller, local hospitals. To fully consider the issues involved, I am...

Health Service Reform (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: I certainly agree with my colleague Deputy Naughten in regard to transportation or forcing people to travel without providing transport. It is not wise or cost effective to transport patients to have treatments that could and should be available in the local hospitals. This is certainly an area we are examining very closely. As I said to Deputy Ó Caoláin in respect of Monaghan hospital,...

Health Service Reform (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: I thank Deputy Healy. The review will be carried out by officials in my Department. I certainly want to be made aware of any withdrawal of service because I want the impact of any such withdrawal to be assessed fully. I do not want a recurrence of circumstances in which services are withdrawn on the promise that they will be replaced by new ones at a regional centre, only to have that...