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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Discussion (17 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: ...prevention can take place and fewer people will end up in hospitals, which is the most expensive end of the health service. This is a case of investing now for the future so that in five, ten, 15, 20 or 30 years' time, we do not have the same patterns of morbidity and mortality that we have today. The most recent HSE performance report shows that 1,991,148 people have access to free GP...

Other Questions: Health Insurance Prices (26 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: ...health insurers in the process but we need more robust audits. We have started that process with the VHI. Indeed, a large private hospital in this country - I will not say where - needed to repay €5 million. Another case saw €7 million being returned by doctors.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (19 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: ...for giving me the opportunity to update the House on the current position in the provision of additional funding for mental health services in 2013. Following on from the special allocation of €35 million and 414 posts provided for mental health in 2012, an additional €35 million was allocated in budget 2013 for the continued development of our mental health services across a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (19 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: ...160 adults and the Paediatric centre approximately 90 children with CF. The CUH Centre is the second largest centre in the country for patients with CF catering for the clinical needs of almost 25% of the entire CF population in Ireland. Outpatient facilities In October 2011 a Cystic Fibrosis outpatient facility was opened which provides dedicated facilities which are state of the art....

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: ...of the fluctuating value of assets and the fact that cash assets will naturally deplete over time as payments are made to nursing homes, etc. Section 7 provides for an increase in such contributions from 5% to 7.5%, as announced in the budget. The proposed amendment seeks to retain the current asset contribution of 5% per annum, yet we all know how the value of assets has collapsed in...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, before section 2, to insert the following new section: 2.--(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act, other than Part 1 and sections 5, 6, 7 (but not including paragraph (e)(ii) of section 7) and 14, shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: That is fair enough once we have clarity from members. There is a 5% reduction. We have a major problem with the drugs task forces and we are concerned about the drugs issue. There are 14 local drugs task forces which cover areas with the highest concentration of drugs activity. There are 12 in Dublin, one in Bray and one in Cork. There are also ten regional drugs task forces for the...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: ...of functions under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009. It was announced as part of budget 2013 that the asset contribution under the nursing homes support scheme would be increased from 5% to 7.5% and that the entitlement for State support to be backdated to 27 October 2009 for people who were in nursing home care prior to the scheme commencing, would be abolished. I wish to...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: ...outsourcing of functions under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009. It was announced in budget 2013 that the asset contribution under the nursing homes support scheme would be increased from 5% to 7.5%. It was also announced that the entitlement for State support to be backdated to 27 October 2009 for people who were in nursing home care prior to the commencement of the scheme would...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (30 Apr 2013)

James Reilly: ...." This does not indicate whether the evidence is good or poor, simply that more than one laboratory researcher has made this finding. The Agency currently accepts a standard of 4 parts per million for naturally fluoridated water in the USA, which is 5 times higher than the levels for fluoridated water in Ireland. It should be noted that among those substances classed by the Agency in the...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (20 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: ...However, there are a number of important areas where we have reservations on the approach being taken in it, and I will give the House a few examples as to why we have these reservations. Section 5 of Senator Burke's Bill proposes to introduce a new subsection (2C) into the 2007 Act. This proposed subsection requires the Medical Council to make rules, specifying the indemnity providers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (31 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive Social Inclusion budget for 2012 totalled €115 million. The allocation for this Care Group amounts to €114 million for 2013. This covers a range of areas including Addiction; Alcohol; Homelessness; Intercultural Health (i.e. Asylum seekers, refugees, migrants etc.); Irish Travellers and Roma; LGBT; and HIV/AIDS, together with elements of community...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Funding (17 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: A Supplementary Estimate of €360 million was provided in 2012 to ensure that the HSE would achieve a balanced Vote. This was offset by savings of €70m identified within my Department's Vote, and a once-off Extra Exchequer Receipt of €45m from the Medical Defence Union, resulting in a net supplementary requirement of €245m. Therefore, the underlying deficit was...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Budgets (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: In the region of a €500 million of these savings will be achieved through cost efficiencies and separately through reorganisation under the public service agreement. The majority of savings will have no recourse to front-line activity. However, 2013 will be a challenging year and will require taking a number of tough measures to ensure the most vulnerable are protected. The...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: ..., LRC, were very successful. For the first time, we have an agreement that consultants will be contractually obliged to work any of the hours 24/7 as opposed to Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. I accept what Senator Burke has said, that many consultants have been doing this pro bono, not as part of their contract. The clinical programmes which encourage this sort of work practice...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: ...market, it may be useful to provide some information on the current market position. The total premium income for the three insurers in the market in 2011 was ¤1.92 billion, an increase of ¤360 million or 23% more than the 2008 figure of ¤1.56 billion. As of the end of September 2012, approximately 2.1 million people or 46% of the population, held inpatient plans. In terms of market...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cost (12 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: ...2013 to provide for charging of private in-patients in public hospitals where they are not in a designated private bed. On that basis, Budget 2013 has provided for additional patient income of €60 million in 2013. The implementation date will be announced during 2013 when the new legislation is in place. In the meantime, the maintenance charges for private in-patients in public...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: ...people who did need long-term care urgently were behind those who did not need it that much. This is being addressed not just for long-term care but for all services for elderly people. Up to €200 million is spent on home help and home care. When we review the fair deal process, I believe the emphasis should be further back. People tend to follow where the resources are and...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: ...contracts cannot be terminated by the insurer even as the insured person ages and, perhaps, becomes less healthy. Under open enrolment, private health insurers must accept anyone under the age of 65 years who wishes to obtain private health insurance for the first time, regardless of age. These principles can be considered as the pillars of private health insurance legislation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Company Payments (27 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: ...to private patient income have also been advanced in 2012. From 1 January 2012, the charges for patients who choose to be treated on a private basis in public hospitals increased by between 3% and 5% depending on the category of hospital. The increase in charges is in keeping with the long-standing policy of moving towards recovering the full economic cost of providing treatment to...