QUESTION NO:\u00a0 577<\/p>\n
D\u00c1IL QUESTION addressed to the Minister for Health (Dr. James Reilly)
by Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe
for WRITTEN ANSWER on 05\/07\/2011\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0*\u00a0 To ask the Minister for Health his views that there is a credibility deficit in relation to some former senior banking officials sitting on health related boards, institutions and hospitals in an oversight role; and the governance criteria needed for persons sitting on these boards. –\u00a0Se\u00e1n Crowe T.D.<\/p>\n
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REPLY.
Agencies established under the remit of my Department are required to comply with my Department’s Frameworks for Corporate and Financial Governance.\u00a0 The two Frameworks (one for regulatory bodies under the aegis of my Department and one for the agencies funded by my Department) are supplementary\u00a0 to statutory requirements and to Government approved guidelines including the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies.\u00a0\u00a0
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All Agencies meet their legal and financial obligations with regard to control, compliance and internal risk processes linked to their requirements to publish Audited Accounts.\u00a0 Broader agency best practice relating to non statutory governance provisions are in place to varying but increasingly improved standards.<\/p>\n
Officials of my Department ensure that the Frameworks for health sector agencies is adhered to by monitoring progress on an ongoing basis.<\/p>\n
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QUESTION NOS:\u00a0 581 & 582<\/p>\n
D\u00c1IL QUESTIONS addressed to the Minister for Health (Dr. James Reilly)
by Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe
for WRITTEN ANSWER on 05\/07\/2011\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0*\u00a0 To ask the Minister for Health when the children’s Beech Ward in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, was closed; the reason it was closed; and when it will re-open. \u00a0– Se\u00e1n Crowe<\/p>\n
For WRITTEN answer on Tuesday, 5th July, 2011.<\/p>\n
*\u00a0 To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the closure of the Beech Ward in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; if he will provide a report outlining the effect this closure will have on children awaiting medical procedures in the hospital; and the way this closure will impact on potential surgeries. – Se\u00e1n\u00a0Crowe<\/p>\n
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REPLY.
As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.<\/p>\n
QUESTION NO:\u00a0 583<\/p>\n
D\u00c1IL QUESTION addressed to the Minister for Health (Dr. James Reilly)
by Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe
for WRITTEN ANSWER on 05\/07\/2011\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0*\u00a0 To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there is a Health Information and Quality Authority enquiry into the accident and emergency ward in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; the terms of reference; the timescale of the enquiry; and if he intends to make the outcomes and recommendations public.v- Se\u00e1n Crowe<\/p>\n
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REPLY.
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), in accordance with Section (9) of the Health Act 2007, announced that it will undertake an investigation into the quality, safety and governance of the care provided for patients who require acute admission to the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Children’s Hospital (AMNCH), Tallaght, in particular those patients admitted through the Emergency Department.<\/p>\n
In setting out the Terms of Reference for the investigation, the Authority advised that it will seek to identify and quantify any serious risks to patients and to ascertain the safety and quality of the system of care and the effectiveness of the Board of the hospital in assuring that risks are being properly managed.\u00a0 Following this process, the Authority will make recommendations with a view to eliminating or reducing any identified risks to patients.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The investigation team will prepare a report which will be submitted to the Board of the Authority for approval and will be published subsequently.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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