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Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Nov 2009)

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

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Nov 2009)

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

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Nov 2009)

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

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Nov 2009)

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

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (19 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise that the numbers (WTE excl. Career Breaks) of staff in the public health service at the end of 2007, end of 2008 and at the end of September 2009 (the latest data available), as recorded on the health service personnel census, are as follows: 31/12/2007 31/12/2008 30/09/2009 WTE Permanent 70,140 71,388 74,815 WTE Job-Sharing 3,485 3,123 2,785 WTE Temporary 16,197 14,084...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (19 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise that the numbers (WTE excl. Career Breaks) of social workers employed by the Health Service Executive at the end of 2007, end of 2008 and at the end of September 2009, are as follows: 31/12/2007 31/12/2008 30/09/2009 Social Worker 1,048 1,062 1,065 Social Worker, Medical 141 140 140 Social Worker, (Non-professionally Qualified) 175 157 48 Social Worker, Principal 235...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (19 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise that the numbers (WTE excl. Career Breaks) of speech therapists employed by the Health Service Executive at the end of 2007, end of 2008 and at the end of September 2009, are as follows: 31/12/2007 31/12/2008 30/09/2009 Speech and Language Therapist 248 242 240 Speech and Language Therapist, Clinical Specialist 12 12 13 Speech and Language Therapist Manager 62 62 59...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (19 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: The number of Public Health Nurses (expressed in Whole Time Equivalent terms) employed by the HSE at the end of 2007, the end of 2008 and at the end of September 2009 (latest figures - data for October 2009 not yet available) were as follows: Grade 31/12/2007 31/12/2008 30/09/2009 Director of Public Health Nursing 28.85 29 27.55 Director of Public Health Nursing, Assistant 164.63...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Nov 2009)

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

Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (19 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: Following the Supreme Court Decision of July 2008 which found the Irish Risk Equalisation Scheme to be ultra vires the Health Insurance Acts, I asked the Health Insurance Authority (HIA) to provide advice on how to support the operation of community rating in the interests of consumers in the changed circumstances. The HIA advised that the alternatives were either to reconstitute the Risk...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: A reply to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 14 October 2009 was issued to the Deputy from the Health Service Executive (HSE) on the 18 November 2009.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: I have received an undertaking from the HSE that a reply will issue to the Deputy within the next week.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: I am considering the matter raised in the letter and will revert to Minister Gormley shortly.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: Achieving and maintaining the highest possible standards of hygiene in our hospitals and health care facilities generally is a priority for this government and for the Health Service Executive (HSE). Hygiene and infection control measures are key to the prevention of the spread of Health Care Associated Infection (HCAIs), including Clostridium difficile. The HSE issued a statement on 28th...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Nov 2009)

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

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: Up to the start of this year, medical card and GP visit card applications were processed in the Health Service Executive's (HSE's) 32 local health areas. Under the HSE's 2009 Service Plan, the processing of all medical card and GP visit card applications will transfer to the HSE's Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) in Dublin. The initial phase of the centralisation process commenced...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (24 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: I understand that the individual concerned is a pensioner who has been re-engaged by his former employer. The (Pensions) Abatement Act 1965 provides a legislative basis for the suspension or reduction of an allowance (pension) where, after retirement, a scheme pensioner is employed in an agency / organisation in which the superannuation scheme paying the pension applies. In such cases...

Written Answers — Illegal Substances: Illegal Substances (24 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and regulations made thereunder regulate and control the import, export, production, supply and possession of a range of named narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances listed in the Schedules to the Act. Substances are scheduled under the Act in accordance with Ireland's obligations under international conventions and/or where there is evidence that the...

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (24 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: Muscular dystrophy is one of the conditions covered by the Long Term Illness Scheme (LTI). I am having enquiries made of the Health Service Executive (HSE) in relation to its practice in relation to applications for LTI cards from persons suffering from myasthenia gravis. I will contact the Deputy when this information comes to hand.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: At present, medical cards are granted primarily on the basis of means and individual circumstances. Under the Health Act, 2004, determination of eligibility for medical cards is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. The HSE has discretion, in cases of exceptional need, to provide assistance to individuals where undue hardship would otherwise be caused. Medical cards are made...