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Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (26 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 and 137 to 140, inclusive, together. To date, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has provided over 150,000 public patients with in-patient procedures and out-patient appointments. The median waiting time for medical and surgical patients is now 2.4 months, down from 2.5 years in 2002 and the shortest median waiting time recorded by the NTPF. The Fund...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (26 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 — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Nov 2009)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Nov 2009)

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

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (26 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 (26 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 (1 Dec 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 (1 Dec 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Dec 2009)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. As the Deputy may be aware, the National Treatment Purchase Fund arranges treatment for patients who have been on a surgical waiting list for more than three months. It is open to the person in question or anyone acting on their behalf to contact the Fund directly in relation to their case.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Dec 2009)

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

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (1 Dec 2009)

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

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Dec 2009)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 138, 139 and 151 together. As these are service matters, they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Electric Vehicles: Electric Vehicles (1 Dec 2009)

Mary Harney: My Department has no commercial arrangement in place to purchase zero emission vehicles for 2009/2010. The Government has set a target of 10% of all vehicles to be powered by electricity by 2020. An Inter-Departmental/Inter-Agency Taskforce on electric vehicles is chaired by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and comprises the Departments of Transport, Finance,...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (1 Dec 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 — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (1 Dec 2009)

Mary Harney: The adverse reactions in Canada occurred following vaccination with Arepanrix. Arepanrix is an H1N1 vaccine which is not used in Ireland and is currently only available in Canada, where a single batch of vaccine has been quarantined, due to a suspected but unconfirmed increase in reporting of cases of anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis is an acute, allergic type response which can involve multiple...

Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (1 Dec 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 (1 Dec 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 — Venesection Services: Venesection Services (1 Dec 2009)

Mary Harney: My Department published a Report of a Working Group, which I set up in 2006 to examine the nature and extent of haemochromatosis in Ireland and to advise me on the action necessary to address the problems caused by haemochromatosis. That report noted that, in the absence of a national register, estimating the numbers of persons with known disease is difficult and we must rely on secondary...

Written Answers — Private Health Insurance: Private Health Insurance (1 Dec 2009)

Mary Harney: The Irish private health insurance market operates on the principle of community rating, where all persons pay the same amount for the same health insurance contract, irrespective of age, health status, gender or other issues. In order for community rating to work a system of risk equalisation is required, where insurers with a younger cohort of customers compensate those with an older...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Dec 2009)

Mary Harney: The management of out-patient 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.