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- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. As the person referred to by the Deputy resides in County Kilkenny, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: I am not aware of any proposal by a private consortium to provide BreastCheck services in the Munster region. The roll out of the national breast screening programme to the remaining regions in the country is a major priority in the development of cancer services. This will ensure that all women in the relevant age group in every county have access to breast screening and follow up treatment...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the administration of the influenza vaccines. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Health...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for immunisation programmes, including MMR. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Health Service...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: Based on information supplied to the Department by the Central Statistics Office regarding numbers of the population group referred to, and on current rates payable to contractors â pharmacists and general practitioners â who provide services to fully eligible persons under the GMS scheme, an estimate of the cost of extending full eligibility to medical cards to all those under 18 years...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: The Government's policy on radiation oncology is based on the report, The Development of Radiation Oncology Services in Ireland. The report recommends that the first priority should be the development of a clinical network of four large centres that collectively have the staff and treatment infrastructure to permit a rapid increase in patient access to appropriate modern radiation therapy and...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: The estimated cost of extending full medical card eligibility to all of the population would be in the region of â¬3 billion, based on current fees to participating contractors â pharmacists and GPs in the GMS scheme â and existing IR negotiations. However, this does not take any account of adjustments to fees to the contractors, which might result from negotiations with the...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, HSE, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the employment of nursing and midwifery staff. Accordingly, my Department has requested the acting...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: I understand the Deputy is referring to all persons over 65 years. Under the current general medical services scheme participating general practitioners enter into contracts to provide services to patients who have been deemed eligible for such services by the local area of the Health Service Executive. Upwards of 48% of persons in this age category qualify for medical cards at present. The...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: The provision of private care in public acute hospitals has been a long standing feature of the Irish health care system and the consultants' common contract includes a provision to allow consultants treat private patients in public hospitals. On average 20% of beds in public hospitals have been designated as private accommodation. The income from private and semi-private accommodation...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is at present being collated by my Department, which will arrange for the details to be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: The report of the expert group on various health professions published in April 2000 recommended the establishment of a joint management and union committee to deal with issues arising from the recognition of the autonomy of the child care worker profession. The joint committee on social care professionals was established to examine these issues, including the establishment of a proper career...
- Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (27 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: In late 1999, my Department wrote to all health boards and hospitals requesting that they ensure that a policy of informed consent should operate in respect of the retention of organs following post mortem examination, pending the issue of guidelines by the faculty of pathology. In February 2000, the faculty issued its "Guidelines for post mortem consent and retention of tissues at post...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: A significant programme of investment is under way to ensure that the physical infrastructure of accident and emergency departments provides appropriate facilities for the treatment of patients. I have already announced a series of measures that are being put in place to improve the delivery of accident and emergency services. These actions take a wide ranging approach and are aimed at...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: A special Cabinet sub-committee comprising the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, the Attorney General, Mr. Brady, SC, and myself has been established to consider the issue of repayment in light of the Supreme Court judgment. Full details of a repayment scheme will be announced as soon as possible and it is the intention to make repayments as automatic as possible.
- Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of cancer services. The Health Service Executive northern area conducted a study into...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: Regulation (EC) 1408/71 deals with the co-ordination of social security schemes, including health care, for those moving within the European Union. Under its provisions, persons who are affiliated with the health care system of member state A and who are residing in member state B can receive health care in member state B's public system on behalf of and at the cost of member state A, as if...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: Improving skill mix in the health service is a priority for the Government. Sustaining Progress contains a commitment to enhancing skill mix and mainstreaming earlier initiatives in relation to health care assistants. Substantial funding has been provided in recent years for the upskilling of health care assistants. Health care assistants working under the supervision of nurses have been...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: The former Health Board Executive commissioned an international expert in cervical screening to examine the feasibility and implications of a national roll out of a cervical screening programme. The examination included an evaluation of the current pilot programme in the mid-western area, quality assurance, laboratory capacity and organisation and the establishment of national governance...
- Written Answers — Health Levy: Health Levy (4 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The health contribution levy was introduced by virtue of the Health Contributions Act 1979 and came into effect on 6 April of that year. The contributions are levied on income at a percentage rate set in pursuance of the Health Contributions Act and proceeds are paid to the Minister for Health and Children in aid of the vote for health. Subject to certain exemptions, the levy is applicable to...