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Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: Under the Health (Amendment) Act 1986, the Health Service Executive may impose charges on all patients for treatment arising out of injuries sustained in road traffic accidents where compensation is subsequently payable. The Act does not withdraw eligibility for public hospital services from road traffic accident victims, but allows health boards to recover the costs of all services provided...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: I understand that the Health Service Executive's western area has outlined in its letter, dated 27 April 2005, the position on the issues raised by the Deputy in his Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 22 March 2005. My Department has requested the Health Service Executive to reply to the Deputy concerning the procedures it has in place to respond to parliamentary questions about its...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: I understand the Health Service Executive, western area outlined in its letter dated 27 April 2005 the position regarding the issues raised by the Deputy in his Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 22 March 2005. My Department has requested the Health Service Executive to reply to the Deputy with regard to the procedures it has in place to respond to parliamentary questions relating to its...

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 166 and 176 together. 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. Accordingly, my Department has requested the interim chief executive of the Health...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: A special Cabinet sub-committee comprising the Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, the Attorney General, Mr. Brady, and I 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 — Opticians Regulations: Opticians Regulations (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: Bord na Raharcmhastóirí, the Opticians Board, is the regulatory body for the opticians professions in Ireland. It is a body corporate established under the Opticians Act 1956 and provides for the registration and control of opticians and related matters. The prescription, dispensing and sale of spectacles in this jurisdiction are regulated under the Opticians Acts 1956 and 2003 and the...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: Officials of my Department and representatives of the National Disease Surveillance Centre met their Northern Ireland counterparts last year to discuss issues of mutual interest, including influenza pandemic planning. It was agreed that a further meeting would be held when the Health Service Executive population health management team is in place. It is expected that this meeting will take...

Written Answers — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: Data on mortality are compiled by the Central Statistics Office and published in the annual and quarterly reports on vital statistics. The latest period for which data are available is January to September 2004. These figures,which are provisional, are set out in the tables following.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (4 May 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. The HSE service plan for 2005 was recently approved by me and, as required by relevant legislation, laid before the Houses of the...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (4 May 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 services at Cavan General Hospital. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 181 to 184, inclusive, together. 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 services at Naas General...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 May 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 services to persons with epilepsy. Services at Beaumont Hospital are provided under an...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 May 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 orthodontic services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 and 186 together. 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 infection control including the control of MRSA....

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive which was established on 1 January 2005. Under this Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver or arrange to be delivered on its behalf health and social services. This includes responsibility for the administration of the repayment of such charges. Accordingly, my Department has requested that the HSE make...

Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The further training for specialists in anaesthesia is a matter for the College of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. As the Deputy is aware, 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...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (4 May 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 capital infrastructure, including the current provision made in health facilities for people with...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: As I explained to the Deputy, the Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which has 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 Carlow, my Department has again asked the chief officer for the executive's south-eastern area to respond to the...

Written Answers — Medical Records: Medical Records (4 May 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 south Tipperary, my Department has asked the chief officer for the executive's...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 and 198 together. 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 services at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown....