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Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: I did.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: I am not in a position to accept the amendment. The powers in the legislation will allow the Minister to set the charge at zero if he or she wishes to do so. The powers do not necessarily mean the charge will go up; it can come down, go up or be set at zero. The legislation indicates the issues to be taken into account, in particular the consumer price index, information on expenditure,...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: With regard to Deputy Ó Caoláin's comments, I did not say I would reduce the charge to zero but the Minister has the capacity to do so. In other words, an amendment is not needed to reduce it to zero, as that is provided for in the legislation. I do not want to mislead anybody and I did not suggest the charge will suddenly be zero in a few months. However, we need to establish how the...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: The Deputy might be a successor himself. He should not be pessimistic.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: I hope she is not one of Deputy Reilly's patients or he will be in trouble.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: Co-payments are in operation from Australia to the United States and in many European countries. There is no evidence to suggest that when people make a co-payment, they do not take their essential medicines. I referred earlier to research from Holland in 1998. The reason I included children in care is that as the HSE pays for those children, there is no point in having a circular movement...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: It is wrong to assume, and there is no international evidence to suggest, that if people require essential medication that they are not going to get it because there is a small co-payment.

Cystic Fibrosis Services: Statements (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: I am delighted to have the opportunity to debate the significant progress we have made in Ireland in the development of cystic fibrosis, CF, services. As Minister, I am more than aware of the challenges faced by CF patients in managing their condition. CF is an inherited chronic disorder. We have a high incidence of the disease in Ireland relative to other European countries because of...

Cystic Fibrosis Services: Statements (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: It is unusual if the Deputy does not. He always says it.

Cystic Fibrosis Services: Statements (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: He said it three times today.

Cystic Fibrosis Services: Statements (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: I wish to make clear - in case there is any doubt about it - my commitment to making this happen. Equally, we have a public procurement process. I say to Deputy Ó Caoláin that it is not appropriate, nor would it be lawful, for me to intervene personally. In fact, if he wants to have the issue tied up in the courts for the next number of years, then that is precisely what I should do.

Cystic Fibrosis Services: Statements (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: The tender was conducted by St. Vincent's hospital. I commended the hospital earlier on conducting that tender in a meticulous fashion. The Deputy does not need me to tell him that, because of the prevailing circumstances in the country both on the banking side and in construction, significant legal and other issues arose during the tender process. The hospital is confident that the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. The Irish Government Offsetting Scheme commenced with effect from 14 June 2007 and the offsetting payment for 2007 reflects this. Emissions calculated in respect of all travel by Ministers and Ministers of State on the Government Jet are determined by the Department of Defence and the offsetting payments are paid by the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: As my Department is not one of the Departments scheduled for decentralisation under the Government's Decentralisation Programme, no travel and subsistence costs were incurred in respect of travel from a decentralised office of the Department to Dublin or Brussels in 2008, 2009 or to date in 2010.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: The total spend in my Department on public advertisements in national and local print media for 2009 was €207,420.71 and to date in 2010 is €77,487.24 . No costs were incurred in respect of radio and television advertising in 2009 or 2010 by my Department.

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (7 Jul 2010)

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

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table below. The table shows the Revised Estimates Volume provisional outturns in respect of the Department of Health and Children for the years 1997-2009. Vote 40 in respect of the Health Service Executive was established in 2005. Vote 41 in respect of the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs was established in...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table below. The table shows the provision for hospital services as set out in the Revised Estimates Volume for the years 1997-2010. The amounts shown for 1997 to 2002 have been adjusted from Irish Pounds to Euro for ease of comparison. The Deputy should note that the figures for 1997 to 2004 relate to the General Hospital Programme,...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: The national average number of acute hospital beds available in public hospitals for each of the years 1997 - 2007 broken down by public, private and non designated is set out in the tabular statement below. Acute bed numbers in public hospitals are counted as an average of beds available over each year, given that the number of beds available in each hospital can vary over any year for...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (7 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 to 149, inclusive, and 151 to 153, inclusive, together. The data requested appear in tabular form below. Cost-per-case data in respect of 2009 is not yet available. The national average cost per case indicated for inpatients and day cases respectively is the casemix-adjusted base price when account has been taken of the resource usage of hospitals'...