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Written Answers — National Diabetes Policy: National Diabetes Policy (19 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: The issues relating to prevention and management of diabetes were addressed in the 2008 report of the Health Service Executive (HSE) Advisory Group on the subject. Earlier this year, a HSE National Diabetes Programme was established under the governance of their Quality and Clinical Care Directorate to progress a national diabetes plan. The plan has, as its core objective, delivery in the...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Oct 2010)

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 Appeals: Health Service Appeals (19 Oct 2010)

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 Service Appeals: Health Service Appeals (19 Oct 2010)

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 Service Appeals: Health Service Appeals (19 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: As the information sought by the Deputy is not provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to my Department as a matter of routine, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to address these matters and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Service Appeals: Health Service Appeals (19 Oct 2010)

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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Oct 2010)

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 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has the operational and funding responsibility for the medical card and GP visit card benefits. It collates medical card and GP visit card data by county, age and gender. Therefore, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to address this matter and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (19 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive's capital plan currently covers the five year period 2010 - 2014. The Executive has published on its website details of the projects which it intends to deliver within this plan. The management and delivery of the health capital programme is a service matter for the Health Service Executive and the question has therefore been referred to the Executive for an...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2010)

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

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: Correspondence from the person referred to by the Deputy has been received in my office. The HSE has advised my Department that the individual in question has now undergone surgery and also that the Clinical Director at Galway University Hospitals has responded directly to this individual in relation to the concerns raised.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: The matter raised by the Deputy is one for the HSE in the first instance. My Department has therefore asked the Executive to examine the case and to respond directly to the Deputy in the matter.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Oct 2010)

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

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (19 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 285 and 291 together. It is widely accepted that the way to provide the best possible paediatric tertiary care most effectively is to provide a single national paediatric hospital alongside a major teaching hospital, bringing together all the medical and nursing expertise for complex conditions. Services at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, National...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: With regard to the provision of chiropody services, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: A total of five new exchequer funded agencies have been established by my Department during the years in question. The annual expenditure by these agencies is set out in the table below. A sixth agency, the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland was established on a statutory basis in 2007 and is self-funded. Agency 2010 est 2009 2008 2007 Health Information & Quality Authority 14,757,000...

Written Answers — State Companies: State Companies (19 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: No new state-owned companies have been established or come under the aegis of my Department since 2007.

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (19 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: I appointed the former High Court Judge, Mr. TC Smyth SC, to examine whether a further investigation into the case of Michael Shine, former Consultant at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda would be of benefit. I met with the patient support group referred to on Wednesday 13th October last. I explained that Judge Smyth's report has concluded that there is no basis for a further...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: Regulation (EC) 883/04 provides, inter alia, that people who are insured with or covered by the health care system of one member state may access health care in the public system of another member state in certain circumstances. Article 20 of the Regulation governs the referral of patients for public health services to another member state. In accordance with this article, a person eligible...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Oct 2010)

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