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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The strategy, Primary Care: A New Direction, sets out the Government's broad vision for the development of primary care as the central focus for the delivery of health and personal social care services in a modern health system. The strategy aims to shift the emphasis from the current over-reliance on acute hospital services to one where patients will have direct access to an integrated...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (11 May 2005)

Mary Harney: MRSA, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, is a resistant form of staphylococcus aureus. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre, HPSC, collects data on MRSA bacteraemia, also known as bloodstream infection or "blood poisoning", as part of the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System, EARSS. At national level, MRSA bacteraemia is now included — since 1 January 2004...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (11 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Publicly Funded Acute Hospitals In-Patient Beds and Day Places 1990 and 2004 Type of Bed 1990 2004 In-Patient 11,868 12,329 Day 284 1,080 Total 12,152 13,409 Source: 1990 — Health Statistics Report 1990, Department of Health — Bed Complement Source: 2004 — Integrated...

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (11 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The funding provided in respect of the national treatment purchase fund in the years 2002 to 2004 was €79.069 million. The allocation available to the fund in 2005 is €64 million.

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (11 May 2005)

Mary Harney: According to the most recent Health Service Executive-employer representative division survey of nursing resources, recruitment remains well ahead of resignations and retirements. Employers reported that 765 vacancies existed at 31 December 2004. The vacancy rate now stands at 2.25%. This could be considered to be a normal frictional rate, given that there will always be some level of...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (11 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. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive to reply to the Deputy directly.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: It is proposed to take No. 12a, motion regarding ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No 19, Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005 — Second Stage (resumed); No. 20, Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004 — Second Stage (resumed) and No. 21, Land Bill 2004 [Seanad] — Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed that, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 12a shall...

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The Government has no plans to amend the Public Service Management Act. Our competition law has been greatly enhanced in recent years but must be kept under constant review. I hope the Government will be in a position shortly to make a decision regarding the terminal at Dublin Airport.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: With regard to the cost, it depends on the level of take-up, particularly by estates but the lower figure that has been estimated by the Department is €845 million. A figure of approximately €1.2 billion or €1.3 billion has been estimated by the Health Service Executive. It is in that ballpark, which is why I have used a figure of approximately €1 billion which is somewhere between...

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: There has been a major reorganisation of the Department. It has a new Secretary General. Considerable effort was spent trying to locate that famous file from the Attorney General but it has yet to be found. I do not have it in my possession.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The Prisons Bill 2005 is ordered for Second Stage. If the State did not need to get involved in public tendering, perhaps the Government could make private land deals and get land as cheaply as everyone else. We must go to the market and advertise, which happened in this case.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: It was normal.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The Minister for Transport, Deputy Cullen, informs me the Bill will be introduced later this year. I share the Deputy's view about the mental health tribunals. They have not been established because the consultants have not been prepared to participate. When we have a sufficient number of psychiatrists willing to participate on the panels, the work will begin immediately concerning the 600...

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: We need at least 50 to 60 psychiatrists to participate but do not yet have anywhere near that many. Work is ongoing to achieve this target over the next few weeks.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: Well, we——

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: We do not require legislation to ensure files go from A to B.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The Bill is being worked on by Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power, and will be introduced later this year.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: As far as I remember, the credit unions are under the ambit of IFSRA but no legislation has been promised.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The Minister was here and is here most of the time. The heads of the Bord Gáis Bill are expected later this year.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: I imagine the roads legislation will deal with roads and the strategic infrastructure Bill, which will be going before the Cabinet shortly, will deal with other matters.