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Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: I will be signing a number of regulations over the next week in connection with the 2004 Act. I am not familiar with the issue Deputy Naughten has raised but will check it.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The heads of the Bill were cleared by the Government and I will discuss the matter of issuing the heads with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The Minister for Transport informs me that the order for Report Stage and major amendments are being drafted.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: I have no idea but it is a significant administrative task for the Department.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: I gave Deputy Cowley the answer to that question yesterday. The answer is no, of course it will not.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: There is a difficulty in signing them at present in that if we had signed them in their original draft form, we would have imposed a charge on people who, traditionally, did not pay a charge. I am referring to the mental health psychiatric area. I propose next week to sign regulations covering the elderly and to deal with the mental health psychiatric aspects in subsequent regulations which...

Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (12 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 services at the Mid-West Regional Hospital. My Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 86 and 87 together. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the Health Service Executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. I consider that appropriate transport arrangements for patients...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 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 will include responsibility for the determination of eligibility of persons to GP visit cards. In November 2004, I announced the...

Written Answers — Fairtrade Products: Fairtrade Products (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The purchase of any products by my Department must be in accordance with the procedures governing public procurement. I understand that Fairtrade products refer in the main to food items and, as such, purchases by the restaurant in my Department are a matter for the catering company concerned. However, I can confirm that the current catering company has a contract for the supply of coffee...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (12 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The process by which a person is appointed to a state board reflects the conditions for appointment laid down in the relevant statutory instrument establishing the board. Nominations for appointments to boards of statutory agencies under the aegis of my Department can arise in different ways. Some members are nominated by prescribed bodies, individual office holders or organisations and...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 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 assessment of applications for medical cards. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (17 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 assessment of applications for medical cards. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Health Service Charges: Health Service Charges (17 May 2005)

Mary Harney: My Department is reviewing charges which are being applied in the health services and it is hoped to have the review, which includes the legal basis for the charges, completed in the near future.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 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 County Kilkenny, my Department has the asked the chief officer for the executive's...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 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 dental services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 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 delivery of hospital services, including the application of guidelines for the use of cytotoxic...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 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 national radiation oncology co-ordinating group provides advice to my Department and the Health Service Executive on radiotherapy,...

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (17 May 2005)

Mary Harney: Sildenafil citrate, Viagra, is licensed in Ireland and reimbursable under the community drugs and GMS schemes for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. To ensure availability for genuine need, but to reduce the possibility of inappropriate usage, the maximum reimbursable level under all schemes is four tablets per month. This is in accordance with the findings of the expert group set up by...

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (17 May 2005)

Mary Harney: I understand the Deputy is referring to the one-off entry arrangements which applied for suitably qualified GPs, who were not general medical services, GMS, contract holders at that time, to enter the GMS scheme in July 2001 to provide services to patients who became eligible for a medical card for the first time, over 70s, under the specific budgetary provision. On the question of the...