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- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Legal Services: Legal Services (12 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 451 and 453 together. With regard to the information requested by the Deputy concerning legal services obtained by the Department between 2006 and 2010, the information set out below covers the period from January 2007 to November 2010. I am advised that this is acceptable to the Deputy. In early 2009, the Department invited a number of solicitors to submit...
- Written Answers — Legal Proceedings: Legal Proceedings (12 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated within my Department and will be forwarded as soon as it is available.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 455 and 456 together. As these are service matters, they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (12 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: The HSE has confirmed that the detailed information requested by the Deputy regarding social workers is currently being finalised and will be available by the end of this week.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (12 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: The HSE has advised that a reply to the Parliamentary Question concerned issued on the 18th of November 2010.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it was referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply on 8 December 2010. I understand that the HSE issued a final response to the Deputy on 4 January 2011 clarifying the matter.
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (12 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: The total amount spent on acquiring special vaccines (Celvapan and Pandemrix) to prevent the Pandemic Flu virus H1N1 over the period 2009/2010 was â¬35m. In 2010/11 a seasonal flu vaccine was acquired which included immunisation against the H1N1 virus at a cost of â¬2.32m. A further tender will occur in the spring of 2011 for the vaccine for the 2011/12 season.
- Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. The waiting times for patients attending emergency departments in many hospitals during the first week of January were unacceptable and I very much regret the delays that patients experienced. I have discussed plans with the HSE for ensuring that this situation does not recur. The HSE has assured me that it will take all possible steps to...
- Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: I have no role in phrasing the questions, nor has my office; it is a matter for the General Office. I want to make that clear - in fairness I do not believe the Deputy was suggesting that.
- Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: I will not respond to that provocative comment from Deputy Flanagan. I will not dispute the figures even though the official figures are different from the figures quoted by the IMMO. Arguing between 400 and 569 is a futile exercise; from my point of view too many people have to wait for an unacceptable period of time in emergency departments. The truth is that there has been virtually...
- Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: I say to Deputy O'Sullivan, and mentioned this in response to Deputy Reilly, I will not dispute the figures, except those figures that are not correct. The highest figure at 8 a.m. last week was 414. It suits people to quote an INMO figure one day when it is less favourable and on other occasions to quote a different figure.
- Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: In fairness, Deputy O'Sullivan should quote the official figures. Second, we will not be opening more beds. We have opened over 400 beds that were closed over the Christmas period for seasonal reasons, which is normal and has been normal for umpteen years. There have been significant improvements. That is not to say that there have not been occasions when there were blips. We all are aware...
- Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: It is a factor. If swine flu patients are taking up over 300 beds and over 70 ICU beds, it is a factor. It is a bigger factor this week than it was last week because we have seen a doubling of swine flu incidents this week over last week. It has been doubling each week for the past number of weeks and there will be a press conference later today to review that. Among the issues identified...
- Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: As Minister for Health and Children, I do not like having to say this. Deputy Reilly is a doctor and he should think carefully about the kind of things he says, both here and outside, because a number of his colleagues have spoken to me about the scaremongering in which he engages.
- Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: Second, I do not misinform the House or tell lies in this House. Deputy Reilly is a relatively new Deputy. He should be careful about making allegations of that kind.
- Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: Can Deputy Reilly listen? The information I have put on the record in this House is the information that is available to me and given to me by my officials in good faith.
- Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: If mistakes are made they are corrected. Notwithstanding the fact that there has been an extra 100,000 people visiting emergency departments over the past five years and even in that context, there have been significant improvements. All of the research, both in Ireland and elsewhere, on emergency departments is that quick access to diagnostics and key clinical decision makers are the two...
- Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: The total market for generic drugs in Ireland is â¬300 million. Unless we got the drugs for free, we could not get more than â¬300 million. If they gave us all the drugs for free, we would get â¬300 million. Deputy Reilly constantly states, when the information is at his disposal, that we would save hundreds of millions of euro by simply introducing reference pricing. We are...
- Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)
Mary Harney: First, we do not have the money to do so. Second, it is not the only way of dealing with the problems that arise in the emergency department.