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- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, 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 provision of hospital services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (19 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is not collated by my Department. My Department has requested the director of BreastCheck to examine the matters raised and to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The number of medical cards allocated in County Kildare for each of the past three years is set out in the following table: Year Number of eligible persons 2002 37,973 2003 37,304 2004 37,195
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, 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, including the management of facilities. Accordingly the matter has been referred to the chief officer of the south-western area of the Health Service...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 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 provision of cancer services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 May 2005)
Mary Harney: My Department's understanding is that the catchment population proposed for a private radiotherapy service in Waterford is in respect of the south east area. The population in the region is approximately 423,540.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 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 provision of cancer services and the recruitment of consultant staff. Accordingly, my Department...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 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 provision of cancer services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I am committed to significant additional investment in the development of a national radiation oncology programme in accordance with best international standards. With regard to St. Luke's Hospital, I assure the Deputy that I am committed to protecting its distinct ethos and to ensuring that its significant expertise plays a key role in the development programme that I will announce shortly.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 May 2005)
Mary Harney: My Department has not received proposals from any of the proposed private radiotherapy providers referred to by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department is not in a position to advise if members of the expert group on the development of radiation oncology services in Ireland are associated with any of these proposed projects.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 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 in question resides in County Roscommon, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's western area to...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The information as requested by the Deputy is not routinely kept by my Department. The matter is being referred to the Health Service Executive for investigation and direct reply.
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Co-operatives: General Practitioner Co-operatives (19 May 2005)
Mary Harney: In 2005, â¬31.98 million has been allocated to the Health Service Executive for out of hours co-operatives, which includes â¬5.6 million additional funding. These figures do not include the fees of the participating doctors. All areas of the Health Service Executive have developed out of hours co-operatives and services which now provide coverage in part of all of the 26 counties. Decisions...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 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 is a patient at Waterford Regional Hospital, my Department has asked the chief officer for the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the establishment of the Health Service Executive 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 provision of health centres. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (24 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Government has agreed the key elements of a scheme for the repayment of long-stay charges. All those who were illegally charged for publicly-funded long term residential care and are alive and the estates of all those who were charged and died in the six years prior to 9 December 2004 will have the charges repaid in full. The scheme will not provide for repayments to the estates of those...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the establishment of the Health Service Executive 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 administration of patients' property accounts. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the establishment of the Health Service Executive 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 — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (24 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Government has agreed the key elements of a scheme for the repayment of long-stay charges. All those who were illegally charged for publicly-funded long term residential care and are alive and the estates of all those who were charged and died in the six years prior to 9 December 2004 will have the charges repaid in full. The scheme will not provide for repayments to the estates of those...
- Written Answers — Nursing Education: Nursing Education (24 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The issue raised by the Deputy is a matter for An Bord Altranais, the statutory body charged with the regulation of the nursing and midwifery professions, including the setting of requirements and standards in relation to the education programmes for registration. Membership of the board is representative of all divisions of the register of nurses. I understand, however, that the board...