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- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 143 to 147, inclusive, together. 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 school health checks. Accordingly, my...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: As I indicated to the Deputy in my reply dated 5 May 2005, my predecessor, Deputy Martin, met the Survivors of Symphysiotomy, SOS, group in late 2003 and agreed that a range of measures would be put in place to support the group. In respect of the particular matters raised by the Deputy, my Department is advised by the Health Service Executive, HSE, that the current position is that it is...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, HSE, 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 audiology services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officers of the HSE areas to...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: Where blood tests are indicated as necessary as part of recognised treatment of an ongoing medical condition of a patient, it should be provided free of charge to medical card holders.
- Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: EU member states and the European Commission agreed in 2004 to engage with the pharmaceutical industry concerning vaccines and antivirals. A working document on a possible public private partnership on European pandemic influenza vaccines will be discussed at the Health Council this week. Following consideration of advice from the influenza pandemic expert group, I decided at the beginning of...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 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 Services: Health Services (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156 and 157 together. Patients in the north west are being referred for radiation oncology treatment to the recently commissioned radiation oncology department at University College Hospital Galway, UCHG, and also to St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin. A consultant radiation oncologist with significant sessional commitments to the north-western area has recently been...
- Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is that a committee of inquiry to investigate the alleged misconduct of a consultant anaesthetist has been established with an estimated total cost of â¬20,000. Although no costs have been incurred in 2005, it is expected that the â¬20,000 will be paid this year. A second committee to inquire into the proposed removal of an officer of a health board...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: My Department is aware that there is one lift in Monaghan General Hospital and has supported the former North Eastern Health Board's proposal to provide a second lift and new stairs to contemporary fire escape standards. My Department sanctioned the former health board to proceed with development proposals which include the provision of this new lift. It is now a matter for the Health Service...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 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 Limerick, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's mid-western area...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 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. Services at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, are provided under an arrangement with the executive, and my Department has...
- Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: Casemix is an internationally accepted management system for monitoring and evaluating health services which allows for the collection, categorisation and interpretation of hospital patient data related to the types of cases treated, in order to assist hospitals define their products, measure their productivity and assess quality. Casemix is used as part of the budgetary process in order to...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The estimated cost of extending the proposed GP visit card to the rest of the population, that is, in addition to the 200,000 already proposed for 2005, is in the region of â¬550 million. This is based on the existing rates of capitation and other fees paid to GPs.
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: Additional revenue funding of â¬70 million and additional capital funding of â¬10 million has been provided to support the actions identified to improve the delivery of accident and emergency services. The Health Service Executive has been charged with responsibility to implement the actions identified in the ten point plan for accident and emergency services. My Department has also...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I will provide the information requested separately to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Co-operatives: General Practitioner Co-operatives (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: Out-of-hours general practitioner co-operatives are found in part of all areas of the Health Service Executive and provide coverage in part of all of the 26 counties. There are four limited GP out-of-hours co-operatives operating in Dublin and eight full GP out-of-hours co-operatives in operation around the country. Decisions on the geographical areas to be covered by co-operatives and any...
- Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 and 179 to 181, inclusive, together. 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 fluoridation. Accordingly, my...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 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 Mayo, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's western area to...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (31 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Services 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 health service recruitment. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the...