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Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Jun 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 (2 Jun 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 Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 115 and 116 together. As responsibility for the management and delivery of health services is a matter for the Health Service Executive, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's eastern regional area to reply directly to the Deputy with regard to the matters raised.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 117 and 119 together. The number of persons covered by medical cards since 1998 to date in 2005 is set out in the following table: Years No. of persons covered % of population Population December 1998 1,183,554 31.95 3,704,900 December 1999 1,164,187 31.09 3,786,900 December 2000 1,148,055 30.32 3,786,900 December 2001 1,199,454 31.24 3,838,900 December...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: Information in respect of the number of persons with medical card cover aged 70 years and over in 2000 was not collected. However, following the decision to introduce automatic eligibility for a medical card for all persons aged 70 and over, from July 2001, statistical information is available from June 2001, and is set out in the following table for the relevant dates: Number of persons...

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: On the basis of the figures contained in the annual reports of the GMS payments board, now the HSE primary care reimbursement service, the capitation rates paid to general practitioners are shown in the following tables. The latest date to which figures are available is December 2004. It should be noted that adjustments to capitation rates under national wage agreements have not been applied...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 121 and 123 together. The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table: Publicly Funded Acute Hospitals: Summary Activity Data, 2003, 2004 and 2005. 2003 2004 January to March 2005 In-Patient Admissions 567,303 575,902 140,224 Day Cases 448,676 484,090 119,355 In-Patient Beds Available 12,299 12,331 12,444 Day Beds Available...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. The activity figures refer to total procedures carried out on an inpatient basis to patients discharged in each of the specified years from 1998 to 2004, inclusive, from all publicly funded acute hospitals. Day cases are not included. Data for 2005 is not yet available. The data are derived from the hospital inpatient...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The quarterly health service personnel return collects employment information solely on the basis of grade and employing agency and does not include any data on a programme by programme basis as requested by the Deputy. The latest available data is in respect of year end 2004. Between 1997 and year end 2004, there was an increase in the level of employment of 30,882, or 45.5%, excluding home...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The amount received by the Department of Health and Children in respect of health contributions in 2003 and 2004 was €855.938 million and €950.52 million, respectively. The 2005 estimated receipt from health contributions, as published in the 2005 Revised Estimates Volume, for the Vote for the Health Service Executive, Vote 40 is €1,005.924 million. The Estimate for 2005 has not been...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The casemix adjusted base price for inpatients and day cases is the average cost of a case when all national data has been aggregated. The national base price is the national cost of treating a standard case with a complexity of 1. Data on the national average base price for inpatients and day cases is detailed in the attached table. The data sought by the Deputy, which is based on audited...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The General Register Office in Roscommon is the only section of the Department of Health and Children that is based outside Dublin. The decentralisation of the office has been completed. Some 52 people are based in the Roscommon office.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (14 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Minister for Foreign Affairs may also have a contribution to make on this matter. I understand that recommendation 1117 (1989) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe was made to the Committee of Ministers and not to the member states. I understand also that the Committee of Ministers did not adopt the recommendation directly, but did consider it important that member...

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (14 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 to 164, inclusive, and Questions Nos. 167 and 168 together. My Department does not maintain data on the average cost of the specific operations arranged by the national treatment purchase fund or NTPF. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the NTPF to reply directly to the Deputy with regard to the specific information requested.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (14 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The funding allocated to the national treatment purchase fund since it was established in 2002 is as follows: Year Funding â'¬ million 2002 5.012 2003 30.057 2004 44.000 2005 64.000 My Department has asked the chief executive of the NTPF to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the other information requested.

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (14 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. This includes responsibility for considering new capital proposals or progressing those in the health capital programme. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the...

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (14 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: There is a common list of reimbursable medicines for the general medical services and drug payment schemes. This list ensures equity between the schemes in relation to the range of medicines paid for by the State. The list is reviewed and amended monthly, as new products become available and deletions are notified. For an item to be included on the common list, it must comply with a published...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (14 Jun 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 services at Naas General Hospital. My Department has not issued instructions to the HSE...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (14 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.