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Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 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 reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 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 reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (30 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 existing or new capital proposals in the health capital programme. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive...

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: As stated in my interim reply of 22 June 2005 the information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Deputy will be aware that the information requested refers to the period from June 1997 to date. The range of items mentioned and the amount of detail required will involve obtaining information from most of the units in the Department. The...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: There is a high degree of co-operation between the health administrations, North and South. For many years, regular meetings at ministerial, secretary general and official levels have afforded the opportunity to exchange information on issues of mutual interest and to discuss policy developments in our respective administrations. With the establishment of the North-South Ministerial Council,...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98 and 99 together. The Deputy's questions relate 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 existing or new capital proposals, with regard to the health capital programme. Accordingly, my Department...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100, 101, 102, 103, 104 and 106 together. The Deputy's questions relate 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 is requesting the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have a reply issued...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 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 reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 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 reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The expansion of the current breast screening programme to counties Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexford and the roll out to the remaining regions in the country is a major priority in the development of cancer services. The expansion of the programme to counties Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexford will result in approximately 18,000 women in the target age group of 50 to 64 years being invited for breast...

Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109, 123, 125 and 194 together. The Deputies will be aware that I decided, on balance, recently not to trigger risk equalisation payments in the health insurance market at this point in time. I reaffirm, however, the Government's commitment to recourse to risk equalisation as an essential support to maintaining the common good principle of community rating in...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: There is currently no specific funding allocated from within my Department regarding asthma and allergies. Treatment is funded through provision of therapies under the community drug schemes and by provision of treatment in general practice and in secondary care.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 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 reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 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 have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (30 Jun 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 124 and 136 together. The number of persons covered by a medical card at June 2005 by county is set out in the table. County No. of persons covered by a medical card Dublin 274,452 Kildare 36,709 Wicklow 27,665 Laois 16,960 Longford 12,444 Offaly 19,440 Westmeath 21,314 Clare 30,901 Limerick 49,010 Tipperary North 19,065 ...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 to 130, inclusive, together. Details of the number of admissions to Irish psychiatric units and psychiatric hospitals for alcoholic disorders are contained in the Activities of Irish Psychiatric Services from the Health Research Board. The most recent report is for 2003. The data show that 258 persons under the age of 25, representing 12% of all...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: On foot of the commitment in the health strategy, funding has been provided to open an additional 900 inpatient beds and day places in acute hospitals. Health agencies have informed my Department that on 17 June 2005, 780 beds were in place. The Health Service Executive has informed my Department that the remaining 120 beds or places will come on stream during 2005. In addition, extra beds...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: Quality and Fairness — A Health System for You, published in November 2001, provided a blueprint to guide planning and activity in the health system over the next seven to ten years. A key objective of the strategy is the training and recruitment of health professionals for the development and expansion of health services. Action 101 of the strategy stated that the extra number of required...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The health strategy document Quality and Fairness: a Health System for You stated that there would be substantial increases in the number of consultant posts. The number and location of these posts would later be determined by taking account of the recommendations of the national task force on medical staffing. Its report was published in 2003 and recommended that in order to meet the...