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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: The HSE Southern Area sent the following reply to Deputy Naughten on 11 March in response to the parliamentary question he asked on 2 March 2005: Year (issued) Number of Cheques Total Value â'¬ 1999 390 83,938.13 2000 536 68,161.15 2001 757 151,616.93 2002 499 213,861.24 2003 342 149,860.31 All of the above mentioned cheques were originally State funded. These...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (18 Oct 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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (18 Oct 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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (18 Oct 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Oct 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 — Health Service Reform: Health Service Reform (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 293 and 294 together. The report of the national task force on medical staffing, the Hanly report, made a series of important recommendations regarding changes needed in NCHD work patterns to meet the requirements of the European working time directive and the development of hospital services. Responsibility for building on the recommendations of the report...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: The following information has been provided by the Health Service Executive regarding contact details for personnel within the Health Service Executive western area: Primary, community and continuing care directorate, non-acute hospital services, local health office, County Galway: Priya Prendergast, Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway; Telephone: 091-546312, E-mail:...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Oct 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 — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (18 Oct 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 — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: The HSE has advised that the formal contract was signed on Saturday, 30 April 2005. This is in accordance with the Department of Finance approval which issued to the HSE on 16 May and refers to confirming oral sanction given to HSE over the telephone on 29 April with regard to the signing of a contract with iSoft.

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: In April 2000, the South Eastern Health Board sought tenders for a suite of hospital information systems on behalf of five health boards and selected hospitals within the Eastern Regional Health Authority. With the creation of HeBE, the proposal became a national one and was handled by HeBE in terms of a national approach. HeBE approached the Department for funding in the context of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Meetings: Departmental Meetings (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: PPARS was funded each year from within the annual current and capital Estimates. Successive Ministers have been involved in agreeing the overall capital requirement for ICT, which was also examined by the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children and approved by the Dáil. In particular, the health service capital programme which includes PPARS was discussed at the Department's MAC meetings...

Written Answers — Hospitals Ethos: Hospitals Ethos (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 304 and 306, inclusive together. I am aware of the constitution review group's view that institutions which retain a religious ethos should not be debarred from public funding, provided that they do not discriminate on grounds of religious practice or belief, save where this can be shown in any given case to be necessary in order to maintain their own...

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: For a number of years, iSoft systems have been installed at Cork University Hospital, Kerry General Hospital and the Adelaide, Meath and National Children's Hospital, Tallaght. I am informed by the Health Service Executive that in February 2005, the board of the Health Service Executive approved the implementation of an integrated patient management system to be implemented across the entire...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: The Government has agreed the key elements of a scheme for the repayment of long stay charges for publicly funded residential care. However, full details of the scheme have yet to be finalised. The Health Service Executive has informed my Department that an outside company with experience in handling mass claims will be engaged by it in November to provide an independent input into the design...

Written Answers — Departmental Reviews: Departmental Reviews (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: I have received the reports of the postgraduate medical education and training group, the Buttimer report, and the working group on undergraduate medical education and training, the Fottrell report. Each report contains a detailed plan of action for the implementation of its recommendations. Both reports are under consideration by my Department and by the Department of Education and Science...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Oct 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 — Health Services: Health Services (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 318 and 319 together. I have been informed by the Health Service Executive that the total number of nurses overpaid under PPARS is 258, in a total of 49 hospitals. To put this in context, I advise the Deputy that for the three HSE regions concerned — the midland, mid-western and north-western regions but excluding St. James's Hospital — there are 9,568...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: Each agency had its specific procedure for recoupments except for recoupments identified as part of the upgrade in September 2005 where a national agreement was made. Prior to the upgrade in September 2005 there was no national agreement in place for overpayments. The following was agreed nationally and communicated to trade unions at national and local level, namely, that for recoupment...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 321 to 323, inclusive, 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 has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.