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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. This includes responsibility for considering new capital proposals or progressing those in the health capital programme. Accordingly, my Department is requesting the parliamentary affairs division of the...

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. This includes responsibility for considering new capital proposals or progressing those in the health capital programme. Accordingly, my Department is requesting the parliamentary affairs division of the...

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 — 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 — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: Following a review of all inquiries by the Attorney General during mid-2004, the Government decided in September 2004 that the Dunne post mortem inquiry should submit its report on or before 31 March 2005, on which date the inquiry would cease to exist. The chairman, Ms Anne Dunne, SC, submitted her report on the due date. However, following consultation with the Attorney General, I was...

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 Services: Health 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 — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 333 and 334 together. There are no additional allowances payable or ex gratia payments made to staff who work in my Department's press office. If staff are required to attend outside normal working hours they are paid overtime at the same rate as applies to all other staff in my Department. The overtime regulations for civil servants are set down by the...

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

Mary Harney: All grades who are entitled to overtime for attendance outside normal working hours may claim payment or leave in lieu of extra hours worked. Staff in grades to which overtime is not payable are expected to attend outside normal working hours where this is required. Every effort is made to ensure that such attendance is kept to a minimum.

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

Mary Harney: Personnel files of staff in my Department are not, as a rule, released to external parties. The only two exceptions to this rule are: first, where the chief medical officer in the Civil Service occupational health department has requested an officer's sick leave or personnel file in order to make a decision on the officer's entitlement to pay while on sick leave or on their fitness to return...

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

Mary Harney: Two years' leave of absence was granted to one officer in 2003, one officer in 2004 and three officers in the current year to participate in a masters programme in public policy analysis. This programme is delivered by the IPA in association with the faculty of commerce at UCD. Each officer is required to have an honours primary degree or equivalent professional qualification to participate...

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

Mary Harney: For the academic year 2004-05, 44 members of staff applied for refund of course fees in respect of courses undertaken at night or evening. The value of the refund for the year 2004-05 is expected to be €69,316. All staff who were granted approval to attend a course subsequently applied for a refund.

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

Mary Harney: The following table sets out my Department's breakdown of refund of fees as a percentage of the training budget. I have also listed for the Deputy the night-time and weekend courses staff have undertaken in my Department over the last three academic years. Year Total amount % of Department's Training Budget â'¬ % 2002 50,537 9 2003 45,886 11 2004 53,187 13...

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

Mary Harney: Briefcases are only provided to members of staff in cases where a specific official need has been identified. Since 2002, a total of approximately €1,143 was spent on the purchase of briefcases for eight staff members — the most expensive of which cost €250. A total of €512 of that total amount was refunded directly to four members of staff on production of receipts.

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

Mary Harney: There are 25 personal digital assistant, PDA, type devices in use in my Department. The devices most commonly in use, which are also used as mobile phones, cost €200 each, exclusive of VAT. These are also the most expensive purchased to date. These devices are distributed to grades as follows: Grade Numbers in each category Ministers of State, advisers, private secretaries, etc., 9 ...

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

Mary Harney: There have been no exemptions for a period in excess of six months granted to any officer in my Department from dealing with correspondence, telephone queries, home or foreign travel, using computers or other duties by virtue of a medical certificate.

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

Mary Harney: Details of the contract between my Department and the consultancy company concerned follow. I am satisfied that it provided value for money in this case. Contract-Service Details Year Awarded Procurement Process Controls Achievement of Value for Money Amount Paid (€ inc. VAT) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 A "Membership Licence" for the research services of the...

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

Mary Harney: Payments made by my Department to the firm in question during the period 2000 to date relate solely to work undertaken by it in respect of the civil registration modernisation programme. The work undertaken relates primarily to the development of and support for the information technology system required to support the modernisation programme. The civil registration modernisation programme...

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 Services: Health Services (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: With effect from 1 January 2005, the Health Service Executive has statutory responsibility for the delivery of health services. The Health Act 2004 provides that the object of the executive is to use the resources available to it in the most beneficial, effective and efficient manner to improve, promote and protect the health and welfare of the public. I fully support the work of the board of...