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

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 347 and 356 together. My Department has been informed that, on the initiative of the Health Service Executive's chief executive officer, work is under way to examine organisational arrangements. The overall aim is to simplify a number of key management functions, with a view to more integration, consistency and accountability for patients and frontline staff...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (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 — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency 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 have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: The prevention and control of hospital acquired infections, including MRSA, is a priority issue for the Health Service Executive. Effective infection control measures, including environmental cleanliness and hand hygiene, are central to the control of hospital acquired infections, including drug-resistant organisms such as MRSA. The Health Service Executive has published guidelines on hand...

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 — 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 — 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 — 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (18 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 359 and 360 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the design team was recently appointed to prepare tender documentation for the two new BreastCheck clinical units, one at the South Infirmary-Victoria Hospital, Cork and the other at University College Hospital, Galway. It is anticipated that, subject to obtaining satisfactory planning approval, the design...

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (19 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 and 192 together. The Secretary General of my Department has brought to the attention of the chief executive officer of the HSE the concerns that he shares with the Department of Finance in regard to IT governance generally within the HSE. The Secretary General met with the HSE and the Department of Finance on 18 October to progress these issues. I also...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 and 195 together. I have been advised of the following by the Health Service Executive: regarding PPARS, travel and subsistence arrangements-expenditure are in accordance with standard circulars and guidelines; regarding FISP, all FISP travel and subsistence is fully vouched and paid in accordance with Civil Service rates.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: My Department has only been involved in a small number of contracts for which payments have been made since 1997. Details of two of these — both since 2000 — were included in a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 343 tabled by Deputy Gilmore yesterday, 18 October 2005. These related to a "membership licence" for the research services of the company concerned. This was a subscription based...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: Payments made by my Department to the firm in question during the period 1997 to date, relate solely to work undertaken by the firm in regard to 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...

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (19 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to the operation of the national treatment purchase fund, my Department has asked the chief executive of the fund to respond to the Deputy in regard to the information requested.

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (19 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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 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 (19 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 182 together. In the last year, I have had numerous meetings with many people in my office in Dublin and throughout the country where the development of private facilities on public hospital grounds was raised and discussed, often as part of wide ranging agendas. Among them, I have met consultants and management at Waterford Regional Hospital,...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy is aware that, following the publication of the Pollock report, commissioned by the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland, the Health Service Executive established a multi-disciplinary working group to review the current configuration and delivery of services to persons with cystic fibrosis in Ireland. The working group is also to make recommendations for the reconfiguration,...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 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.