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Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 to 271, inclusive, together. Responsibility for the appeals system and related matters rests in this instance with the Western Health Board. My Department has therefore asked the chief executive officer to investigate the matters raised by the Deputy and respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Benchmarking Awards: Benchmarking Awards (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: Provision was made for benchmarking payments to home helps in the parallel benchmarking agreement. My Department provided appropriate funding to the health boards to cover the outlay required for the implementation of this agreement this year in the letter of determination. Sanction for the payment of the initial phase of this agreement has already issued. The second phase of benchmarking is...

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: My Department has recently been in discussions with the Eastern Regional Health Authority and the Northern Area Health Board regarding this project. My Department is currently awaiting a report from the ERHA and the NAHB on a number of issues regarding this proposal.

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the provision of hospital services to residents of County Westmeath rests with the Midland Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and to reply to him directly.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: As part of the development of services for symptomatic breast disease patients, designated funding was made available to each health board and the ERHA to enable them to provide a prosthesis service to all breast cancer patients, irrespective of the patients medical card status. Since 2001 my Department provided approximately €1.2 million to ensure that all post operative breast cancer...

Written Answers — General Practitioner Co-operatives: General Practitioner Co-operatives (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: As stated in my response to the parliamentary question previously tabled by the Deputy on the matter, responsibility for decisions on geographical areas to be covered by general practitioner out-of-hours co-operatives and the order of their commencement are matters for the CEOs of the relevant health board. The decision about the order of geographical areas brought into Caredoc since its...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: The health strategy, Quality and Fairness — A Health Strategy for You, includes a commitment to further develop organ transplantation services. In the near future I shall establish an expert group to examine organ donation, procurement and utilisation policy here as part of the strategy commitment and with a view to increasing donation and utilisation rates.

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the provision of orthodontic treatment to eligible persons in County Sligo rests with the North Western Health Board. My Department has asked its CEO to investigate the matter and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Compensation Payments: Compensation Payments (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: To date the moneys paid for settlement of claims against my Department brought by parents of special needs children is approximately €3.9 million. Due to the nature of these cases and the court process therein, it is not possible to estimate future claims or associated costs.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the provision of services to residents of counties Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow rests with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. Services at Beaumont Hospital are provided under an arrangement with the authority. My Department has asked its CEO to investigate the matter and to reply directly to the Deputy. The national treatment purchase fund has asked all of the health...

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the provision of services for residents of County Cork is, in the first instance, a matter for the Southern Health Board. My Department has asked its CEO to investigate the matter and reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Smoking Ban: Smoking Ban (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: The smoke-free workplaces measures apply, with limited exceptions, to all enclosed places of work. The exemptions are specified in the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act 2004. An exemption will apply where a long-stay community hospital meets the specified requirements. A decision to allow the smoking of tobacco products in exempted premises is a matter for the management of the premises...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the provision of services at Letterkenny General Hospital rests with the North Western Health Board. Recently my Department gave approval to the board to proceed with a recruitment process for the appointment of a consultant nephrologist to Letterkenny and Sligo General Hospitals.

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: The recruitment of orthodontic staff in the NWHB area is the statutory responsibility of its CEO. My Department has asked him to investigate the matter and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Communications Masts: Communications Masts (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: In 1998 the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Enterprise and Transport published a report entitled Non-ionising Microwave Radiation Emissions from Communication Masts. It made a number of recommendations concerning planning and exempt developments, monitoring, public information, operators and health. Recommendations 9.15 — 9.18 refer to health issues. With regard to 9.15, I am advised...

Written Answers — Nurses' Remuneration: Nurses' Remuneration (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: I presume the Deputy is referring to the Labour Court decision No. 033 (CD/02/607) on the inclusion of an acting-up allowance in the calculation of premium pay. A circular sanctioning the implementation of the decision issued from my Department on 7 May 2003. Responsibility for the payment of arrears to retired psychiatric nurses rests with the health boards and the ERHA. My Department has...

Written Answers — Irish Blood Transfusion Service: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: The original estimated total project cost, covering fees, construction and equipment, for the board's new headquarters at the construction commencement date of June 1998 was €46,091,492. During the contract the fitting out of the nucleic acid amplification technology testing component of the project was deferred when it became evident that developments and enhancements in the technology...

Written Answers — Irish Blood Transfusion Service: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: In March 1997 Mr. Justice Finlay published a report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into the Blood Transfusion Service Board. He recommended that the IMB should inspect the centres in Dublin and Cork at least twice annually and report their results to the Minister for Health. Since 1997 the IMB has reported to the Minister each year and the reports were subsequently laid before both Houses of the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: The information requested by the Deputy is not routinely collected by my Department. My Department has asked the CEOs of the Eastern Regional Health Authority and the health boards to send the information to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the funding of services at the Mater Hospital rests with the ERHA. My Department has asked its CEO to investigate the matter and to reply directly to the Deputy.