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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal services. This includes responsibility for speech therapy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's western area to...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal services. This includes responsibility for speech therapy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's eastern regional...

Written Answers — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (1 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The number of deaths by suicide as published annually by the Central Statistics Office and a breakdown of these figures by gender are set out in the following table. Year Male Female Total 1994 305 90 395 1995 321 83 404 1996 345 64 409 1997 386 92 478 1998 433 81 514 1999 358 97 455 2000 395 91 486 2001 429 90 519 2002 371 80 451 2003 358...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the assessment of entitlement and payment of the domiciliary care allowance. Accordingly, my Department...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for payment of and entitlement to domiciliary care allowance. Accordingly, my Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal services. This includes responsibility for speech and language therapy and occupational therapy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. As part of the executive's responsibility to prepare and submit an annual service plan for my approval, it is obliged under section 31 of the Act to...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (3 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I understand from the Mental Health Commission that the report of the inquiry which I requested under the provisions of section 55 of the Mental Health Act 2001 is being finalised and that it will be forwarded to me in the near future. I will consider the Deputy's question when the report is received.

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (3 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: My Department has sought legal advice from the Office of the Attorney General on publishing the report referred to by the Deputy. Pending further consideration of the matter by the Office of the Attorney General, the Department has been advised against publication of the report either in full or in an edited format.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the assessment of and entitlement to the motorised transport grant. Accordingly, my Department has...

Hospital Procedures. (8 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I am pleased to have an opportunity to respond on behalf of the Tánaiste to the issues raised by Deputy Connolly and to advise the House of the background and current position in regard to these matters. In 1998, employees of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, alleged to the North Eastern Health Board's legal adviser that Dr. Michael Neary had been performing an abnormally high rate of...

Cancer Screening Programme. (8 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I thank Deputy Lynch for raising this matter. I take this opportunity to set out the current position on the BreastCheck programme and, in particular, on the extension of it to the remaining counties. The national breast screening programme commenced in the eastern and midland regions in February 2000. Screening is offered free of charge to women in the 50 to 64 age group in these regions....

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (8 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of mental health services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (8 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 181 together. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for mental health services in the HSE mid-western area....

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (8 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 191 together. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of speech and language therapy, for...

Written Answers — Health Board Staff: Health Board Staff (8 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: As the Deputy may be aware, the Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. In this regard, the Health Service Executive's north-eastern area met the St. John of God order's north-east services on...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of mental health services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (8 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 193, 208 and 214 to 216, inclusive, together. In 2003, the Minister for Health and Children established a project team, chaired by the East Coast Area Health Board, to progress the re-development of the Central Mental Hospital. This team included representatives from the Department of Health and Children, the Eastern Regional Health Authority, the East Coast...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of speech and language therapy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Feb 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of addiction treatment services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...