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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Nov 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. The aim of my...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (22 Nov 2005)

Mary Harney: Under the Health Act 2004, expenditure on ICT is included in the Vote of the Health Service Executive, Vote 40. Such expenditure must be approved by the Department of Finance. The Health Service Executive approached the Department of Finance for approval with regard to an electronic patient information system earlier this year. As the original proposal for such a system had been made some...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (22 Nov 2005)

Mary Harney: My Department did not confine implementation of the iSOFT contract to the areas previously covered by the North Eastern and North Western Health Boards. The Health Service Executive designated the north-eastern and north-western areas as the priority sites for deployment of new IT systems because support contracts on their existing systems were coming to an end and could not be extended. If...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (22 Nov 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 the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Nov 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 (22 Nov 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 (22 Nov 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 — Health Services: Health Services (22 Nov 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Nov 2005)

Mary Harney: Eligibility for health services in Ireland is primarily based on residency and means. Under the Health Act 1970, determination of eligibility for medical cards is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive, other than for persons over 70 who are automatically entitled to a medical card. Medical cards are issued to persons who in the opinion of the HSE are unable to provide general...

Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (22 Nov 2005)

Mary Harney: Fluoridation of public water supplies as a public health measure is accepted as being one of the most effective methods of ensuring against tooth decay. The World Health Organisation, WHO, recommends fluoridation of public water supplies and has stated that fluoridation of water supplies, where possible, is the most effective public health measure for the prevention of dental decay. WHO has...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (22 Nov 2005)

Mary Harney: The Hib catch-up booster campaign organised by the Health Service Executive began on Monday, 21 November 2005. The HSE began planning for the current booster campaign following a recommendation from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee. The campaign is designed to offer the Hib catch-up booster vaccine to further protect children aged between one and four years against haemophilus...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (22 Nov 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question concerns 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question concerns 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 — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (22 Nov 2005)

Mary Harney: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the fees and allowances paid to general practitioners in respect of services provided under the general medical services scheme. The level of these fees and allowances reflect the agreed outcome of negotiations between the Department of Health and Children, the Health Service Executive and the GP representative body, the Irish Medical Organisation....

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (22 Nov 2005)

Mary Harney: By the end of October 2005, more than 13,000 patients had treatment arranged for them by the National Treatment Purchase Fund. The fund has now treated more than 36,300 patients since it commenced in 2002. It is now the case that, in most instances, anyone waiting more than three months for an operation will be facilitated by the fund. The health strategy envisaged that the NTPF might also...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (22 Nov 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question concerns 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 the administration of the influenza vaccines. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (22 Nov 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 294 and 296 to 298, inclusive, together. The Deputies' questions concern 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 these matters...

Written Answers — Health Service Strategy: Health Service Strategy (22 Nov 2005)

Mary Harney: The Prospectus and Brennan reports identified the need for significant change in the role of the Department of Health and Children as part of a fundamental reform of the health service. The overall recommendations of the two reports with regard to functions were accepted by the Government and it was agreed that the Department should be reorganised. The legal framework for this reform was put...

Written Answers — Parliamentary Accountability: Parliamentary Accountability (22 Nov 2005)

Mary Harney: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of health services. Section 21 of that Act states that "the chief executive officer shall, at the written request of an Oireachtas Committee, attend before it". The executive must also submit a service plan which, when approved by me, is laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas. This plan must, among...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Nov 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question concerns 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 the provision of primary or hospital care to the population in the event of an influenza pandemic. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division...