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- 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. I have not issued a...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building 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. 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 (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. As part of the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Hygiene: Hospital Hygiene (22 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy will be aware that responsibility for the management and delivery of health services is now a matter for the Health Service Executive. This includes responsibility for acute hospital services. The prevention and control of health care associated infections, HCAIs, is a priority issue for the Health Service Executive. Effective infection control measures, including environmental...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (22 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to the operation of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, my Department has asked the chief executive of the NTPF to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the detailed information requested.
- 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 have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (22 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: The National Cancer Registry has routinely collected data on county of residence for all incidences of cancer since 1994. These data have been published in a number of reports, including Cancer in Ireland 1994-2000 and two all-Ireland cancer reports, All-Ireland Cancer Statistics for 1994-96 and 1998-2000. Up-to-date tables describing cancer incidence by site, sex and county of residence are...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: As part of the overall funding for health services in 2006, additional funding of â¬4.78 million is being allocated specifically for the development of cystic fibrosis services. I wish to see significant improvement next year in the level of services available to persons with cystic fibrosis. The current service deficits in this area are widely acknowledged and have been identified most...
- 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (22 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: Employment information for the health service is collected through the health services personnel census on a quarterly basis and the latest available verified data is in respect of end of June 2005, when employment levels stood at 100,934 personnel in whole-time equivalent terms. The census collects data in respect of actual employment and does not include information on vacancies. The Health...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: In November 2005, 1,150,511 people hold medical cards. Figures provided by the then health boards indicated that there were 1,207,096 medical card holders in June 2002. A simple comparison of these figures does not take account of the fact that over 104,000 invalid entries have been removed since 2001, following concerns which arose at that time about inaccurate GMS lists. If allowance is...
- 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 — 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 — 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service 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, the 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 delivery of health services is an operational matter and is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. Under section 31 of the Health Act 2004 the executive must prepare and submit to me its service plan for the coming year within 21 days of the publication by the Government of the Estimates for Supply Services for the financial year. The service plan must, among other things,...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: Responsibility for the collection and reporting of waiting lists and waiting times now falls within the remit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the NTPF to reply to the Deputy directly with the information requested.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: Under the Health Act 2004 the Health Service 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 neurology services. The Comhairle report on neurology and neurophysiology recommended significant enhancement of these services including the appointment of additional...
- Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (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.