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- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (8 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: Under the Health (Amendment) Act 1991, hospital accommodation in public hospitals is designated as public, semi-private or private. The formal designation of any particular part of a hospital as semi-private or private does not oblige health insurance companies to reimburse subscribers who may be accommodated in that area of the facility. Each insurance company makes its own arrangements for...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (8 Dec 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. All those fully eligible persons who were wrongly charged and are alive and the estates of all those who were wrongly charged and died since 9 December 1998 will have the charges repaid in full. The scheme will not allow for repayments to the estates of those who...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Dec 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 — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 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 (13 Dec 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 (13 Dec 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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Dec 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 a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Dec 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 a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 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 (13 Dec 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 — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (13 Dec 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 on the information requested.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: I understand that the Health Service Executive issued a response to the Deputy on his previous parliamentary question dated 1 December 2005. My Department requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have the questions raised by the Deputy investigated and a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: Prior to the establishment of the Health Service Executive, parliamentary questions concerning access to services by individuals or in specific geographic areas were referred to the chief executive officer of the relevant health board or Eastern Regional Health Authority for direct reply. Pursuant to the Health Act 2004, the functions of the health boards and ERHA were transferred to the HSE....
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 166 and 167 together. Treatment for patients on anti-coagulation therapy is normally provided in a hospital setting under the supervision of a specialist, or in certain general practitioner clinics with specialist agreement. I understand that a small number of patients may opt to self-test. This is a private matter between them and their doctors. I have no...
- Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: My Department has again requested the Health Service Executive to arrange to have this matter examined and to have a detailed reply issued directly to the Deputy as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (13 Dec 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 (13 Dec 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 — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: On 14 July last, I issued a policy direction to the Health Service Executive under section 10 of the Health Act 2004 aimed at freeing up additional beds for public patients in public hospitals by moving up to 1,000 existing private beds in public hospitals into newly developed private hospital facilities on public hospital sites. I discussed with the chairman and chief executive of the Health...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: The monitoring of out-patient waiting lists 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 a reply issued directly to the Deputy. I asked the National Treatment...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: The following tables detail the numbers, grade and remuneration of staff employed in the constituency offices of the Ministers of State. All staff are civil servants except for personal assistants and personal secretaries. Minister of State, Brian Lenihan TD â Private Office. Grade Number of Officers Higher Executive Officer (Private Secretary) 1 Executive Officer 1 Clerical...