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Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (25 Jan 2006)

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 Funding: Hospital Funding (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: Casemix is an internationally accepted evidence-based management system used for the monitoring and evaluation of health services. It allows for the collection, categorisation and interpretation of hospital patient data related to the types of cases treated to assist hospitals in defining their products, measuring their productivity and assessing their quality. Casemix is used for many...

Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: The charging for long-stay care under the Health (Amendment) Act 2005 is being implemented by way of the Health (Charges for In-Patient Services) Regulations 2005. These regulations, which were signed on 14 June 2005, reinstated charges for inpatient services and provided for the levying of a charge in respect of the maintenance of persons in receipt of inpatient services. The regulations...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 410 and 419 together. The vitamin B12 products concerned, cytamen and neo-cytamen, were removed from the common list of reimbursable drugs and medicines when the manufacturer advised my Department that, because of problems in the manufacturing process, they had become temporarily unavailable both in Ireland and the UK. The manufacturer has informed my...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Jan 2006)

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 — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: Prior to the establishment of the Health Service Executive, parliamentary questions concerning the provision of services to individuals or in specific geographic areas were referred to the chief executive officer of the relevant health board or to the ERHA for direct reply. Pursuant to the Health Act 2004, the functions of the health boards and the ERHA were transferred to the HSE. Questions...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Jan 2006)

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 (25 Jan 2006)

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 (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: 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 orthodontic services. I have asked the HSE to issue a direct reply to the Deputy regarding when a...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jan 2006)

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 (25 Jan 2006)

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 — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: The Deputy may be aware that only those employees who were employed after 6 April 1995 make contributions to the main superannuation fund. The contribution rate is 3.5% net. In addition, these employees make further contributions of 1.5% gross in respect of future lump sum payments at retirement and 1.5% gross in respect of the spouses and children element of the fund. Almost all of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: Casemix is an internationally accepted evidence-based management system used for the monitoring and evaluation of health services. It allows for the collection, categorisation and interpretation of hospital patient data related to the types of cases treated to assist hospitals define their products, measure their productivity and assess quality. Casemix is used for many purposes related to...

Written Answers — Bullying in the Workplace: Bullying in the Workplace (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: My Department's policy regarding the issue of bullying is the implementation of the revised anti-harassment, sexual harassment and bullying policy for the Civil Service, A Positive Working Environment, which came into effect on 1 September 2005. The summary leaflet on this policy has been circulated to all staff and the main report is available on request. Earlier this month, a two-day course...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: My Department makes payments under a number of schemes. Civil service posts at the levels of assistant secretary and deputy secretary are covered by a scheme of performance related awards. The operation of the scheme is overseen by the committee for performance awards. The funding for awards is based on 10% of the payroll for the posts covered by the scheme. Within this overall limit,...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Jan 2006)

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. This includes responsibility for the programme referred to by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (25 Jan 2006)

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 — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: 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 administration of influenza vaccine. The HSE has confirmed that it was agreed last October, as an...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 431 and 432 together. The funding required to facilitate the development and roll-out of the advanced paramedic training programme has been provided in line with proposals set out by the Health Service Executive and pre-hospital emergency care council. The national ambulance training school, NATS, which operates under the auspices of the HSE in conjunction...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: I am committed to the national roll-out of the cervical screening programme in line with international best practice. An international expert examined the feasibility and implications of a national roll-out of a cervical screening programme and carried out an evaluation on the current pilot programme, quality assurance, laboratory capacity and the establishment of national governance...