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

Mary Harney: A consultancy study jointly commissioned by my Department and the Northern Ireland Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, DHSSPS, on the costs and benefits associated with the introduction of a dedicated helicopter emergency medical service, HEMS, for the island of Ireland was published last year and is available on my Department's website. The study concluded that the...

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

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 435 and 441 together. The Deputy's questions relate 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 these matters investigated and to have...

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

Mary Harney: My Department has made additional revenue funding of €2.3 million available to BreastCheck this year to, inter alia, provide for the recruitment and training of staff to commence the national roll-out of the screening programme in 2007. As already advised, BreastCheck has advertised for lead consultant radiologists and radiographers for the two new clinical units at the South...

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

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 438 and 458 together. The report of the national task force on medical staffing, the Hanly report, made a series of important recommendations about the development of hospital services. These covered issues such as the changes needed in non-consultant hospital doctors' work patterns, reform of medical education and training, the need for a significantly...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (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 have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: The national public procurement policy framework which was published recently by the Department of Finance includes the requirement that public bodies should develop an annual corporate procurement plan. My Department is now working on this and will be developing and compiling its corporate procurement plan over the coming months. No corporate procurement plan was developed for the years in...

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

Mary Harney: The Madden report on post mortem practice and procedures, which was published on 18 January 2005, contains 50 recommendations. My Department's officials will examine the recommendations in consultation with relevant bodies, especially the National Hospitals Office of the Health Service Executive and draw up an implementation plan. The report recommended that while a number of recommendations...

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

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled by my Department. It will be forwarded to the Deputy when available.

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy on accident and emergency departments' revenue and amounts due comprises outpatient income charged and received by those hospitals funded or under the aegis of the Health Service Executive in its role in managing and delivering health and personal social services. This includes public statutory and voluntary hospitals funded by HSE in receipt of such...

Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: The current position in relation to the Drug Payment Scheme (DPS) is that no more than 12 payments should be made by a family or individual in a full year on medication for use in any calendar month. The Health Service Executive primary care reimbursement service, formerly the GMS (payments) board, which is responsible for reimbursing community pharmacists under the DPS, advised all community...

Written Answers — General Register Office: General Register Office (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: An tArd-Chláraitheoir, the Registrar General, is the person with statutory responsibility for the administration of the civil registration system in Ireland, including civil marriages. I have made enquiries with an tArd-Chláraitheoir and the position is as follows. The Civil Registration Act, 2004 provides for the commencement of the various provisions of the Act on a gradual basis. Parts...

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 — 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 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 access to services by individuals or in specific geographic areas were referred to the chief executive officer of the relevant health board for direct reply. Pursuant to the Health Act 2004, the functions of the health boards were transferred to the HSE. The HSE has established a parliamentary...

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 have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital 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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the implementation of the capital programme for the health services, which is 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 (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 a reply issued directly to the Deputy.