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Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (31 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 HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 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 — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (31 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: The general rules and policy relating to the national repayment scheme have been set out in previous parliamentary questions. These can be made available to the Deputy should he require them. As the Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the scheme, inquiries relating to individual cases are referred to the parliamentary affairs division of the executive. My Department...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (31 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 Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 322 to 326, inclusive, 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. The parties to the agreement referred to by the Deputy are the HSE and the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle. Accordingly, my Department has...

Written Answers — Compensation Claims: Compensation Claims (31 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: The general rules and policy relating to the ex gratia payment scheme have been set out in previous parliamentary questions. These can be made available to the Deputy should he require them. As the Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the ex gratia scheme, inquiries relating to individual cases are referred to the parliamentary affairs division of the executive. My...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 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 (31 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.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 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 — Health Services: Health Services (31 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 Service Staff: Health Service Staff (31 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 339 and 342 together. 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 management of human resources and determining the appropriate staffing mix required to deliver its service plan priorities...

Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (31 Jan 2006)

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 1994-1996 and All-Ireland Cancer Statistics 1998-2000. Up-to-date tables describing cancer incidence by site, sex...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: I have made significant improvements to the way in which an applicant's eligibility for medical cards and GP visit cards is assessed. In January 2005, I increased the income guidelines used in the assessment of medical card applications by 7.5%. In June 2005, it was apparent that the effect of rising income in our successful economy meant that the target of 30,000 additional medical cards and...

Written Answers — Hospital Hygiene: Hospital Hygiene (31 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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (31 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 Services: Hospital Services (31 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 — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (31 Jan 2006)

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 — Health Services: Health Services (31 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 Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (31 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: The Department of Health and Children Vote surrendered a surplus to the Exchequer for each of the years 1998 to 2005. The following table sets out the amounts surrendered in each year. Year Gross Expenditure Saving Appropriations in Aid Buoyancy Net Expenditure Surrendered â'¬m â'¬m â'¬m 1998 0.504 2.058 2.562 1999 0.795 9.694 10.489 ...

Social Services Inspectorate: Motion (Resumed). (1 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The Government is firmly committed to developing and improving services for older people. In this year's budget alone we have made a step change in the level of new investment in services for older people, particularly to support services in the community. In the time available, I will address some points in the debate about our legislative programme. The legislation providing for the...