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Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the national repayment scheme, inquiries relating to individual cases are referred to the parliamentary affairs division of the executive. My Department has asked the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Responsibility for the provision of vaccinations to employees is a matter for individual employers. In the case raised by the Deputy I would advise that the Order of Malta contact the local area Health Service Executive for further information and advice on the hepatitis B vaccination.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (16 Feb 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, HSE, 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 (16 Feb 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 (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: I have asked my officials to check this and have discovered that my Department inadvertently omitted to refer the part of the question regarding human resource management issues for answer by the Health Service Executive. This has now been done and the information requested by the Deputy is currently being compiled by the parliamentary affairs division of the executive. It will be forwarded...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (16 Feb 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 considering new capital proposals or progressing those in the health capital programme. Accordingly, my Department is requesting the parliamentary affairs division of the...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (16 Feb 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 Services: Hospital Services (16 Feb 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (16 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the national repayment scheme, inquiries relating to individual cases are referred to the parliamentary affairs division of the executive. My Department has asked the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (16 Feb 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 184 and 210 together. 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 reply...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The Pensions (Abatement) Act 1965 provides the legislative basis for the suspension or reduction of an allowance or pension where, after retirement, a scheme pensioner is employed in an agency or organisation in which the superannuation scheme paying the pension applies. Remuneration plus pension for the specified period should not exceed the up-rated remuneration for the post from which the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Case mix analyses the mix of patients hospitals treat by collecting data on the diagnoses and procedures relating to individual patients and the cost of treating them and categorising them into diagnoses related groups. Case mix is used as part of the budgetary process in order that funding is based on measured costs and activity and to fund hospitals for the patients actually treated. In...

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (21 Feb 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. The report to which the Deputy's question refers was prepared by the benzodiazepine committee at the behest of the then Minister for Health and Children and published in 2002. The committee was comprised of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The latest figures available to me for spending by the Health Service Executive in 2005 were included in the executive's December 2005 returns to the Department of Finance, which were submitted to me on 17 January 2006. These figures fall to be revised when the executive consolidates figures for inclusion in the 2005 annual appropriation account for Vote 40. The monthly spending from the...

Written Answers — Clinical Indemnity Scheme: Clinical Indemnity Scheme (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The clinical indemnity scheme is based on the principle of enterprise liability. It therefore covers consultants employed in public hospitals for the treatment of their public and private patients in hospitals covered by the scheme. The cover is provided to the hospital concerned rather than to the individual consultant. This cover is unlimited. The scheme does not extend to the treatment of...

Written Answers — Clinical Indemnity Scheme: Clinical Indemnity Scheme (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Private patients in public hospitals are patients of the hospital as well as patients of the consultant treating them. As such, their treatment and care is covered by the clinical indemnity scheme. Consultants do not need to take out separate professional indemnity cover for this element of their practice. One of the objectives in establishing the clinical indemnity scheme was to eliminate...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194 and 195 together. My objective in the development of a national network for radiation oncology services is to increase capacity as early as possible and to ensure that all cancer patients will receive care to the best international standards. St. Luke's Hospital board and its executive management team are fully committed to supporting the Government's...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The amount of non-capital funding paid to each organisation by my Department in 2005 is set out in the following table. Organisation Amount paid in 2005 â'¬ million Board for Employment of the Blind 0.696 BreastCheck 10.606 Crisis Pregnancy Agency 7.399 Food Safety Authority of Ireland 17.160 Food Safety Promotion Board 6.370 Health Research Board 27.147 ...

Written Answers — Public Procurement Policy: Public Procurement Policy (21 Feb 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.