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Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (28 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (28 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 — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (28 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 — Health Services: Health Services (28 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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates in the first instance 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. My Department has made inquiries of the HSE and has been advised that a directive has not issued to social workers in St. James's Hospital not to deal with inquiries from...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (28 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 — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: In response to the Deputy's question the only options available to a person wishing to access a period of adaptation in midwifery followed by a period of adaptation in general nursing are those which must be in compliance with the requirements of An Bord Altranais. An Bord Altranais is the regulatory body for the nursing and midwifery profession in Ireland. In order to work as a registered...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 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 — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The information, going back over five years, is not readily available in the format requested by the Deputy. I have requested my Department to retrieve the relevant data, to assemble and present it in the format as requested.

Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The annual organ donor awareness campaign, which is organised by the Irish Donor Network and administered by the Irish Kidney Association, highlights the necessity for organ donation generally. The campaign, which is supported by my Department, highlights the need for organ donors by promoting the carrying of an organ donor card. My Department has been providing financial support to the donor...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (28 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 a reply issued directly to the Deputy.?

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (28 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 a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The inclusion of the pneumococcal vaccine in the primary childhood immunisation programme is currently under consideration by the national immunisation advisory committee as part of the review of the immunisation guidelines for Ireland. To date, no decision has been reached. My Department and the Health Service Executive will be guided by the expert advice from the national immunisation...

Written Answers — Patient Statistics: Patient Statistics (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table, which sets out all hospital discharges, including inpatients and day cases, for children under the age of 15 years with a principal diagnosis of Crohn's disease-regional enteritis for each of the years from 1995 to 2004. Data are derived from the hospital inpatient enquiry, HIPE, system which records information on...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The issue to which the Deputy refers is not a matter for my Department. Accordingly the Deputy may wish to contact my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 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 a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: My Department has been informed by the chief executive of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, that the fund continues to deal with queries and representations from Deputies on behalf of constituents. If the Deputy has a particular instance in mind, he should contact the chief executive of the fund directly in order to resolve the matter.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 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 — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Suicide rates for the European region are provided by the World Health Organisation. The rates are age-standardised which allows comparison taking into account differences in population age structure between countries. The figures requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table and indicate the latest available reporting year for each country. Standardised Death Rates per 100,000...