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- Written Answers — Primary Care Strategy: Primary Care Strategy (26 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: The primary care strategy sets out the Government's vision for the development of primary care as the central focus for the delivery of health and personal social care services in a modern health system. The strategy aims to shift the emphasis from an over-reliance on acute hospital services to one where patients will be able to access an integrated multidisciplinary service provided by a...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Apr 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 (26 Apr 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. My...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Apr 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 respond directly to the Deputy on the matter raised.
- Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (26 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: The vast majority of women having babies in this country do so in public hospitals. Over half of the female population has private health insurance and a significant proportion of these women avail of maternity services in public hospitals. I am advised by the Health Service Executive that with regard to obstetric activity at the National Maternity Hospital, the public to private split has...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: The national task force on medical staffing was set up to: devise a strategy for reducing the average working hours of non-consultant hospital doctors, NCHDs, so as to achieve the requirements of the European working time directive; address the consequent medical staffing needs of Irish hospitals; analyse the practical implications of moving to a consultant-provided hospital system; and...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (26 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: Since the implementation of the national cancer strategy in 1997, approximately â¬920 million has been invested in the development of cancer services. The Vote for the Health Service Executive in 2006 includes an additional â¬9 million to continue to meet the additional service pressures in cancer care, improve the quality of care, facilitate better access to radiation oncology services and...
- Written Answers — Primary Care Strategy: Primary Care Strategy (26 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: The Government is fully committed to the implementation of the principles contained in the primary care strategy, which provides a template for the reform and development of primary care services. The implementation process at operational level is a function of the Health Service Executive, whose chief executive officer has identified as a priority the development of multidisciplinary primary...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Apr 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 — Assisted Human Reproduction: Assisted Human Reproduction (26 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: The Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction, CAHR, was established in March 2000. Its terms of reference were: "To prepare a report on the possible approaches to the regulation of all aspects of assisted human reproduction and the social, ethical and legal factors to be taken into account in determining public policy in this area". The CAHR was comprised largely of persons with expert...
- Written Answers — National Cancer Strategy: National Cancer Strategy (26 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: I am advised by the medical staff in my Department that ultraviolet light, either through natural exposure or sunbed exposure, increases the risk of developing skin cancer, particularly melanoma. The use of sunbeds leads to damage from ultraviolet radiation in the same way as sunlight exposure. Exposure in childhood is associated with even greater risks of subsequent melanoma. The National...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (26 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: In the context of the Health Service Executive's framework for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of accident and emergency services, the management of accident and emergency attendances and admissions has been identified as a key component of the overall approach to tackling the problem, and the issue of re-admissions has been highlighted as requiring further analysis and focus. I...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Apr 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 — Primary Care Strategy: Primary Care Strategy (26 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: The arrangements for the provision of out-of-hours general practitioner services in any particular area are the responsibility in the first instance of the Health Service Executive, HSE, under the Health Act 2004. I understand that the proposals received by the executive in response to its request for tenders to provide an out-of-hours GP service in north Dublin did meet the quality standards...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (26 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question refers 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 — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (26 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: Under the Health and Social Care Professions Act 2005, provision is made for the establishment of registration boards for each of the professions covered by the Act, in order to provide guidance on ethical conduct and support to those registered with the boards in the practice of their profession. This is in line with existing provisions for other health care professionals. The Medical...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question refers 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 (26 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: The post of chief pharmacist at the Department of Health and Children is currently vacant following the retirement of the former chief pharmacist after many years of service. However, in recognition of its importance in the Department's policy making function, including public health protection and patient safety, the post of chief pharmacist has been filled in an acting capacity pending the...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (26 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: I presume the Deputy is referring to the inclusion of the pneumococcal vaccine in the primary childhood immunisation programme to immunise against pneumococcal meningitis. Ireland's recommended immunisation programme is based on the guidelines of the national immunisation advisory committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. These guidelines are prepared with the assistance of an...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: Patients in the former North Western Health Board are currently being referred for radiation oncology treatment to the radiation oncology department at University College Hospital, Galway and to St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin. Following discussions between my Department, the Northern Ireland Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety and Belfast City Hospital, BCH, it has been...