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Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Harney: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) was established as one of the key actions for dealing with public hospital waiting lists arising from the 2001 Health Strategy. To date, the NTPF has arranged treatment for some 42,000 patients. The NTPF purchases procedures for public patients predominantly from private hospitals in Ireland. The Strategy envisaged that the NTPF might also make use...

Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Harney: On foot of the recommendations of the Pharmacy Review Group, my Department has commenced drafting new pharmacy legislation in two pharmacy Bills. The first Bill is to deal with fitness to practice provisions for pharmacists, the removal of the prohibition — the derogation — on non-Irish graduates being supervising pharmacists in pharmacies less than 3 years old, and a stronger statutory...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Harney: The Irish Nurses Organisation and the Psychiatric Nurses Association are pursuing a number of claims in respect of the pay and conditions of nurses. These include claims seeking a reduction in hours from 39 to 35 per week and a pay increase relative to the pay of the social care worker grade (formerly known as child care workers). There is no pay relationship between nurses and social care...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Jun 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 (20 Jun 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 (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 183 and 185 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 — Waste Management: Waste Management (20 Jun 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 waste management in the health service in Counties Cavan and Monaghan. Accordingly, my Department is requesting the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Jun 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 Equipment: Hospital Equipment (20 Jun 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 the matter investigated and have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Maintenance: Hospital Maintenance (20 Jun 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 Business Plans: Departmental Business Plans (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Harney: The Department's annual Business Plan for 2006 will, as in previous years, be made available to the public through the Department's website (www.dohc.ie). It is intended that this will happen in the next few weeks.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (20 Jun 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 Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Harney: The funding of the organisation referred to by the Deputy is a matter for the Crisis Pregnancy Agency (CPA), which was established by the Government in 2001 to formulate and implement a strategy to address crisis pregnancy. I understand that the CPA and the organisation concerned are at present in communication regarding the question of continued funding. I do not consider it appropriate that...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Harney: Government approval was given on 2nd May 2006 to the draft heads and general scheme of the first Pharmacy Bill and these have now been forwarded to the Parliamentary Counsel's office for priority drafting. I have, with Government approval, circulated a copy of this document to the opposition spokespersons on Health. I have also arranged for my officials to provide a copy to the Pharmaceutical...

Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Harney: I have met with the Irish Pharmaceutical Union. Following consideration of the issue of prescribing by other health care professionals in my Department, it is considered that, apart from nurses under certain defined conditions and existing prescribers (doctors and dentists), the necessary regulatory regimes, in particular adequate fitness to practice regimes, are not in place at the present...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 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 matter investigated and to have a...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (20 Jun 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. Under...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Harney: Tógfaigh mé Ceisteanna 207 agus 212 le chéile. I am aware that the drug buprenorphine (trade name Subutex) is being proposed as an alternative to methadone in the treatment of opiate dependent addicts. The current position is that buprenorphine can be prescribed to opiate users by addiction service consultants in specialist drug treatment clinics, where the prescription and dispensing of...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (20 Jun 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 — General Register Office: General Register Office (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Harney: An tArd-Chláraitheoir (Registrar General) is the person with statutory responsibility for the administration of the civil registration system. I have made enquiries with an tArd-Chláraitheoir and the position is as set out below. An tArd-Chláraitheoir maintains a national index of births, which is available in the offices of registrars of births, deaths and marriages around the country....