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Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (16 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: The provision of dental services is the statutory responsibility of the health boards-authority in the first instance. The Northern Area Health Board has advised my Department that as part of the overall refurbishment at Quarry Road health centre the number of dental suites was increased from one to three. This increase in dental facilities was required in order to meet the increase in demand...

Written Answers — Means Tests: Means Tests (16 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: The function of the means test in the case of nursing home subvention is to assess a person's eligibility for funding of their long-term care. The system used to assess this was devised in the context of the nursing home subvention regulations 1993 and the criteria used would, of necessity, differ from that used by the Department of Social and Family Affairs when assessing a person's...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (16 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 and 165 together. Eligibility for health services in Ireland is primarily based on residency and means. Under the Health Act 1970, determination of eligibility for medical cards is the responsibility of the chief executive officer of the appropriate health board other than for persons aged 70 years and over, who are automatically eligible for a medical...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (16 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: Arrangements for the provision of services for medical card holders, including the selection and recruitment process for general practitioners in the GMS scheme, are matters for the chief executive officer of the relevant health board-authority. Accordingly, this question has been referred to the chief executive officer of the Southern Health Board for investigation and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Board Staff: Health Board Staff (16 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: Under the Interim Health Service Executive (Establishment) Order 2004, the interim health service executive, iHSE, has the responsibility to devise a plan for the establishment of a national unified structure for the delivery of health services, and the integration of the management, administrative and service delivery structures of health boards. The matter referred to is primarily for the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services. : Hospital Services. (16 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: Services at Beaumont Hospital are provided under an arrangement with the Eastern Regional Health Authority, and my Department has therefore asked the regional chief executive of the authority to examine the issue raised and to reply to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (16 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: Responsibility for the provision of the school booster vaccinations and the nine month development check for babies, and any matters relating to such provision, within its functional area, rests with the relevant health board or the Eastern Regional Health Authority, ERHA. In the case of the north side of Dublin, this responsibility lies with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. In the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (16 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: The provision of hospital services at Kerry General Hospital, Tralee, is, in the first instance, a matter for the Southern Health Board. My Department has therefore asked the chief executive officer of the Southern Health Board to reply directly to the Deputy regarding the number of staff employed at the hospital. A capital projects development team for Kerry General Hospital, Tralee, was...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (16 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: Services at the Mater Hospital are provided under an arrangement with the Eastern Regional Health Authority and my Department has, therefore, asked the regional chief executive of the authority to examine the issue raised and to reply to the Deputy directly. Many of the difficulties and delays experienced in emergency medicine departments reflect system-wide issues. It is therefore necessary...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (16 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: Services at Peamount Hospital are provided under an arrangement with the Eastern Regional Health Authority, ERHA. My Department has therefore asked the regional chief executive of the authority to investigate the issues raised by the Deputy and to reply to him directly. The authority has advised that Peamount Hospital no longer admits acute tuberculosis patients. I understand that 30 beds at...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (16 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: As the Deputy will be aware, the provision of health services in the Kildare area is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the South Western Area Health Board, acting under the aegis of the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the authority to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply to him directly as a matter of...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: The provision of hospital services for people living in County Mayo is a matter for the Western Health Board. My Department has asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the position on this case and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: Responsibility for the provision of hospital services to residents of County Westmeath rests with the Midland Health Board. My Department has therefore asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the position on this case and to reply to the Deputy directly.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: Senator Bannon will end up in hospital if he does not slow down.

Health Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage. (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Second Stage of the Health Bill 2004 to the House. This is an historic piece of legislation. It provides for the most comprehensive reorganisation of our health services since 1970 which is long overdue and vital. It is a once-in-a-generation event. It is our generation's chance to put patients first in the...

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: The Government is not socialist.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: It is a joke.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: It recommends poverty is good for one's health.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: I read a bit of it.