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- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 102 and 127 together. My Department was recently made aware of a case of an elderly woman who, following treatment in the accident and emergency department of a public hospital, received a bill in respect of private services from a Consultant who attended to her there. Patients attending A&E departments in public hospitals are deemed to be public patients and...
- Written Answers — Primary Care Strategy: Primary Care Strategy (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The Strategy, Primary Care: A New Direction, aims to develop services in the community to give people direct access to integrated multi-disciplinary teams of general practitioners, nurses, health care assistants, home helps, occupational therapists and others. It has been estimated that up to 95% of people's health and social services needs can be properly met within a primary care setting...
- Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: In July 2005, I announced an initiative designed to provide up to 1,000 additional beds for public patients. This will be achieved through the development of private hospitals on the sites of public hospitals, transferring private activity to those hospitals and freeing up beds currently reserved for private patients. As the charges levied on private health insurers for treating private...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to provide the information requested by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the information provided...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The 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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 111 and 241 together. The cost of developing private hospitals on public sites must be seen in the context of delivering up to 1,000 acute hospital beds for public patients. It also has to be seen in the context of the significant benefits that the HSE expects to receive in return for the concessions granted to the private operators. The Health Service...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 113, 139, 254, 255, 270 and 302 together. I am committed to ensuring that the BreastCheck service is rolled out to the remaining regions in the country as quickly as possible. I have approved additional revenue funding of â¬8 million for 2007 to meet the additional costs involved, bringing BreastCheck's revenue budget to â¬21.7 million in 2007. I have also...
- Written Answers — Medical Research: Medical Research (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The use of live animals in scientific research and other experimental activity is strictly controlled in accordance with the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876, as amended by the European Communities (Amendment of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876) Regulations 2002 and 2005. Under the Act, each licence applicant must satisfy the Authority that they have the appropriate education and training (including...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The Health Services Executive recently published a Review of Neurosurgical Services in Ireland. It identifies a clear need for significant investment in and organisational reform of neurosurgical services. Neurosurgery is currently provided at the national centre in Beaumont Hospital and in Cork University Hospital. The Report recommends that the future development of safe, high quality...
- Written Answers — National Cancer Strategy: National Cancer Strategy (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 and 318 together. I am committed to investing significantly in the implementation of the National Cancer Control Strategy. The Estimates for 2007 include additional revenue funding of â¬20.5m for cancer control. This is an increase of 74% on the 2006 investment. This funding includes â¬3.5m to support the initial implementation of the HSE National...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 124 and 140 together. Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the issue raised by the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: My Department is advised by the Health Service Executive that the Task Force on Accident and Emergency Services is currently finalising its report, and that the approach to the implementation of its recommendations is under discussion. A number of short-term measures are to be prioritised for implementation as part of the HSE Winter Initiative. The number of patients in acute hospitals whose...
- Written Answers — Health Repayment Scheme: Health Repayment Scheme (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The Health (Repayment Scheme) Act, 2006 came into effect on 30 June 2006. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the scheme. Accordingly, all queries relating to the operation of the scheme are referred to the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive for investigation and direct reply. The HSE has advised the Department that the Scheme Administrator has...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The Pharmacy Review Group was established by my predecessor in November 2001 to examine the pharmacy issues raised in the OECD report on regulatory reform in Ireland. The Group submitted its report on 31 January 2003. The report was published in February 2004 and is available on my Department's website, www.doh.ie, along with reports prepared for the Group by Indecon International Economic...
- Written Answers — Health Service Funding: Health Service Funding (5 Dec 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 — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: On Tuesday 28th of November I announced that I had decided that there would be no further examination of the question of Vaccine Trials involving babies and children in institutional settings in 1960/61, 1970 and 1973. The trials which involved both children in institutional settings and within the family home, were the subject of a report by the Chief Medical Officer, Dr Jim Kiely, which...
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) is responsible for the protection and promotion of public and animal health, through the evaluation and supervision of medicines for human and veterinary use. It co-ordinates the evaluation and supervision of medicinal products throughout the European Union and brings together the scientific resources of the 25 EU Member States in a network of 42...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (5 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The figure of â¬111 million is an estimate by Health Service Executive of the amount that the 10 public hospitals selected as sites for co-located private hospitals charged private health insurers in 2005. I was informed by the HSE yesterday that, as a result of the ongoing public procurement exercise, the colocation initiative will not be proceeding on two public hospital sites at this...