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- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive 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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: The Government's sustained high level of investment in healthcare has enabled the completion and commissioning of numerous new facilities in both the acute and the non-acute sectors. This year, the sum available for expenditure in health under the Health Service Executive's capital plan is â¬559.5 million. The HSE has responsibility for the planning and management of capital projects in the...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: In its report on Childhood Immunisation, the Joint Oireachtas committee on Health and Children recommended that legislation be drawn up to provide for a no-fault National Vaccine Injury Compensation Scheme. The issue of vaccine damage, including a compensation scheme, is being considered by the Department at present. The Vaccine Damage Steering Group has now been established and will meet...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: The establishment of new grades within the public health service, including the grade of music therapist, is a human resource management matter which is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. In accordance with section 22 of the Health Act 2004, establishment of new grades requires the approval of the Minister for Health and Children given with the consent of the Minister for...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2007)
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 in relation to the matter raised.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: Medical cards are made available to persons and their dependants who would otherwise experience undue hardship in meeting the cost of General Practitioner (GP) services. In 2005 the GP visit card was introduced as a graduated benefit so that people on lower incomes, particularly parents of young children, who do not qualify for a medical card would not be deterred on cost grounds from...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: Over 120,000 people work full-time or part-time in our public health services. In recent years, the Government's ongoing high level of investment in health has achieved and maintained significant increases in the numbers of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: The expert advice from BreastCheck and from the National Cancer Forum, as contained in its National Strategy for Cancer Control, is that following the national extension of the current programme, the upper age limit should be extended to women aged 69 years. The priority of BreastCheck is to screen women who have not yet been screened and accordingly it is fully focussed at present on the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: Child health examinations are provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to children under 6 years of age and children attending national school in accordance with Section 66 of the Health Act, 1970. Under Section 67 of that Act, such children are eligible for HSE ophthalmic services in respect of defects noted at child health examinations. As the Health Service Executive has the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal 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 — Drug Treatment Services: Drug Treatment Services (31 Jan 2007)
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 — Drug Treatment Services: Drug Treatment Services (31 Jan 2007)
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 — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 945 to 947, inclusive, together. There are 25,518 people registered on the National Intellectual Disability Database for 2006. There are 24,511 people registered on the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database for 2005. The Deputy should note that the 2006 Report for the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database will be published in the next...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 948 and 949 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 953 to 958, inclusive, 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 respond directly to the Deputy in relation...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2007)
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 in relation to the matter raised.
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: An effective national cervical screening programme will result in a substantial reduction in the incidence of cervical cancer. It is my objective to have such a programme rolled out, beginning late this year, based on an affordable model. For that purpose, on the 1st January 2007, I established a National Cancer Screening Service which amalgamates BreastCheck and the Irish Cervical Screening...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: A total of twenty three officers in my Department have received formal training in Project Management. In addition to this, a number of people have developed Project Management Skills either through work experience or through training outside the organisation. These individuals are engaged in a wide variety of work areas within my Department for which it is considered that Project Management...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (1 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health (Charges for In-Patient Services) Regulations 2005 in keeping with Section 53 of the Health Act, 1970, as amended, have provided for two different classes of persons on whom charges may be levied. Class 1 Class 1 refers to people in receipt of in-patient services on premises where nursing care is provided on a 24 hour basis on those premises. In this case, a weekly charge may be...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services has been assigned to the Health Service Executive. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this case investigated and to have a reply...