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Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Mar 2007)

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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Mar 2007)

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 — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (20 Mar 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 nationally, beginning late this year, based on an affordable model. For that purpose, on 1 January 2007, I established a National Cancer Screening Service which amalgamates BreastCheck and the Irish Cervical...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (20 Mar 2007)

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 — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 486 to 488, inclusive, together. The Health (Charges for In-Patient Services) Regulations 2005 have provided for two different classes of persons on whom charges may be levied. These regulations were signed by the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Health and Children on 14 January 2005. Class 1 refers to people in receipt of in-patient services on...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (20 Mar 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: I am in favour of the use of smart cards and other information systems and technologies to make it easier for people to avail of health and personal social services and to reduce the administrative workload involved. Such developments must of course, as far as possible, be examined and progressed in a co-ordinated manner across the public service. I understand that the Departments of Finance...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (20 Mar 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 — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 493 and 494 together. It is understood that the figure quoted in the question of 250 annual deaths in Irish hospitals is an extrapolation of United Kingdom data. This figure relates to Health Care Associated Infection, HCAI, generally, of which MRSA would be one element only. I should add that this does not mean that patients died from a health care...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Mar 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 arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2007)

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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2007)

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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Repatriation of Remains: Repatriation of Remains (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: I understand from the Health Service Executive that it is not standard practice to provide financial assistance towards the costs of repatriating the bodies of Irish citizens who die overseas. On rare occasions, where a patient was referred outside the State for urgent treatment or examination not available in Ireland and died in a public hospital or other public institution abroad or where...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: Under the decentralisation programme twenty nine civil servants have transferred to other Government Departments from my Department to date. Of those six transferred directly to offices outside Dublin. As the Deputy will be aware my Department is not one of the Departments earmarked for decentralisation under the Civil Service Decentralisation Programme.

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (20 Mar 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: My Department is committed to making suitable provision to enable all customers to access the services of the Department. At present telephony systems to assist those with hearing disabilities to use phones are placed on the user's phone, and there is no action the receiving caller can take to improve access. A range of access options, including an Induction Loop system and staff trained...

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Second Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: It has been the intention of my Department, and the wish of the pharmacy profession, to consolidate and expand existing pharmacy legislation in a new Pharmacy Act for many years. Proposals have, however, continually been overtaken by events and in the interim the practice of pharmacy has evolved significantly. Nevertheless, it is clear that without a comprehensive and robust framework of...

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Second Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: Members will serve a five-year term. I assure the Senator they will not be political appointees.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Second Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: People are 70% better off in take-home pay. This is about earnings, not percentages.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Second Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: It has to do with reality.