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- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: I attach a table for the Deputy showing the total number of people currently holding medical cards and GP visit cards; the total number of people holding medical cards in June 2002, and the total number of people holding medical cards in June 1997. The most recent monthly figures for medical card and GP visit card holders as supplied by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to my Department are...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is as set out below. It should be noted that the details presented represent both current vacancies on the boards of bodies under the aegis of my Department, which are in the process of being filled, in addition to those vacancies which are due to occur before 4 July 2007. I would envisage filling each of these vacancies in a timely fashion to allow for...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has informed my Department that it provided information in relation to the project named by the Deputy in response to a previous parliamentary question. My Department has asked the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated further and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Apr 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Transport Costs: Transport Costs (4 Apr 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 — Health Services: Health Services (4 Apr 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 Apr 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Apr 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 — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (4 Apr 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 — EU Health Insurance: EU Health Insurance (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: In regard to the public health care system of Romania, my Department has requested the Romanian authorities to provide the relevant information for inclusion on www.ehic.ie and a reply is awaited. It is hoped that information will be available about health care in Romania shortly. In regard to Bulgaria, information on its public health care system has been sent by my Department to the HSE for...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: There is no provision whereby the HSE may seek to sell the home of a person in long stay care. The Deputy will be aware that at present, some individuals find it necessary to sell their home in order to pay for long-term care. However, I recently announced a Nursing Home Support Scheme, to be implemented from 2008, under which there will no need for individuals to take this course of...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: A joint Health Service Executive/Department of Health and Children Transition Group was established to advance the development of the national tertiary paediatric hospital. The next stage of the process, which is being overseen by the Transition Group, involves the preparation of a high level framework brief for the new hospital. The brief is being developed for the Transition Group by...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Apr 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 — Data Protection: Data Protection (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: The Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 provide a statutory framework for the collection, use, disclosure, transfer and security of personal information. Under the Data Protection Acts, personal health information is identified as belonging to the category of sensitive information for which additional safeguards apply. The National Health Information Strategy (2004) placed considerable...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: Evidence based population screening programmes are an essential element of the National Cancer Control Strategy which I published last June. As the Deputy is aware, on 1 January this year, I established a National Cancer Screening Service Board which amalgamates BreastCheck and the Irish Cervical Screening Programme, both of which will be rolled out nationally this year. The total...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Apr 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 Services: Hospital Services (4 Apr 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 address this matter and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 181 together. 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...
- Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: These technical amendments are included to correct typographical errors. Amendment No. 1 relates to a cross-reference to another provision in the Bill. Amendment No. 2 inserts a cross-reference that was submitted in error from the relevant provision.
- Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: I confirm that, as Senators Henry and Glynn suggested, the Minister cannot give the Medical Council any directions on ethical issues. The council's ethics committee will have a majority of doctors, rather than a majority of lay people. It can be chaired by a lay person, however â it was once chaired by Senator Feeney. Dr. Deirdre Madden, who was recently elected as the chair of the...