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Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the assessment of applications for medical cards. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: The MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella and, in accordance with the recommendations of the immunisation advisory committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, can be administered to children between 12 and 15 months of age. A vaccine uptake rate of 95% is required in order to protect children from the diseases concerned and to stop the spread of the diseases in...

Written Answers — Contaminated Blood Products: Contaminated Blood Products (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: In July 2003 the Government was approached unilaterally by a firm of New York lawyers with the proposal that the Government could sue certain pharmaceutical companies in the United States arising from the manufacture of blood products which caused hepatitis C and HIV infection to persons with haemophilia. Initial advices received from counsel appointed by the Attorney General raised serious...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: Responsibility for the collation and publishing of waiting list and waiting time data rests with the national treatment purchase fund, NTPF. The NTPF has found that waiting list data shows widespread variation in the recording and reporting of patient data across the hospital system. A new on-line national patient treatment register will now be developed by the fund. The new patient treatment...

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: It is proposed to take No. 1 the Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad] — Second Stage; and No. 15 the Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004 — Second Stage (Resumed).

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: Deputy Bruton asked about the report of the monitoring committee. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform will make a statement when the report is published. Our thoughts today are with the parents of the late Róisín Ruddle, Helen and Ger Ruddle, who have had to come to terms with the tragedy of the unexpected death of their daughter at the age of two. The publication today of the...

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: We have established 13 nursing schools in recent years.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: We have invested capital expenditure of €240 million in the development of such schools.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: Everybody has acknowledged that it is a substantial amount of money. Most independent analysis supports that.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: Nurses from Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and many European countries are going overseas as well. The report into the death of Róisín Ruddle contains recommendations about gaps, particularly in ICU, which affect cardiac and other serious forms of surgery. We need to ensure that intensive care units are staffed at all times so they can deal with patients who require surgery.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: It is obvious that Deputies will be given copies of the report. I am sure they would like an opportunity to study it. Some of the issues raised in the report were discussed during the debate on the Private Members' motion tabled by Fine Gael this week. The Minister intends to issue a statement when the report is published.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: Not in the House today, no.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: I assume Deputies would like an opportunity to study the report before it is discussed in the House. I would have thought that such an approach would be better.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: I understand there will be questions on the matter today. It is not correct to suggest that there is a nursing crisis.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: Perhaps Deputy Ó Caoláin or Deputy Ó Snodaigh had the rope.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: The heads of the Údarás na Gaeltachta Bill will be published later this year. I do not think they will be published before the elections in early April.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: The Bill will be published in this session.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: Yes.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: The Minister will bring the Bill back to the Cabinet.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: I do not intend to anticipate the contents of the Bill.