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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 297, 313, 368, 409, 483, 489 and 521 together. The Dental Treatment Service Scheme (DTSS) provides for a range of dental services for adult medical card holders from participating dentists holding contracts with the Health Service Executive (HSE). The DTSS Review Group was established in May 2006 to undertake a comprehensive review of Primary Care Oral...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: There is no statutory obligation on the Health Service Executive (HSE) to provide chiropody services to GMS patients or to any other group of people; however in practice arrangements are made, in certain cases, to provide these services. Before the establishment of the HSE the nature of the arrangements for chiropody and the level of service provided was a matter for individual health boards...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (24 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive have responsibility for the administration of the Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) of which the employee in question is a member. The Executive is the appropriate body to consider the matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 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 — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (24 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: The table below details the title of each of advisers and assistants that are currently employed in both my private and constituency offices. Position Name Date of appointment to Department of Health & Children Current annual salary Payments paid in lieu of pension € Special Adviser Oliver O'Connor 29/09/2004 133,367 Additional 11% paid in respect of personal pension Special...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: Details of the numbers of medical card and GP visit card holders are provided to my Department each month by the Health Service Executive. The figures are provided on a net basis showing the balance after new cards have been issued and other cards, as appropriate, have been deleted from the Executive's database e.g. following a review of an applicant's circumstances. The following table...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 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 (24 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 320 to 322, inclusive, 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...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 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 — Health Repayment Scheme: Health Repayment Scheme (24 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: The Health Repayment Scheme was launched in August 2006 and is administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE) in conjunction with the appointed Scheme Administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald. An extensive radio and newspaper advertising campaign was conducted throughout the country and a major public relations campaign was rolled out focusing in particular on local and regional media. The...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 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 have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 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 — Health Services: Health Services (24 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 — Health Services: Health Services (24 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 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 — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (24 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: The training requirements for health professionals dealing with cerebral palsy patients in hospitals is primarily a matter for the HSE and relevant service provider. In respect of nursing staff, An Bord Altranais, the Nursing Board, sets the requirements and standards of training for all nurses which includes paediatric placement. This exposes undergraduate nurses to a broad spectrum of...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (24 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: An option to join the Nominated Health Agencies Superannuation Scheme was offered to wholetime permanent employees of St Patrick's Centre, Kilkenny in 1981 and 1996. The 1996 option expired on 15th April 1996. Where a person who has not exercised an option to join a scheme subsequently makes an appeal about the validity of their option or claims that they did not receive an option to which...

Written Answers — Drug Treatment Programme: Drug Treatment Programme (24 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: I am aware that the drug Subutex (active ingredient buprenorphine) is an alternative choice to methadone in the treatment of opiate dependent addicts. The current position is that Subutex can only be prescribed to opiate users by addiction service consultants in specialist drug treatment clinics, where the prescription and dispensing of Subutex is tightly controlled. Another alternative...

Written Answers — Community Pharmacy Services: Community Pharmacy Services (24 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: As the Deputy is aware, my Department and the HSE have been reviewing the pharmaceutical supply chain, with a view to seeking value for money in the State's drugs bill in order to better fund existing and innovative therapies without compromising continuity of supply or patient safety. The review of the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA) and the Association of Pharmaceutical...