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- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 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 moderate and lower incomes, particularly parents of young children, who do not qualify for a medical card would not be deterred on cost grounds...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health 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 question raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs...
- Written Answers — HSE Report: HSE Report (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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: The HSE has responsibility for the day to day funding in the health sector, including the management of the tendering process for phase 3C of Naas General Hospital, referred to in the Deputy's question. My Department has been in contact with the HSE in relation to its response. I am informed that the HSE wrote to the Deputy on Monday 23 April 2007 giving details of the number of...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: My Department has been informed by the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Health Service Executive that a reply will be issued to the Deputy shortly.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: I am advised by the Health Service Executive that a reply to Question No. 258 of 5 April 2007 has issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: My Department has been informed by the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Health Service Executive that a reply has issued 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 — 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 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, overall capital funding of â¬546 million has been provided to the Health Service Executive. The HSE has responsibility for the planning and management of capital projects in the health sector,...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: The assessment of eligibility to medical cards is statutorily a matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE) and, with the exception of persons aged over 70 who have an automatic entitlement to a medical card, is determined following an examination of the means of the applicant and his/her dependants. Under Section 45 of the Health Act, 1970 medical cards are provided for persons who, in the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Repayment Scheme and the information sought by the Deputy relates to matters within the area of responsibility of the Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued 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 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 — 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 — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (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 (HSE) and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. The Executive has advised my Department that it has approved 22 new midwife posts and 2 specialist nurse posts at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. The HSE will...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 511 and 512 together. On foot of a Government decision, I issued a policy direction to the Health Service Executive (HSE) in July 2005 on the co-location of private hospitals on the sites of public hospitals in order to free up 1,000 beds for public patients. My Department has been informed by the HSE that Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents were issued to...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: I met with officials from the Health Service Executive (HSE) on 27 March 2007 to discuss inter alia, issues relating to the provision of acute hospital services in County Louth. I was also pleased to visit the Louth County Hospital recently and to open the new CT Scanner. Over the past five years the level of revenue funding allocated to both Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and Louth County...
- Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (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 (HSE) and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. It is a matter for the HSE to allocate funding in accordance with its priorities in respect of immunisation and prevention of infectious diseases.
- 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 — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Apr 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 number of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of such...