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- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jun 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. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Irish Blood Transfusion Service: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: My Department has been in touch with the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) in relation to their decision to discontinue the upgrade of their computer system. I am awaiting further information on this decision from the IBTS and will communicate with the Deputy when this information becomes available. The IBTS have assured my Department that their current IT system is operating...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: Modern information and communications technology (ICT) has the potential to improve radically the range and type of health services, as well as the method of delivery, for professionals and the public. ICT systems can also play a significant role in facilitating integrated team working and collaboration across service delivery settings as well as providing rapid access to clinical and...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jun 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Jun 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 — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: Subject to overall parameters set by Government, the Health Service Executive has the responsibility for determining the composition of its staffing complement. In that regard, it is a matter for the Executive to manage and deploy its human resources to best meet the requirements of its Annual Service Plan for the delivery of health and personal social services to the public. The Executive...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The design, planning and management of capital projects, including the standards for natural light and privacy in open wards in each of the teaching hospitals in Dublin are the responsibility of the Health Services Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Health Service Executive to have the matter investigated...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (27 Jun 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 Services: Health Services (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of the health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Services Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Health Service Executive to have the matter investigated and to provide the details requested directly to the Deputy...
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The initiative for the reclassification of medicinal products, from prescription-only to non-prescription, currently rests with the relevant product or marketing authorisation holders. These holders are entitled to make application to the Irish Medicines Board (I.M.B.) at any time in respect of medicinal products that are to be presented in a manner appropriate for sale or supply without a...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy may be aware, an additional sum of â¬75 million for revenue purposes was provided to the Health Service Executive for Disability Services in the 2007 Budget. This sum incorporates the 2007 element of the Government's multi-annual investment programme for the National Disability Strategy. This Strategy is committed to enhancing the level and range of multi-disciplinary support...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Inspections: Nursing Home Inspections (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The well-being of older people living in nursing homes is of critical concern. Formal standards are a key requirement for inspection and registration. The present standards for nursing homes are set out in the 1993 Care and Welfare Regulations and the Health Service Executive (HSE) inspects private nursing homes on the basis of these standards. In 2006 a HSE Working Group produced a report...
- Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The most recent figures available from the National Cancer Registry show that there has been an increase in prostate cancer cases from 6037 to 9216 in the period 1994-1998 to 1999-2003. The National Cancer Registry has informed my Department that most of this increase seems to be due to PSA testing, which is running at around 300,000 tests a year at present. This has the effect of shifting...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The matter that the Deputy is referring to is the payment of subvention towards the cost of private nursing home care. The cost of private nursing homes is set by the nursing home and is not determined by my Department. The subvention scheme was introduced to assist with the cost of private nursing home care and it was never intended that a subvention payment would meet the full costs of...
- Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: According to the Health Infection Society's most recent survey of HCAIs, the prevalence of MRSA in Ireland is lower that the UK, including Wales. The HSE recently launched its 'Say No to Infection' campaign and as a result of this a new HCAI Governance Group was established. This Group will manage the HSE's approach to tackling HCAIs, including MRSA, and is responsible for reducing...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jun 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Jun 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 health care professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of such...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The most effective strategy for the prevention of cervical cancer requires decisions based on an assessment of the relative contributions of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination and cervical screening in reducing the burden of both existing and projected cervical pre-cancerous changes and cervical cancer. Issues to be examined include the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The Government's sustained high level of investment in health care has enabled the completion and commissioning of numerous new facilities in both the acute and the non-acute sectors. This year, the sum available for expenditure in health under the Health Service Executive's capital plan is â¬546 million. The HSE has responsibility for the planning and management of capital projects in the...
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: Domiciliary Care Allowance may be paid, as the Deputy is aware, in respect of eligible children from birth to the age of 16 who have a severe disability requiring continual or continuous attention which is substantially in excess of that normally required by a child of the same age. Eligibility is determined primarily by reference to the degree of additional care and attention required...