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- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (31 Jan 2008)
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. The HSE has informed my Department that over 36,000 applications for living and deceased patients have been received by the Health Repayment Scheme. To date in excess of 16,500 of the claims...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (31 Jan 2008)
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 — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (31 Jan 2008)
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 — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (31 Jan 2008)
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 — Departmental Reviews: Departmental Reviews (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: In the context of his last Budget Statement, the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, Brian Cowen, T.D., announced an Efficiency Review, under which all Departments are required to furnish, by 1st March, 2008, a comprehensive list of specific, actionable proposals to maximise efficiency gains within their areas. The nature of these gains is open, and may include both direct savings from...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), which was established in May 2007, is the body responsible for the setting of standards on safety and quality in relation to the public health service in accordance with Section 8 of the Health Act 2007. HIQA propose to develop such standards for acute hospitals in 2008. The standards will, in the first instance, be generic across the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: My Department is advised by the Health Service Executive that annual clinical reports are published by each of the three public maternity hospitals in Dublin and that reports are prepared annually or are in the course of preparation by other units. My Department has asked the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have a more detailed reply issued to the Deputy in...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health (Amendment) Act, 1991 and associated regulations make no provision for midwives to admit patients to designated private beds. The transformation of maternity services nationally is a key project within the HSE Transformation Programme. As part of this work, an independent review of maternity services in the Greater Dublin Area is being undertaken by external consultants on...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: The Board of the Health Information and Quality Authority, which is made up of 12 members, is appointed in accordance with Section 13 of the Health Act 2007. The membership of the Board is, as required, made up of people with a broad range of experience and expertise in relation to matters connected with the functions of the Authority and includes representatives of service providers and...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2008)
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 question raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 and 256 together. The National Cancer Registry has advised my Department that the number of deaths from cervical cancer has been increasing on average by about 1% per year. However, when adjusted for population growth, there has been no overall increase, and when also adjusted for age there has been a 1% average decrease in mortality rates. The roll-out...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is as set out in the following table. Name of Statutory body Establishment Date An Bord Uchtála (the Adoption Board) 01/01/1953 An Board Altranais â The Nursing Board Established 07/06/1952. Reconstituted under Section 6 of Nurses Act 1985 on 01/09/1986 Children Acts Advisory Board (formerly Special Residential Services Board) 23/07/2007 â...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The figures requested are contained in the table below. In the period requested a number of bodies have ceased operations and a number of new bodies have been established. The Irish Health Services Accreditation Board has been integrated within the Health Information and Quality Authority. The former Special Residential Services Board is now known as the Children's Acts Advisory Board....
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 and 311 together. There is no statutory obligation on the Health Service Executive (HSE) to provide chiropody services to GMS patients; however, in practice, arrangements have been made in several regions to provide these services. Before the establishment of the HSE the nature of any arrangements for community chiropody services and the level of service...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 249 and 282 together. 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...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has designated University College Hospital Galway and Limerick Regional Hospital as the two cancer centres in the Managed Cancer Control Network for the HSE Western Region, which includes Sligo. The designation of cancer centres aims to ensure that patients receive the highest quality care while at the same time allowing local access to services, where...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 251 to 253, inclusive, together. Two taskforces have been established by my Department since 2003: the Obesity Taskforce (cost â¬42,000) and the Taskforce on Sudden Cardiac Death (cost â¬23,899). The reports of these taskforces, which are published on the Department's website (www.dohc.ie), contain the information in relation to their respective membership,...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 254 and 255 together. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department is not one of the Departments scheduled for decentralisation under the Government's Decentralisation Programme. To date fifty-one civil servants have transferred to decentralising Departments from my Department. Further details in respect of the transfer of these officers is available from the...
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The HSE maintains a common list of reimbursable medicines for the General Medical Services and Drug Payment schemes. This list is reviewed and amended monthly, as new products become available and deletions are notified. For an item to be reimbursed, it must comply with published criteria, including authorisation status as appropriate, price and, in certain cases, the intended use of the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The functions of the Health Information and Quality Authority, which are set down in Section 8 of the Health Act 2007, include the evaluation of the clinical and cost effectiveness of health technologies including drugs and the provision of advice on these matters to the Minister and to the Health Service Executive. This function will reside within the Health Technology Assessment area of...