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- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (6 Feb 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 issues raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (6 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: General Practitioners (GPs) are self employed and my Department does not collect official statistics on the number of such doctors in practice. Many GPs hold a General Medical Services (GMS) contract with the Health Service Executive (HSE). Therefore, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to examine this matter and to provide the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (6 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The 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 the specific matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 181 together. There are approximately 1,100 people with cystic fibrosis living in the Republic of Ireland. Approximately 45% are adults and 55% are children. The Minister identified the enhancement of services to persons with cystic fibrosis as a key priority. Development funding of â¬4.78m was provided in 2006 and a further â¬2m was provided to...
- Written Answers — Hospital Readmissions: Hospital Readmissions (6 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 184 and 185 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 issues...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 186 and 209 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 Services: Hospital Services (6 Feb 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 issues raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (6 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: Under the Health Act 2004, it is a matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE) to determine whether to fund a voluntary organisation. The HSE is also responsible for setting the terms and conditions which apply to such funding. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to reply directly to the Deputy regarding funding for the group in question.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The statutory position governing the eligibility of children to dental treatment is Section 66 of the Health Act, 1970, the Health (Amendment) Act 1994 and the Health (Dental Services for Children) Regulations, 2000 (S.I. No. 248 of 2000). Responsibility for delivery of health services is a matter for the HSE. Children in specific classes in national school, usually second, fourth and sixth...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (6 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: During the latter half of 2006, 52 posts were approved by the Health Service Executive to enhance infection control in the country's hospitals. These posts included Senior Pharmacists, Senior Infection Control Nurses and Surveillance Scientists. The recruitment process was initiated in September 2006 and to date a total of 34.5 WTE (whole-time equivalent) positions have been filled....
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (6 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194 and 205 to 207, inclusive, together. The need to improve facilities for persons with cystic fibrosis has been acknowledged. In order to alleviate the immediate service difficulties at the National Adult Tertiary Referral Centre at St. Vincent's University Hospital, the Health Service Executive has been working intensively with the hospital management in...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: As part of the Multi-Annual Investment Programme 2006-2009 under the Disability Strategy, the Government provided the Health Service Executive with an additional â¬75m in both 2006 and 2007. This funding included monies to provide new and enhanced services for people with disabilities, to implement Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005, which came into effect on June 1st 2007 for the under 5's...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (6 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The co-location initiative aims to make available approximately 1,000 public acute hospital beds for public patients, beds that are currently being used by private patients. In accordance with the competitive dialogue procurement process which is being used, the Board of the HSE approved in July last successful bidder status for the development of co-located hospitals at the following six...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 198 to 204, 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 issues raised by the...
- Written Answers — Qualifications Accreditation: Qualifications Accreditation (7 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The Academy of Medical Laboratory Science is the competent authority for the implementation of Directive 92/51/EEC in relation to the recognition of professional qualifications in medical laboratory science. This Directive is now consolidated, with other Directives on the recognition of professional qualifications, into Directive 2005/36/EC for which my colleague the Minister for Education...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: My Department is advised by the Health Service Executive that the Hospital in the Home service referred to by the Deputy was set up as a pilot project in the Dublin region as one of a number of such initiatives to provide treatment and support to patients who would otherwise be hospitalised. The contract for the provision of these services, which is for one year, expires at the end of March...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (7 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I take it that the Deputy is referring to the interim improvements for patients with cystic fibrosis at the National Tertiary Adult Referral Centre at St. Vincent's University Hospital. My Department is informed by the Health Service Executive that the single rooms to be provided will have en-suite facilities.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (7 Feb 2008)
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 — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (7 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: BreastCheck commenced roll-out in the Western Region last May and in the Southern region last October. I officially opened the BreastCheck clinical static units in Cork and Galway last December. The expert advice from BreastCheck and from the National Cancer Forum, as contained in the National Strategy for Cancer Control, is that following the national extension of the programme, the upper...
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (7 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and regulations made thereunder regulate and control the import, export, production, supply and possession of a range of named narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances listed in the Schedules to the Act. Substances are scheduled under the Act in accordance with the Department's obligations under international conventions and/or where there is evidence that the...