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- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Apr 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Information in relation to the number of patients treated for the years 2003 to 2005 at Naas Hospital is set out in the following table: Year % Occupancy Inpatient Cases Day Cases A&E Attendances Outpatient Attendances 2003 94.5% 7,245 1,267 21,721 16,655 2004 104.1% 7,974 1,808 22,703 25,744 2005 102.4% 7,964 2,055 24,461 19,876 Source Activity: Integrated Management Returns (IMRs) to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 and 238 together. The provision of the appropriate infrastructure to facilitate the delivery of primary care services is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matters raised by the Deputy investigated and to have a reply issued directly to...
- Written Answers — Health Care Associated Infections: Health Care Associated Infections (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I would like to assure the Deputy that the monitoring and control of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAIs) is a priority for this Government and the HSE. A HCAI is an infection that someone may get after a stay in hospital or after receiving medical treatment. Such infections are most often linked to treatment in hospitals but can happen after treatment in outpatient clinics, nursing...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (29 Apr 2008)
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. 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...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (29 Apr 2008)
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. 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...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Apr 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 matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive National Service Plan (NSP) for 2008 has been approved by me and laid before the Oireachtas. It outlines the type and volume of health and personal services to be provided by the Executive in 2008 on the basis of the funding provided by Government. In that regard, it is a matter for the Executive to manage and deploy its human resources to best meet the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: As Minister for Health & Children, I am politically accountable for developing and articulating Government policy on health and personal social services, and for the overall performance of the health service. My Department's mandate is to support me and the four Ministers of State by advising on policy development and implementation, evaluating the performance of existing policies and...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Information on health and health service activity, including patient numbers, for the past decade has recently been published by my Department in the booklet, Health in Ireland, Key Trends, 2007. The following table summarises data from the booklet on patients treated in publicly funded acute hospitals for the ten year period 1997 to 2006 inclusive. Significant increases are evident and,...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The main source of employment data in the health services is the Health Service Executive's Health Services Personnel Census which is derived from payroll history in each agency. The census collects data on actual staffing level for each staff grade in each health agency at a given point in time. Up to and including 2002 the census was conducted annually. Since 2003 the census has been...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Apr 2008)
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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Apr 2008)
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 (30 Apr 2008)
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 (30 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) is part of the Health Service Executive (HSE). It makes payments to Primary Care contractors (General Practitioners, Pharmacists, Dentists and Optometrists/Ophthalmologists) who have contracts with the HSE to provide services to members of the public. In addition, the PCRS also reimburses contractors for services provided to eligible recipients...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (30 Apr 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (30 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Almost 130,000 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...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Training: Pharmacy Training (30 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) has statutory responsibility for overseeing pharmacy education and training. Pharmacy graduates are obliged under national and EU law to undertake one year of post graduation practical training, of which a minimum of 6 months must be in the community or hospital sectors. This period of "pre-registration" training is supervised by a practising...
- Written Answers — Health Service Reports: Health Service Reports (30 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: As I previously indicated to the Deputy I received a briefing recently from the Health Service Executive and the consultants who prepared the report on the key findings of the independent study which it commissioned on a possible location for the new Regional Hospital. My Department and I did not receive a draft copy of the report.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (30 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald. The HSE have informed my Department that the scheme administrator and other private companies were paid â¬2,030,802 in 2006, â¬2,760,513 in 2007 and â¬2,448,600 to 31 March 2008 totalling â¬7,239,915.