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Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (30 Sep 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 — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (30 Sep 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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (30 Sep 2008)

Mary Harney: Responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services including estate management 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. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Sep 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Sep 2008)

Mary Harney: The complement of acute hospital beds, inpatient and day beds reported for 1990 was 12,152 (11,868 inpatient and 284 day beds) {Source: Health Statistics Report 1990, Department of Health}. A medical/surgical and public/private breakdown is not available for that year. My Department has requested the Health Service Executive to provide the information requested by the Deputy on the...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (30 Sep 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 has informed my Department that to date over 38,900 claim forms have been received under the Health Repayment Scheme. It is estimated that following adjustments for rejections and duplicate claims, the...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (30 Sep 2008)

Mary Harney: As the Deputy will be aware my Department is not one of the Departments scheduled for decentralisation under the Government's Decentralisation Programme. By the end of December 2006, twenty-eight civil servants transferred to decentralising Departments from my Department. Further details in respect of the transfer of these officers are available from the decentralising Departments.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (1 Oct 2008)

Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive has the operational and funding responsibility for the medical card benefit, it is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has therefore requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to address this matter and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Oct 2008)

Mary Harney: The specific questions raised by the Deputy relate to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the HSE under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this regard.

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (1 Oct 2008)

Mary Harney: The Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office is an independent office established to provide an appeals service to those who wish to appeal the decision of the Scheme Administrator under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006. Up to 19 September 2008 the Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office had received 1020 completed appeal forms from claimants who have appealed the amounts offered to them....

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (1 Oct 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 has advised my Department that to date over 38,900 claim forms have been received under the Health Repayment Scheme. It is estimated that following adjustments for rejections and duplicate claims, the...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (1 Oct 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 the Annual Service Plan for the delivery of health and personal social services to the public. Therefore, the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Oct 2008)

Mary Harney: Responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services including estate management 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. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (1 Oct 2008)

Mary Harney: As previously indicated to you in response to Parliamentary Question no. 272 of 1 July 2008, under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to have delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services in a safe and secure setting. This includes responsibility for dealing with any complaints an employee may have...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (1 Oct 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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (1 Oct 2008)

Mary Harney: The development of the National Paediatric Hospital is a priority project for the Government. The Capital Plan includes provision for the development of the new hospital and the associated Ambulatory and Urgent Care Centre at Tallaght. The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board was established in May, 2007. Its primary function is to plan, design, furnish and equip the new national...

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (1 Oct 2008)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 and 91 together. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables. Table 1 shows the annual revenue allocations, in-patients treated and out-patient appointments in the years in question. Table 2 indicates in-patient activity to the end of August 2008. The Annual Reports of the National Treatment Purchase Fund contain detailed statistics...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (1 Oct 2008)

Mary Harney: The Board of the Health Service Executive (HSE) has approved preferred bidder status for the development of co-located hospitals at the following six sites: Beaumont Hospital, Cork University Hospital, Limerick Regional Hospital, St. James's Hospital, Waterford Regional Hospital and Sligo General Hospital. Project Agreements for the Beaumont, Cork and Limerick sites have been signed. The...

Written Answers — Community Pharmacy Services: Community Pharmacy Services (1 Oct 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. 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 (1 Oct 2008)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the funding, 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.