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- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Dec 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 (2 Dec 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 Staff: Hospital Staff (2 Dec 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 matters raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (2 Dec 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 Staff: Hospital Staff (2 Dec 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 — Tax Code: Tax Code (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Harney: My colleague Mr. Brian Lenihan TD, Minister for Finance is responsible for issues that concern tax relief on medical expenses such as those incurred on IVF treatment. I am conscious of the financial burden that IVF treatment can place on the couples concerned and have asked my Department to consider policy in this regard as part of the process of developing an appropriate regulatory framework...
- Written Answers — Health Repayment Scheme: Health Repayment Scheme (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 and 217 together. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed Scheme Administrator K.P.M.G. and McCann Fitzgerald. The HSE has informed my Department that since commencement of the scheme over 35,000 applications for living and deceased patients have been received by...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189 and 203 together. For many years Dublin City Council, through Dublin Fire Brigade, has provided the emergency ambulance service in Dublin City on behalf of the statutory health authorities. The relevant authority since 2005 is the Health Service Executive. The HSE provides mainly the non-emergency patient transport in the Dublin area under the auspices...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive administers the pension scheme in question and therefore is the appropriate organisation to address the Deputy's query. 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 — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive administers the pension scheme in question and therefore is the appropriate organisation to address the Deputy's query. 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 Services: Health Services (2 Dec 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.
- Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy will appreciate that since the end of August 2008, the new Housing Aid for the Elderly Scheme has been administered by the local authorities. The issue raised in this case is primarily a matter for my colleague the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. With regard to the other supports sought from the Health Service Executive, operational responsibility for...
- Written Answers — Healthcare Associated Infections: Healthcare Associated Infections (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Harney: Every outbreak of a serious infection such as Clostridium difficile is a cause of concern and I would like to express my sympathy to any patient and/or family who was affected by the outbreak in Ennis General Hospital last year. Health Care Associated Infections (HCAIs) continue to be a challenge for health care systems worldwide. Ireland is not unique in this regard and tackling HCAIs...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Harney: The information sought by the Deputy is not routinely provided by the Health Service Executive to my Department. Accordingly, my Department has 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Harney: The Government's proposal, to be effected in legislation, is that automatic entitlement to a medical card for persons aged 70 and over will end on 31st December 2008, and with effect from 1st January, 2009, the income thresholds for entitlement to a medical card for those aged 70 and over will be â¬700 (gross) per week (â¬36,500 per year) for a single person and â¬1,400 (gross) per week...
- Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive recently responded to a similar parliamentary question regarding its policy on reusing aids and appliances such as crutches, zimmer frames and wheelchairs. I am arranging for a copy of the reply to be forwarded to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Harney: Regulation (EC) 1408/71 provides, inter alia, that people who are insured with or covered by the health care system of one member state may access healthcare in the public system of another member state in certain circumstances. Article 22 (1) (c) of the Regulation governs the referral of patients for public health services to another member state. In accordance with this article, a person...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Harney: The specific question raised by the Deputy relates 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. Question No. 203 answered with Question No. 189
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Harney: It is important to note that the transfer of services from St. Luke's Hospital to new facilities at St. James's Hospital is not due to take place for a number of years. In the meantime, two additional and two replacement linear accelerators were commissioned at St. Luke's this year in order to provide much needed interim capacity pending the roll out of the National Plan for Radiation...
- Written Answers — Health Repayment Scheme: Health Repayment Scheme (2 Dec 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed Scheme Administrator KPMG and McCann Fitzgerald. The HSE has informed my Department that since commencement of the Scheme over 35,000 applications for living and deceased patients have been received by the Health Repayment Scheme. To date over 18,900...