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Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 336 and 498 together. During negotiations between Cork University Hospital management and union representatives following the opening of the Cork University Maternity Hospital, it was agreed that a review in relation to midwifery staffing levels would be undertaken. To assist with this task, the HSE engaged the services of Birthrate Plus, a UK-based...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 337 and 386 together. As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Service Executive Property: Health Service Executive Property (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 338 and 341 together. The question of land usage is a service matter and has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct rely.

Written Answers — Health Centres: Health Centres (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 339, 340, 416, 417 and 418 together. As the Deputies' questions relate to service matters they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: This matter was referred to the HSE for a direct reply on 27 November 2008. My Department has asked the HSE to ensure that a reply is issued to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: The primary remit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) is to offer surgical procedures to public patients who have been waiting longest for surgery. Once a person is longer than three months waiting, he or she may be eligible for treatment through the Fund. The NTPF currently maintains a particular focus on those persons who are waiting longer than 12 months for surgical...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 352 and 353 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that the drug mentioned by him is not reimbursed under the General Medical Services and community drug schemes. However, there is a drug which contains the ingredient of the drug mentioned, which is reimbursable under the schemes. The specific drug mentioned by the Deputy is only authorised as a medicinal...

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: A reply issued to this correspondence, which relates to the possible use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, on 8 January 2009. The current legal position in Ireland in relation to cannabis is that it is a Schedule 1 controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977. All Schedule 1 substances are substances which are considered as having no medicinal use and the manufacture, production,...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the provision of breast cancer services, which is a matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this regard.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 359 and 363 together. The Medical Council is the statutory body charged with responsibility for the registration of medical practitioners and the regulation of their activities. When a medical practitioner has been erased in another jurisdiction, the Medical Council does not have the power to automatically erase that practitioner's name from the register...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Legal Fees: Legal Fees (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive is the appropriate body to consider the matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Medical Practitioners Act: Medical Practitioners Act (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: The commencement of Part 6 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 will introduce a new system of registration for medical practitioners, including registration of non-EU specialists. Any such registration will, however, be subject to compliance with relevant registration rules. The Medical Council is currently in the process of finalising rules governing the operation of the new register in...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 368 and 462 together. The aim of the acute hospital co-location initiative is to make available approximately 1,000 additional public acute hospital beds for public patients by transferring private activity, with some limited exceptions, from public acute hospitals to co-located private hospitals. No capital outlay is required as the beds in the public...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (27 Jan 2009)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.