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Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Feb 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 — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2009)

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

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (5 Feb 2009)

Mary Harney: The following table outlines reported lost or stolen items from my Department since 2007 to date in 2009. Equipment 2007 2008 2009 to date Laptops 1 0 0 Computers 0 0 0 Mobile telephones 1 0 1 Blackberries 0 3 0 Other equipment (Memory Keys) 1 0 0 The laptop reported stolen in 2007 was taken from the Department's headquarters and the incident was reported to An Garda Síochána. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Feb 2009)

Mary Harney: There are no formal contracts in place for the provision of taxi services to the Department of Health and Children. Taxi services are obtained by departmental staff as required and expenses submitted on an individual basis. The total cost for taxi services is included with other miscellaneous costs and is not readily separately quantified. However, it is the Department's policy that taxis...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Feb 2009)

Mary Harney: External storage facilities have been used since 2000 by the Department of Health and Children to store inactive files and computer backup disks. The annual cost is approximately €62,000. The contract is currently in place with Glenbeigh Records Management and involves general storage, the provision of a high security vault as well as collection and return services. The storage element...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Feb 2009)

Mary Harney: It is not possible to estimate how many spouses less than 70 years old will be awarded a medical card on the basis of the new thresholds specified in the Health Act 2008. The Government is satisfied that the new arrangements are equitable and there are no plans to amend the legislation.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2009)

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

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Feb 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Feb 2009)

Mary Harney: I understand that this person was an employee of the HSE and therefore the HSE is the appropriate body to consider the matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested that Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Feb 2009)

Mary Harney: Both the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) and the Health Service Executive (HSE), as appropriate, contract with private hospitals for the provision of acute hospital services for public patients. The HSE has made arrangements with private hospitals for the provision of, for example, radiotherapy services. The NTPF is funded from the Vote for my Department. The Fund receives an...

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Mary Harney: I would like to share time with Deputies Dooley and Collins.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Mary Harney: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "—strongly endorses the Government's commitment to patient safety, quality and fairness as the priorities in the delivery of health services throughout the country; supports the Government's view that fairness to patients throughout the country requires that all patients should have access to...

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Mary Harney: Will Deputy Reilly reflect on it?

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Mary Harney: If Deputy Reilly is not man enough to withdraw what he said, that reflects more on him than it does on me.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Mary Harney: In his contribution, Deputy Crawford accused me of acting with "undue haste". It is worth quoting something that was said in this House more than 30 years ago, after the publication of the FitzGerald report, which recommended the kind of approach that is now being adopted. The then Minister for Health, Brendan Corish, said that there could be "no more delays or equivocation" as it was not...

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Mary Harney: The reorganisation of our hospital services around patient safety has always been put on the political conveyer belt. In his contribution, Deputy Reilly invited the Ministers of State, Deputies Hoctor and Killeen, as well as Deputies Dooley and Lowry — I do not think Deputy Collins was mentioned — to put their people before their party, or words to that effect.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Mary Harney: I will deal with the issues raised by Deputy Connaughton.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Mary Harney: The only issue at stake during the reorganisation of services in the mid-west is patient safety, rather than money.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Mary Harney: That is the dynamic that is driving reform. That is why the surgeons in the mid-west region support this reform. We are being asked to keep open the accident and emergency departments in Nenagh and Ennis even though there is no emergency consultant in either hospital.