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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 May 2009)

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

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 May 2009)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. The National Treatment Purchase Fund arranges treatment for patients who have been on a surgical waiting list for more than three months. It is open to the person in question or anyone acting on their behalf to contact the Fund directly in relation to their case.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 May 2009)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. The National Treatment Purchase Fund arranges treatment for patients who have been on a surgical waiting list for more than three months. It is open to the person in question or anyone acting on their behalf to contact the Fund directly in relation to their case.

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (20 May 2009)

Mary Harney: In order to implement savings measures on public service numbers, the Government introduced a moratorium on recruitment, promotion, or payment of an allowance for the performance of duties at a higher grade with effect from 27 March 2009 to end 2010. A HSE circular has issued which gives effect to the Government decision in the public health services and other specific aspects of the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 May 2009)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive is fully aware of the financial challenges being faced by Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and is involved in ongoing discussions with hospital management regarding its 2009 financial allocation and Service Plan. The priority is to ensure that services are maintained at an optimum level. Each hospital funded by the HSE is required to deliver services...

Written Answers — Health Service Reform: Health Service Reform (20 May 2009)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 159 and 160 together. As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 May 2009)

Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Diseases Classification: Diseases Classification (20 May 2009)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 and 165 together. Fibromyalgia is recognised as a distinct condition with its own code under the current version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). The International Classification of Disease is the international standard diagnostic classification for all diseases and which is accepted by Ireland and endorsed by the World Health...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 May 2009)

Mary Harney: The HSE has commissioned a number of reviews in relation to how acute hospital services should be organised, including the Teamwork/Horwath Report in relation to the Mid-West region. The Health Information and Quality Authority recently published its report on services at Ennis General Hospital. These reviews have highlighted the need for changes to be made in the provision and organisation...

Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (20 May 2009)

Mary Harney: My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the HSE to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Hospital Services. (21 May 2009)

Mary Harney: In common with all hospitals, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, is addressing the challenge of delivering a high quality service to its patients while remaining within budget. The hospital is committed to providing the full level of services that it promised in its 2009 service plan. The top priority will be to protect patient care. So far this year, Crumlin hospital has delivered...

Hospital Services. (21 May 2009)

Mary Harney: Regarding the last point, we need a new hospital badly. If there is no single new hospital, major work will need to be done at the Temple Street Children's Hospital, which is not fit for purpose, and at Crumlin hospital. The decision was made two years ago, the project is proceeding, money will be provided and there is a great deal of interest in making provision for the hospital. As I...

Hospital Services. (21 May 2009)

Mary Harney: Since 2005, we have increased the budget to Crumlin hospital by 39%, which is considerable. We are not engaged in spin. A significant amount of work is under way by the development board to put in place the new children's hospital. I compliment the chairman of Crumlin hospital, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, on his tremendous work in trying to advance the project. It does not meet with...

Health Services. (21 May 2009)

Mary Harney: Last year, hospital emergency departments treated 1.15 million people, of which 368,000 were admitted to hospital. In 2005 the average number of patients on trolleys awaiting admission each day was 259. The average to date in 2009 is down to 141, and figures to date in May show a further reduction to 116. Data collected by the HSE over recent months indicates that the vast majority of...

Health Services. (21 May 2009)

Mary Harney: I wish to offer a number of responses to what the Deputy said. Everybody in the country acknowledges there have been significant improvements, including the INO, which has said so to me. That is not to say challenges and difficulties do not remain, because they do. One of the challenges is long-term care. As Deputy Reilly is aware, a significant number of people in this city, in...

Health Services. (21 May 2009)

Mary Harney: I got some literature from a Fine Gael candidate in the constituency in which I live saying that the party will not proceed with the fair deal. I am not trying to make a political point. I was surprised to see that because, in fairness, I think Deputy Reilly is supporting it and it has great support from older people and their relatives. The introduction of the fair deal will greatly...

Health Services. (21 May 2009)

Mary Harney: In Holland, a visit to a GP is €24.80. If we could have a similar cost in Ireland we would be able to do far more.

Health Services. (21 May 2009)

Mary Harney: GPs receive €24.80 for a visit to their practice and the cost of a telephone consultation is €12.40. In comparing Holland to Ireland we need to compare like with like. I was talking about six hours from the time of arrival, not six hours from the time a patient is seen. That is the new measurement tool. A total of 92% of patients who attend accident and emergency departments in the 19...

Health Service Reform. (21 May 2009)

Mary Harney: I do not believe that there will, in fact, be a loss of €50 million to public hospitals arising from the new consultants' contract, and I will set out the reasons. A central objective of the new consultants' contract is to improve access for public patients to public hospital services. It ensures, for example, for the first time in public hospitals, that patients needing outpatient or...

Health Service Reform. (21 May 2009)

Mary Harney: There is a misunderstanding. The hospital does not get a fee for every private patient who goes into a public hospital. A hospital only gets a fee for a patient if he or she is in a designated bed and only approximately 20% of beds are private beds. Sometimes half the numbers of patients in a hospital can be private patients but the hospital does not get any fee for them. It can only...