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Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the use of hospital wards and beds. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Health Services...

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: Responsibility for the collation and publishing of waiting list and waiting time data now rests with the national treatment purchase fund, NTPF. The NTPF, which is a statutory body, was established as one of the key actions for dealing with public hospital waiting lists arising from the health strategy. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the NTPF to reply to the Deputy...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Services at Peamount Hospital are provided under an arrangement with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for orthodontic services. The aim of my Department is to develop the treatment capacity of orthodontics in a...

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: Persons suffering from diabetes have the same eligibility for services as all other persons and, in addition, they qualify for benefits under the long-term illness scheme, LTI. Under the LTI persons suffering from diabetes are entitled to obtain free of charge drugs and medicines necessary for the treatment of the condition.

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The report of a consultancy study jointly commissioned by my Department and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Belfast, DHSSPS, on the costs and benefits associated with the introduction of a dedicated helicopter emergency medical service, HEMS, for the island of Ireland was published last year and is available on my Department's website. The study concluded that the...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The arrangements for the co-ordination of social security systems, including health care benefits, among EU member states are set out in EU Regulations 1408/71 and 574/72. Persons covered by these regulations who are residing or staying in Ireland are entitled, free of charge, to all health care provided for by Irish legislation, where the cost of this treatment is payable by the institution...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: Following legal advice from the Attorney General, in relation to the legal basis for charging for in-patient services in publicly-funded long-stay institutions, my Department issued instructions to all health boards and the ERHA to cease imposing any such charges pending the introduction of the appropriate legislation. This resulted in an estimated loss of income in the region of €2 million...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The National Council on Ageing and Older People was established on 19 March 1997 in succession to the National Council for the Elderly, January 1990 to March 1997, and the National Council for the Aged, June 1981 to January 1990. The functions of the council are to advise the Minister on all aspects of ageing and the welfare of older people, either at its own initiative or at the request of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of neurology services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of mental health services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66 to 69, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy is not routinely collected by my Department. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. As the person in question resides in County Offaly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the executive's midland area to...

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71, 72 and 74 together. The national treatment purchase fund, NTPF, which is now a statutory body, is charged with responsibility for arranging treatment for those patients waiting longest for admission to hospital. To date, the NTPF has arranged treatment for some 27,000 patients. My Department has asked the chief executive of the NTPF to reply directly to...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Services at Beaumont Hospital, the Mater Hospital and Temple Street Children's Hospital are provided under an arrangement with the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, HSE, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for audiology services. The former Eastern Regional Health Authority conducted a pilot project to...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: I have received the correspondence referred to by the Deputy and I will reply to the association shortly. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. As the person in question resides in Dublin, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's eastern regional area to...

Written Answers — General Practitioners: General Practitioners (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: Under the Medical Practitioners Act 1978, the Medical Council is the statutory body charged with primary responsibility for the registration and regulation of medical practitioners. Doctors wishing to practice medicine in Ireland, including those wishing to establish themselves in general practice, should be registered with the Medical Council. UK and other EU trained doctors with the...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff. : Health Service Staff. (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: Under the Medical Practitioners Act 1978, the Medical Council is the statutory body charged with primary responsibility for the regulation and registration of medical practitioners. All doctors wishing to practise medicine in this country should be registered with the Medical Council. The Medical Council sets out the relevant qualifications, training and experience required for registration....