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Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: Under the terms of the General Medical Services (GMS) contract which general practitioners (GPs) hold with the Health Service Executive (HSE), a GP shall ordinarily accept all eligible persons, who so request, onto his / her GMS patient list. The number of persons on a GP's patient panel may not exceed 2,000, save in exceptional circumstances. In some cases, a GP may decide not to accept an...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: The Board of the HSE has approved preferred bidder status for the development of co-located project at Cork University Hospital and a Project Agreement has also been signed. Planning permission for this development has been granted by the local authority concerned and appealed to An Bord Pleanála.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Jun 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 — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (9 Jun 2009)

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

Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: Since the Supreme Court Decision of July 2008 that found the previous risk equalisation scheme to be ultra vires, my Department, the Health Insurance Authority and other interests in the Irish private health insurance market have met to discuss the creation and development of a replacement scheme to support the principles of community rating and intergenerational solidarity. The Supreme Court...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: Services at the National Children's Hospital Tallaght, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children's University Hospital will transfer to the new National Paediatric Hospital. Pending completion of the project, the HSE will continue to finance the provision and development of services at each of the transferring hospitals. The development of the National Paediatric...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (9 Jun 2009)

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

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Jun 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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: The management of waiting lists generally is a matter for the HSE and the individual hospitals concerned. I have, therefore, referred the Deputy's question to the Executive 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...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 to 240, inclusive, together. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald. As per the contract agreement with the Scheme Administrator the HSE make payments to the consortium on foot of invoices received from KPMG...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: The Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office is an independent office established to provide an appeals service to those who wish to appeal the decision of the Scheme Administrator under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006. Two Appeals Officers have been appointed to consider appeals. Up to 29 May 2009 the Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office had received 5,593 completed appeal forms....

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the Health Repayment Scheme. Accordingly representations made by members of the Houses of the Oireachtas in relation to individual applications under the Health Repayment Scheme are referred to the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive so that the matter may be investigated and a reply issued to the member...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Jun 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 (9 Jun 2009)

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

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: The amounts spent by the Department of Health and Children on taxis for the years 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 are €21,280, €15,238 and €5,425 respectively. The expenditure on taxis by bodies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for the bodies in question and my Department does not routinely compile or hold this information. My Department has asked the Health...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (9 Jun 2009)

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

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: The position in relation to this matter remains as indicated in my reply to Questions Nos. 8 and 94 on 21 May 2009.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (9 Jun 2009)

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

Written Answers — Pharmacy Services: Pharmacy Services (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: The sections of the Act which the Deputy refers to are included in the third, and final, stage of the implementation process for the Pharmacy Act 2007. This final stage deals with the introduction of provisions under Part 6 of the Act (Complaints, Inquires and Discipline). The commencement process for the Act was planned as being a three stage process in view of the complexity and number of...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (9 Jun 2009)

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