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- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Apr 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 services to persons with epilepsy. Services at Beaumont Hospital are provided under an...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Apr 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 Kildare, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's eastern regional area to...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 Apr 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 assessment of applications for medical cards. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 Apr 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 assessment of applications for medical cards. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 Apr 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 assessment of applications for medical cards. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: I travelled to Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina to undertake a number of duties in relation to St. Patrick's Day. I travelled with my husband, Mr. Brian Geoghegan, the deputy Government press secretary, Mr. Iarla Mongey, and my acting private secretary, Mr. Michael Corban. The delegation left on Wednesday, 16 March and returned on Sunday, 20 March. The costs in relation to the trip...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (12 Apr 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 services at Letterkenny General Hospital. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...
- Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (12 Apr 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 cancer services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the...
- Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: Under the 1970 Health Act, the Health Service Executive may arrange for the supply, without charge, of drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances to people with a specified condition, for the treatment of that condition through the long term illness scheme, LTI. The conditions are: mental handicap, mental illness for people under 16 only, phenylketonuria, cystic fibrosis, spina...
- Written Answers — Scientific Research: Scientific Research (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: The Cruelty to Animals Act 1876, as amended by the European Communities (Amendment of Cruelty to Animals Act 1876) Regulations 2002, provides the legislative framework for control of the use of live animals in scientific research and other experimental activity. Under the Act the Minister for Health and Children is designated as the "Authority" and has responsibility for granting licences to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: In response to the Deputy's question of 22 March 2005, I advised that the Health Service Executive, HSE, has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services, including responsibility for health services for patients with cystic fibrosis. My Department has been in touch with the executive's eastern regional area and is...
- Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: To the end of December 2004, the total cost of the post mortem inquiry was approximately â¬20 million. Total legal and administrative costs were approximately â¬11 million. The remainder of the costs include establishment and office rental costs of â¬2.29 million, grants to the former eastern regional health authority of just over â¬5 million, grants to Parents for Justice, PFJ,...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, HSE, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under this 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 issue raised by the Deputy and accordingly my Department has requested the chief officer of...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 Apr 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 assessment of applications for medical cards. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 217 and 300 together. As the Deputy is aware, 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 cancer...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 Apr 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 assessment of applications for medical cards. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 271 together. The necessary legislation to allow members of the public to apply for the new "doctor visit" cards has been enacted. Funding of â¬50 million required to introduce this development in 2005 has been made available to the Health Service Executive. The objective of this measure is to use resources to benefit as many people on low incomes as...
- Written Answers — Health Reports: Health Reports (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: The domiciliary births group was established by the health board chief executive officers in 2003 and the group's final report was presented to the CEOs in December 2004. The CEOs discussed the report at their January 2005 meeting and decided to recommend it to the Health Service Executive and to the Department of Health and Children. I understand that the report is being examined by the HSE...
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (12 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: A preliminary review of the vaccine damage compensation schemes in place in a number of other countries was undertaken by my Department in order to establish general details of schemes already in existence. My officials are now carrying out an investigation to identify the most relevant models from a clinical, administrative and fairness point of view. On completion of this investigation, I...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Apr 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 services at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk. Accordingly, my Department has requested...