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Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive, HSE, under the Health Act 2004. The HSE has placed advertisements providing details of the application process in the national press and intends to place further advertisements in the regional press over the coming week. The...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department is requesting the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Medical Waste Disposal: Medical Waste Disposal (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I welcome the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on waste management in hospitals. The principles outlined in my Department's 1994 health services waste policy and later segregation packaging and storage guidelines for health care risk waste, are consistent with the recommendations of the report. While the cost of good waste management in the health services may be significant, the...

Written Answers — Medical Waste Disposal: Medical Waste Disposal (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. This includes responsibility for collating the information sought by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. This includes responsibility for considering existing or new capital proposals for the health capital programme. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Government has agreed the key elements of a scheme for the repayment of long stay charges. All those who were illegally charged for publicly funded long-term residential care and are alive and the estates of all those who were charged and died in the six years prior to 9 December 2004 will have the charges repaid in full. The repayment will apply to all those who were illegally charged,...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Experiments on Animals: Experiments on Animals (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: While it is not the practice in Ireland to license experiments involving the use of primates, there are no plans at present to introduce legislation in this regard. I have arranged to make the 1999 and 2002 statistics on the use of animals for experimental and other scientific purposes available to the Deputy; these include data on cats and dogs used in toxicological and other safety...

Written Answers — Experiments on Animals: Experiments on Animals (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: While three botulinum toxin medicinal products are authorised for marketing in Ireland, only one, botox, is produced and tested in Ireland. I am advised by the Irish Medicines Board that the only potency test currently available for defining the strength of botulinum toxin products is the LD50 test in mice; therefore, this test continues to be used. In regard to possible alternative tests, it...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Government is committed to making the full range of cancer services available and accessible to cancer patients throughout Ireland in line with best international standards. It is important to build teams of highly expert clinicians working together to deliver top quality cancer care to cancer patients. To this end, we will provide considerable investment in oncology services in the...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: Since June 2004, the Deputy has tabled 29 parliamentary questions concerned with matters which are properly the responsibility of the Health Service Executive, from I January 2005, and previously of the Eastern Regional Health Authority. It is the practice in my Department to forward such questions immediately to the agency concerned and to request that the matter be examined and a reply...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 198 together. The Deputys' questions relate to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department is requesting the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have these matters investigated and to have...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The latest information available from the OECD database is for 2002. Table A attached shows total public expenditure on health. Table B shows total public and private expenditure on health. The Deputy may also wish to note that since 2002 the real growth in publicly funded health spending in Ireland has been about 37%. Table A: % of Gross Domestic Product. Public Expenditure on Health. ...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 180 together. The Deputy's questions relate to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department is requesting the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department is requesting the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The determination of eligibility of applicants for a medical card is statutorily vested in the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, the HSE is responsible for deciding on the frequency of reviews of eligibility of medical card holders. Reviews are necessary to ensure medical card databases are accurate, up to date and satisfy public accountability obligations. A working group was set up by...