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- Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: A tendering process has been completed to procure nursing home beds from the private sector to meet the needs of 500 people annually for intermediate care of up to six weeks. A total of 90 beds have been procured nationally to allow an annual throughput of 500 patients. My Department understands that the successful applicants have been notified by the Health Service Executive. Some 64...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I have already announced a series of measures which are being put in place to improve the delivery of accident and emergency services. These actions take a wide-ranging approach and are aimed at improving access to accident and emergency services, improving patient flows through accident and emergency departments, freeing up of acute beds and providing appropriate longer term care for...
- Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: In January 2003 the then Minister for Finance advised my predecessor that he had been approached by a charitable institution in County Kildare regarding the possibility of an American cosmetic-plastic surgeon carrying out operations free of charge on patients in Ireland. It was indicated that the person in question specialised in the treatment of children who were severely disfigured. I...
- Written Answers — Eating Disorders: Eating Disorders (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: Persons presenting with eating disorders are generally treated through the local mental health services. Outpatient psychiatric services are provided from a network of hospitals, health centres, day hospitals and day centres. Where inpatient treatment is deemed necessary, it is provided in the local acute psychiatric unit or hospital, beds being allocated on the basis of patient need at any...
- Written Answers — Clinical Indemnity Scheme: Clinical Indemnity Scheme (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: Discussions are continuing with the Irish Medical Organisation and the Irish Hospital Consultants Association on some residual issues concerning the clinical indemnity scheme. I am confident that these will be resolved in the near future. Earlier this year the Government indicated that it would consider supporting individual consultants who had been left without cover by the Medical Defence...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: Following a recommendation by the board of the Health Service Executive, HSE, I agreed to the appointment of Professor Brendan Drumm as the first chief executive of the HSE. Discussions are under way with Professor Drumm about the arrangements to be put in place to enable him to take up the appointment at the earliest possible date. The chairman of the HSE has also informed me that the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: On 1 January 2005, the public hospital statutory inpatient charge was increased by â¬10 to â¬55 per night, subject to a maximum of â¬550 in any 12 consecutive months. The charge for a visit to an accident and emergency department was also increased by â¬10 to â¬55. This increase in the accident and emergency charge will facilitate more appropriate attendances at accident and emergency...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: An organisational structure for the Health Service Executive was announced in November and is currently being implemented. The organisational structure of the executive is a matter for the board and chief executive officer of the executive, subject to the approval of the Department of Health and Children and the Department of Finance.
- Written Answers — Complementary Therapies: Complementary Therapies (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 91, 116 and 153 together. At present there is no statutory regulatory framework for complementary therapists. The provision of all services to the public is currently subject to the supervision of the Director of Consumer Affairs and must conform to the requirements of consumer legislation. A national working group was established by my predecessor in May 2003...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The HSE has reported that where it has been authorised to act as the patient's agent in relation to dealing with the patient's pension payments, weekly spending money is paid to each patient and the balance of such patient's pension is lodged to his-her patient private property account, from where it is accessible to the patient. With regard to the matter of the return of the pension book to...
- Written Answers — Nursing Education: Nursing Education (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I presume the Deputy is referring to the health care assistant grade which supports the work of nurses-midwives and acts under their supervision. This is not a nursing grade, however. Health care assistants are part of the nursing team and make a valuable contribution to the care of patients. Health care assistants and similar grades such as nurse's aide and ward attendant have been a feature...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The letter and briefing documents in the file the Deputy refers to were sent to the Attorney General last October at my request, following the issue being raised in the House. The original file drawn up in January 2004 containing these documents was not found in the Department despite an extensive search undertaken in January and February this year to facilitate the work of Mr. John Travers...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 and 154 together. 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 hospital services. Accordingly,...
- Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 1947 and the Infectious Diseases Regulations 1981, as amended, provide the legislative basis for the control of infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, TB, in Ireland. My Department's strategy in relation to the prevention and treatment of TB is guided by the recommendations of the Report of the Working Party on Tuberculosis, 1996, which covers a wide range of issues...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 99, 110 and 117 together. 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. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief executive officer of the...
- Written Answers — Influenza Vaccines: Influenza Vaccines (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: Vaccination is the principal measure for preventing influenza and reducing the impact of epidemics. It will be the primary public health intervention in the event of an influenza pandemic. However, the production of a vaccine tailored to a pandemic influenza strain could take six to nine months. Developments are under way at international level seeking to expedite this process. Pending the...
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Co-operatives: General Practitioner Co-operatives (11 May 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. That includes responsibility for the development, implementation and monitoring of GP out-of-hours co-operatives. Since the first GP...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: A memorandum for Government, regarding the repayment scheme for charges for residential long-term care, was brought before Cabinet for consideration, and the Government has agreed the key elements of a scheme for the repayment of long-stay charges. All those who were charged and are alive, and the estates of all those who were charged and died in the six years prior to 9 December 2004, will...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104, 113, 124 and 137 together. 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. That will include responsibility for the determination of eligibility...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I am aware of many issues raised at the recent IMO conference, which I attended, including the question of investment in new acute beds. On foot of the commitment in the health strategy, funding has been provided to open an additional 900 inpatient beds and day places in acute hospitals. Health agencies have informed my Department that, on 6 May 2005, 780 beds were in place. The Health...