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Written Answers — Health Legislation Review: Health Legislation Review (5 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The membership list of the working group is as follows: Mr. Jimmy Duggan, principal officer, Department of Health and Children, chair; Mr. James Conway, programme manager, Health Service Executive, mid-western area; Ms Valerie Nagle, health economist, HSE, eastern regional area; Ms Anne Vaughan, principal officer, planning unit, Department of Social and Family Affairs; Mr. Joe Mooney,...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The necessary legislation to allow for the introduction of doctor visit cards has been enacted. Funding of €50 million required to introduce this development in 2005 has been made available to the Health Service Executive, HSE. The HSE is finalising the necessary administrative arrangements for this measure, and a public information campaign will commence next week. This will indicate the...

Written Answers — Vetting Procedures: Vetting Procedures (5 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The process by which a person is appointed to a State board reflects the conditions for appointment laid down in the relevant statutory instrument establishing the board. When making such appointments, I must have due regard to the nature of the work of the board and the consequent requirement for any appointee to hold the necessary skills and expertise required to discharge the functions of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 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. As the person referred to by the Deputy resides in County Wexford, my Department has asked the chief officer for the executive's south...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 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, deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the national director for primary, community and continuing care at the HSE to investigate the...

Written Answers — Health Levy: Health Levy (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The health contribution levy was introduced by virtue of the Health Contributions Act 1979 and came into effect on 6 April of that year. The contributions are levied on income at a percentage rate set in pursuance of the Health Contributions Act and proceeds are paid to the Minister for Health and Children in aid of the vote for health. Subject to certain exemptions, the levy is applicable to...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The revocation of the relevant statutory instrument will require a draft resolution to be brought before both Houses of the Oireachtas. A number of complex issues have had to be considered in relation to this matter. These issues are now approaching finalisation and discussions have taken place with a number of parties involved. I am not in a position to outline the course of action which the...

Written Answers — Civil Registration Act: Civil Registration Act (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: An tArd-Chláraitheoir, Registrar General, is responsible for the registration of all life events, including births. Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheoir has received correspondence from a person in Dublin 9 concerning a submission to amend the provisions of the Civil Registration Act 2004. The submission is mainly concerned with the issues of re-registration in cases involving unmarried parents and...

Written Answers — Inter-Church Marriage: Inter-Church Marriage (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: An tArd-Chláraitheoir, Registrar General, is responsible for the registration of all life events, including marriages. I have made inquiries with him concerning this matter and the position is set out below. The position under current legislation, primarily contained in sections 38 and 39 of the Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law Ireland (Amendment) Act 1870, is that a marriage may be...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 May 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 all funding, capital and revenue, voted for the executive. Under section 34 of the Act, the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: I take this opportunity to offer my sincere condolences to the family on their tragic loss. As the Deputy may be aware, the Medical Council is the independent authority charged with primary responsibility for the registration and regulation of medical practitioners in the State. The function of the Medical Council is to protect the public through implementing appropriate controls on the...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (4 May 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. The HSE service plan for 2005 was recently approved by me and, as required by relevant legislation, laid before the Houses of the...

Written Answers — An Bord Altranais: An Bord Altranais (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: An Bord Altranais is the statutory body which provides for the registration, control and education of nurses and midwives and for other matters relating to the practice of nursing and midwifery. The issue raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for An Bord Altranais, and I suggest that the Deputy should contact the board directly about this matter.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy on steering and advisory groups in each of the Health Service Executive areas is a matter for the executive. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief executive officer of the executive to arrange to have the relevant information compiled and provided directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 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. This includes responsibility for the provision of renal transplant services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the director of the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 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. As the person in question resides in County Mayo, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's western area to...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 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. This includes responsibility for the assessment of applications for medical cards. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: I am not aware of any direct contact between my Department and the firm that markets this drug.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: The supports which the Government put in place in 2004 with the objective of keeping the cost of professional indemnity cover for consultants' private practice at an affordable level remain. These supports mean that most consultants need only purchase indemnity cover for the first €1 million of the cost of any one claim against them. In the case of consultant obstetricians the limit is set...

Written Answers — Clinical Indemnity Scheme: Clinical Indemnity Scheme (4 May 2005)

Mary Harney: As far as my Department is aware only one organisation, the Medical Protection Society, is at present offering professional indemnity cover to consultant obstetricians in full or part-time private practice. The only other provider of this type of cover, the Medical Defence Union, has not offered it to obstetricians since 2003. It is obviously not ideal that doctors should have to rely on a...