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Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Harney: Work has been under way in the Department of Health and Children on a proposal for a public private partnership investment scheme for 850 community nursing units. There have been discussions between my Department and the Department of Finance in the development of this PPP scheme. These are complex schemes and it is important to have a clear view of the benefits that will accrue given the...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, established on 1 January 2005, to manage and deliver or arrange to be delivered on its behalf health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for progressing the health capital programme for hospitals. The HSE service plan for 2005 was recently approved by me and as required by relevant legislation laid before...

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. 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 — 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 referred to by the Deputy resides in County Cork, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's southern...

Written Answers — Travers Report: Travers Report (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Harney: I recieved the Travers report on Friday, 4 March 2005. Before being published it was considered by the Cabinet at its next meeting on Tuesday, 8 March 2005. Copies of the report were given to each Member of the Dáil on Wednesday, 9 March and the Dáil then referred it by resolution to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children. The committee published it subsequent to its meeting...

Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (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 issues raised by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the...

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 referred to by the Deputy resides in County Cork, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (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 services at Naas General Hospital. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Written Answers — Nursing Education: Nursing Education (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Harney: The Commission on Nursing considered that registration as a midwife should no longer be a mandatory requirement for entry to the higher diploma in public health nursing or registration as a public health nurse, PHN, as follows: . . . in light of the range of services offered by public health nurses and the ongoing development of nursing and midwifery services in the community, registration as...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provides 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 management of the executive's human resources. My Department has, therefore, requested the acting...

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. A medical card holder with full eligibility is...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Harney: Applications for funding from the health and children national lottery allocation are received primarily from individuals, groups and organisations with an involvement in the provision of health services to specific client groups, national groups providing information and support regarding disability and illness and groups with a specific interest. To date, national lottery funds have been...

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: Persons suffering from diabetes have the same eligibility for services as all other persons and, in addition, they qualify for benefits under the long-term illness scheme, LTI. Under the LTI persons suffering from diabetes are entitled to obtain free of charge drugs and medicines necessary for the treatment of the condition.

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The report of a consultancy study jointly commissioned by my Department and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Belfast, DHSSPS, on the costs and benefits associated with the introduction of a dedicated helicopter emergency medical service, HEMS, for the island of Ireland was published last year and is available on my Department's website. The study concluded that the...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The arrangements for the co-ordination of social security systems, including health care benefits, among EU member states are set out in EU Regulations 1408/71 and 574/72. Persons covered by these regulations who are residing or staying in Ireland are entitled, free of charge, to all health care provided for by Irish legislation, where the cost of this treatment is payable by the institution...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: Following legal advice from the Attorney General, in relation to the legal basis for charging for in-patient services in publicly-funded long-stay institutions, my Department issued instructions to all health boards and the ERHA to cease imposing any such charges pending the introduction of the appropriate legislation. This resulted in an estimated loss of income in the region of €2 million...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The National Council on Ageing and Older People was established on 19 March 1997 in succession to the National Council for the Elderly, January 1990 to March 1997, and the National Council for the Aged, June 1981 to January 1990. The functions of the council are to advise the Minister on all aspects of ageing and the welfare of older people, either at its own initiative or at the request of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Mar 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 neurology services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Mar 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 mental health services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66 to 69, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy is not routinely collected by my Department. 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...