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Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: I am delighted to have an opportunity to discuss the Travers report in the Seanad. I pay tribute to Mr. John Travers for the excellent job he has done in carrying out an evaluation in the Department of Health and Children as to how, for 28 years, legal advice was not sought in regard to long-term charges for people in public institutions. When I asked Mr. Travers to carry out the task, I did...

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: I did not expect that information to be on the news.

Seanad: Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Statements. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: May I deal with this question now as I cannot remain for the whole debate? The story this morning was not accurate. Mr. Travers deals with it in page 54 of his report and I intend to publish the documents, namely, the letter that was drafted and sent to the Secretary General on 27 January and the background documentation. They were on file in the Department's line division that prepared them....

Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: It is proposed to take No. 17, Finance Bill 2005 — Report Stage, resumed, and Final Stage; and No. 17a— statements on the Report on Certain Issues of Management and Administration in the Department of Health and Children associated with the practice of charges for persons in long-stay care in health board institutions and related matters. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in...

Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: I can deal with that.

Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: Contrary to an impression created this morning, no file was found overnight in the Department of Health and Children.

Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: Can I not respond to the issues raised?

Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: As Deputy Rabbitte has acknowledged, Mr. Travers makes the point on page 54 of the report that the letter sent at my request in October was a copy of the letter in the file. I have it here and will circulate it. It is a copy which was held in the line division that prepared the submission for the Attorney General and prepared the letter. Mr. Travers refers to it in his report and he saw it....

Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: It is important and I have asked——

Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: I have asked the press office in the Department of Health and Children to ask for a correction to a story that was circulated this morning. I do not know the source of the story but it is not accurate. On the legal implications of the inquiry and whether there will be a need for amending legislation, that matter has not been considered. Legislation may not be required in that there are...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 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. As the person in question resides in Dublin, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's eastern regional area to...

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (9 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The total cost of medicines dispensed to people with a medical card for the years ending December 2003, the latest year available was €650.66 million. Information regarding the amount of medicines prescribed but not used by patients is not collected by my Department.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 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 is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Responsibility for the administration of the health services in counties Wicklow and Carlow rests with the executive. My Department has requested...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The amount of health funding available to each of the former health boards and the ERHA in 2003 and 2004 on a per capita basis is set out in the following table. Per Capita Funding — 2003 and 2004 Revised Determination. Health Board/Authority 2003 Funding per capita based on Revised Determination 2004 Funding per capita based on Revised Determination â'¬ â'¬ ...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (9 Mar 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 management of land and properties formerly held by health boards and now vested in the executive....

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (9 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The latest available information for the employment by health boards of persons with a disability is for 31 December 2003. Data in respect of the end 2004 position are currently being compiled. The number of employed persons in each health board with a disability at end-2003 is set out in the following table. For the purpose of this exercise the definition of disability is as defined by the...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 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 services for residents of County Clare. Accordingly, my Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (9 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: Avian influenza, or bird flu, is an infectious disease of animals caused by viruses that normally affect only birds. While all bird species are thought to be susceptible to infection with avian influenza, domestic poultry flocks are especially vulnerable to infections that can rapidly reach epidemic proportions. There have been a number of outbreaks in poultry in Asia since late 2003. In...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (9 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The assignment of functions under the Public Service Management Act 1997 was first made by the then Secretary General of the Department of 1 January 1999, covering all individuals at assistant secretary grade. While the frameworks to date have contained assignment in respect of named individuals, they also include a generic statement of responsibilities for the assistant secretary grade, as...

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (9 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: As I indicated in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of today's date, there is a deep and extensive management structure in my Department which supports the discharge of the business of the department and the assignment and delegation of functions. These structures include: preparation of a three-year statement of strategy and annual business plans for the Department; a performance...