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Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform tells me he will be ready to present the relevant legislation to Government in a couple of weeks.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: I believe it is almost ready to go to Government and will be dealt with this session.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: The legislation will be introduced later this year.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: I will not comment on the content of the Bill. The Deputy will have to wait to see it.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: The Bill on the constitutional treaty will not be presented to the House before Easter. It will be after Easter and before the summer. The building control Bill will be introduced in autumn of this year.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: The Taoiseach indicated on Tuesday that legislation will be published this session.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: We did not take the roof off it.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: I understand the Bill will be published this week.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: It is to put into effect the budgetary provisions. All Members are aware of that.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: The company law consolidation and reform Bill has nothing to do with Shannon Development, as the Deputy well knows. We will do whatever is in the best interest of the region.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: Time will be allowed later this year.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Feb 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 orthodontic services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's...

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (9 Feb 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. Services at the Mater Hospital are provided under an arrangement with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (9 Feb 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. As the person referred to by the Deputy resides in County Kilkenny, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's south eastern...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (9 Feb 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 requested the chief officer for the executive's...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Feb 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 — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: The MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella and, in accordance with the recommendations of the immunisation advisory committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, can be administered to children between 12 and 15 months of age. A vaccine uptake rate of 95% is required in order to protect children from the diseases concerned and to stop the spread of the diseases in...

Written Answers — Contaminated Blood Products: Contaminated Blood Products (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: In July 2003 the Government was approached unilaterally by a firm of New York lawyers with the proposal that the Government could sue certain pharmaceutical companies in the United States arising from the manufacture of blood products which caused hepatitis C and HIV infection to persons with haemophilia. Initial advices received from counsel appointed by the Attorney General raised serious...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Feb 2005)

Mary Harney: Responsibility for the collation and publishing of waiting list and waiting time data rests with the national treatment purchase fund, NTPF. The NTPF has found that waiting list data shows widespread variation in the recording and reporting of patient data across the hospital system. A new on-line national patient treatment register will now be developed by the fund. The new patient treatment...

Written Answers — Health Board Property: Health Board Property (8 Feb 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....