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Written Answers — Cancer Statistics: Cancer Statistics (26 Jan 2005)

Mary Harney: Data concerning the number of deaths each year from lung cancer caused specifically by exposure to asbestos are not available. The number of deaths from selected causes for the period 1999 to 2003, as provided by the Central Statistics Office, is as follows: 1999 2000 2001 2002* 2003* Cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung 1,449 1,568 1,478 1,474 1,587 Asbestosis 1 3 1...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Jan 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 provision of hospital services rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's...

Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (26 Jan 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 188 together. The current consensus of authoritative scientific literature is that there is no evidence of a causal relationship between exposure to radio frequencies, RF, from mobile phones and ill health. Furthermore, research to date indicates that RF fields do not possess sufficient energy to cause direct damage to DNA. The World Health...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jan 2005)

Mary Harney: The Government is committed to making the full range of cancer services available and accessible to cancer patients throughout Ireland. To this end, we will provide considerable investment in radiation oncology facilities in the coming years. The Government in its decision on radiotherapy services remained open to the provision of a 'satellite' radiation oncology unit in Waterford. We are...

Written Answers — National Cancer Strategy: National Cancer Strategy (26 Jan 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 190, 270 and 271 together. The National Cancer Forum is currently finalising a new national cancer strategy which is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2005. The forum is a multi-disciplinary group of experts and includes representatives of all modalities of cancer care. In developing the new strategy, the forum's considerations have been...

Written Answers — Diabetes Incidence: Diabetes Incidence (26 Jan 2005)

Mary Harney: In recognition that diabetes is an important health condition, a national diabetes group chaired by the chief medical officer of my Department was established in January 2004 and has met on a regular basis since. The terms of reference of the working group included: the epidemiology of diabetes, health promotion and preventive initiatives, examination of services and the expansion of shared...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (26 Jan 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 issues raised by the Deputy rests with the national hospitals office of the Health Service Executive. My Department has,...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jan 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 provision of services for residents of County Wexford rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Jan 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 provision of hospital services rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (26 Jan 2005)

Mary Harney: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that I will be in a position to meet the Ennis Hospital Development Committee. My office will be in touch with the organisation in due course to make the necessary arrangements.

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (26 Jan 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 Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Ennis, rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (26 Jan 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 provision of a medical card rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (26 Jan 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 provision of ambulance services in County Tipperary rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Jan 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 provision of hospital services for people living in County Mayo rests with the executive. My Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Jan 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 provision of hospital services for people living in County Mayo rests with the executive. My Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jan 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 provision of hospital services for people living in County Mayo rests with the executive. My Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Jan 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 provision of hospital services for people living in County Mayo rests with the executive. My Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Jan 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 provision of hospital services for people living in County Mayo rests with the executive. My Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (26 Jan 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004, which was passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas on 17 December 2004, as well as providing a statutory basis for the imposition of charges on persons to whom long-stay inpatient services are provided, irrespective of whether they are otherwise fully eligible for those services, also provides that a relevant charge levied under section 53 of the...

Written Answers — Patient Transport: Patient Transport (26 Jan 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 provision of hospital services for people living in County Mayo rests with the Executive. My Department has requested the...