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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010)

Mary Harney: Additional representatives will include anurse or midwife engaged in the public health sector, a nurse or midwife engaged in the education of nurses and midwives and a nurse engaged in the care of older persons. Of these elected members at least three must be engaged in clinical practice. Further to this a director of nursing or midwifery will be appointed and also one nurse or midwife in...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: The proposal by the National Rehabilitation Hospital to build a new and extended facility needs to be considered within the context of a national policy for the delivery of neuro-rehabilitation services. My Department and the Health Service Executive established a Working Group to develop a policy / strategy for the provision of neuro-rehabilitation services. Its terms of reference include...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has informed dentists of the changes to the Dental Treatment Services Scheme and will be providing ongoing clinical guidance and advice to individual dentists in relation to these changes. The HSE is currently in the process of appointing an Interim Oral Health Lead/Clinical Director. It is my intention to meet the Irish Dental Association after this...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I regret that due to industrial action I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: The NTPF's primary remit is to facilitate patients who have been waiting longest for treatment on hospital waiting lists. The Fund is obliged as a matter of policy, to source at least 90% of treatment from the private hospital system. The purchase of capacity from the public hospital system is to allow for activity in areas, such as paediatric surgery, which cannot be carried out in private...

Written Answers — Hospital Appointments: Hospital Appointments (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: The scheduling of patients for hospital treatment is a matter for the consultant concerned in each case and is determined on the basis of clinical need. Should the patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he/she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant involved. However, the National Treatment...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: In the normal course of events, my Department would have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE), which has operational responsibility for the medical card and GP visit card benefits, to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to Parliamentary Question 17235/10. However, because of the current industrial action which is affecting the HSE, it was not possible for the Executive to supply the...

Written Answers — Casemix Management Systems: Casemix Management Systems (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Casemix Management Systems: Casemix Management Systems (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Casemix Management Systems: Casemix Management Systems (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 149 and 159 together. The HPV vaccination programme for first year girls in secondary schools will, as promised, start before the end of this school term with the first schools being visited during the week of 17th May 2010 and the programme being commenced in the remainder of schools in September next. During this calendar year all girls currently in first...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I regret that due to industrial action I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I have no plans to introduce a general policy of the type referred to by the Deputy. If he wishes to raise a particular issue or service in this regard I will respond further to him.