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Written Answers — Health Service Plan: Health Service Plan (9 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: Under section 31(1) of the Health Act 2004, the HSE is required to prepare an annual National Service Plan. The plan must indicate the type and volume of health and personal social services to be provided by the HSE. I approved the HSE National Service Plan 2010 on 5 February 2010 under section 31(8) of the Health Act 2004. In approving the plan, I highlighted to the HSE the necessity that...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (9 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 and 273 together. I have always accepted the consensus view of the relevant expert bodies that the introduction of a universal high uptake vaccination programme in young girls, in conjunction with population based cervical screening, could significantly reduce overall cervical cancer incidence. The issue was not, therefore, whether the case for a...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: The management of out-patient waiting lists is a matter for the HSE and the individual hospitals concerned. I have, therefore, referred the Deputy's question to the Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (9 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: The ongoing regulatory programme undertaken by my Department has seen the introduction of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, providing for statutory registration for 12 designated health and social care professional grades. The structure of the system of statutory registration will comprise a registration board for each of the professions to be registered, a health and social...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Assisted Human Reproduction: Assisted Human Reproduction (9 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: The Supreme Court recently decided in the RvR (frozen embryos)case that the frozen embryos at issue in the case do not have the constitutional protection of Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution. It is my intention to bring forward proposals to Government later this year with a view to drafting legislation to govern the area of Assisted Human Reproduction and related practices. The work...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (9 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Health Repayment Scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG accountants and McCann Fitzgerald solicitors. A total of 35,300 claims have been received for the scheme. In excess of 35,000 or 99.3 % of all claims have been concluded. To date a total of 18,898 repayments of maintenance charges to the...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (9 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (9 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: Under the cycle to work scheme, the Department advances the cost of the cycle and equipment to the relevant staff members, who then repay the cost net of tax by way of deduction from salary over 12 months. The principal cost of the scheme to the State is the tax relief given to participants. To date 26 staff in my Department have availed of the cycle to work scheme and in 2010 staff have...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: I have always accepted the consensus view of the relevant expert bodies that the introduction of a universal high uptake vaccination programme in young girls, in conjunction with population based cervical screening, could significantly reduce overall cervical cancer incidence. The issue was not, therefore, whether the case for a cervical cancer vaccination programme was accepted by myself and...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: A new ward block to replace existing accommodation is being developed at St. Vincent's University Hospital, the national tertiary centre for the treatment of adults with cystic fibrosis which currently treats 50% of patients with the condition. This facility will provide single room en-suite inpatient accommodation (100 rooms) and a dedicated day unit for people with cystic fibrosis,...

Written Answers — Cross-Border Projects: Cross-Border Projects (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: North/South Cooperation takes place at three levels viz. North South Ministerial Council (NSMC), Joint Departmental Projects and Cooperation And Working Together (CAWT). North South Ministerial Council The five designated areas of cooperation are Accident and Emergency/Acute Services, Emergency Planning, Cancer Research, High Technology and Health Promotion and progress continues to be...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: I wrote to all Oireachtas members on 19th January 2010 regarding the Health Service Executive's decision to centralise the processing of all medical card applications and reviews and I outlined a range of measures being employed by the Executive to address issues arising from this initiative and I also referred to the various enhancements that this process will facilitate upon completion. In...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: Acute bed numbers in public hospitals are counted as an average of beds available over each year, given that the number of beds available in each hospital can vary over any year for operational reasons. The number of acute beds in private hospitals at any time is not collected or verified by the Department of Health and Children or by the HSE, but data are provided by those hospitals...

Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 143 together. There are two main cost factors associated with medical cards and GP visit cards, firstly the capitation and other payments made to General Practitioners (GPs) and, secondly, the cost of drugs supplied to patients. GPs who hold contracts under the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme with the Health Service Executive (HSE) are...