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- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: The Budget provision for the Health group of votes identified â¬659m in pay savings as decided by Government. This included almost â¬7m for my Department. Following the Budget, the HSE was provided by my Department, with an indicative breakdown of the pay savings including: general pay reductions, and higher reductions for those on higher pay on foot of the recent Report of the Review...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) was established in 1994 providing a range of dental services to medical card holders. The scheme is delivered by dental practitioners holding contracts with the HSE. Yr. Cost of the Scheme over last five years is as follows: Number of Medical Card Holders@ 31st December as follows: Number of treatments over the last five years as follows:...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 342 and 354 together. As the Deputy is aware under Section 31 of the Health Act, 2004 the Health Service Executive must prepare and submit its annual National Service Plan for the coming year for my approval. The National Service Plan (NSP) must indicate the type and volume of health and personal social services to be provided by the Health Service Executive...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: The agencies funded by my Department and the numbers employed by these agencies for each of the past five years including 2009 are detailed in the following tables. Agency 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 ⬠⬠⬠⬠⬠National Council on Ageing 430,000 904,000 1,510,000 1,440,000 1,347,000 National Social Work Qualification 569,000 578,000 573,000 557,000 511,000 Irish Medicines Board...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy is aware, the vast bulk of the funding voted for my Department relates to directly funded agencies, and as such the majority of the non-pay savings will fall to be met by these agencies. My Department is currently finalising the allocations for these agencies, which will encompass their share of the â¬3.5m. I expect be in a position to approve these allocations shortly, after...
- Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: The need for a more efficient private income collection system for hospitals was highlighted in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes and in the Comptroller and Auditor General Annual Report on the 2007 Vote of the Health Service Executive. This issue has been examined in the context of the Estimates process and the HSE has established a working...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: Details of the number of medical cards and GP visit cards are provided to my Department each month by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The figures are provided on a net basis, showing the balance after new cards have been issued and other cards, as appropriate, have been deleted from the Executive's database, e.g. following a review of a person's circumstances. The most recent figures...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: As announced on Budget Day, an additional â¬20m has been allocated for the further development of cancer services in 2010. This funding will be used to enhance services for a number of site-specific cancers including lung cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, rectal cancer and brain and other central nervous system tumours. Funding is also being provided for the HPV vaccination...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: Notwithstanding the difficult financial environment, the Government has made available additional resources to assist the HSE in responding to priority demographic and other needs, particularly for older people, children and cancer care, and to support ongoing reform of the public health services. In addition, a minimum of â¬17m is available in Innovation funding from the total provision of...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 356 and 357 together. The capital budget for the Health Service Executive for the period 2005 to 2009 was as follows: 2005: â¬564.063m, 2006: â¬574.556m, 2007: â¬524.951m, 2008: â¬593.720m, 2009: â¬442.763m. The 2010 capital provision is â¬436.792m. A draft capital plan for the period 2010 - 2014 was submitted to my Department last Friday (15th...
- Written Answers — Cost of Medicines: Cost of Medicines (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: Over the last number of weeks, I have been having discussions with the two representative bodies of drugs manufacturers - the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA) and the Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers in Ireland (APMI) - with a view to securing significant savings in the State's drug bill. I am pleased to advise the House that agreement has been reached with IPHA...
- Written Answers — Cost of Medicines: Cost of Medicines (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: It is my intention to introduce a system of reference pricing combined with generic substitution under the GMS and community drugs schemes. A working group, comprising officials from my Department and the HSE, and chaired by Mr Mark Moran, is examining options to progress this initiative, which will encourage greater use of cheaper generic alternatives and lead to further savings in the...
- Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: Private health insurance in Ireland is community rated, meaning that all persons pay the same price for the same product, regardless of their age or health status. This is to ensure that health insurance remains affordable for all, as older and sicker people incur higher claims costs than younger and healthier people. In a risk rated market, health insurance would become unaffordable for...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: It has been decided to put a cash limit on the Dental Treatment Services Scheme this year, based on the expenditure incurred under the scheme in 2008. My Department has asked the HSE to examine the means of achieving this and I expect to receive their proposals shortly. Responsibility for the Dental Treatment Benefit Scheme rests with my colleague, the Minister for Social and Family Affairs....
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Jan 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 — Health Services: Health Services (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: Approximately 77 million laboratory tests are undertaken annually across 44 public hospitals, at a cost of approximately â¬470 million. This workload comprises urgent and non-urgent tests and a significant proportion of activity originates in primary care. An external review of laboratory services was conducted for the HSE by Teamwork Management Services in 2007. The review highlighted...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Jan 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 (19 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.