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- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and the Pandemic Influenza Expert Group have advised that the pandemic vaccine should be given to the population in the following order of priority: People with long term medical conditions aged between 6 months and 65 years and all pregnant women of more than 14 weeks gestation and women six weeks post partum; Health Care Workers;...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2009)
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 (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: As the approval of performance-related bonus payments to individuals in State bodies is a matter for the boards of such bodies this question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Training: General Practitioner Training (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: There are 12 General Practitioner (GP) Specialist Training Programmes currently in operation which are all of four years duration â two years spent in hospital posts, under the supervision of hospital consultants, and two years in an approved general practice at registrar level, under the supervision of a general practice trainer. In 2009, there were 120 GP training places available for...
- Written Answers — Health Service Executive: Health Service Executive (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: The HSE proposed to Government last year that it put in place a number of changes to drive operational performance and accountability at local level, to provide clinical leadership to improve quality and standards and to deliver hospital and community services in a fully integrated way. These changes included: the appointment of a new Director of Clinical Care and Quality; the establishment...
- Written Answers — Programme for Government: Programme for Government (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 603 and 607 together. The Deputy will be aware that the Revised Programme for Government states the following in relation to Financing "......also taking account of the report of the Expert Group on Resource Allocation in the Health Sector, we will examine the most appropriate future mix of sources of finance to support this vision of the health services, from...
- Written Answers — Programme for Government: Programme for Government (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: The Renewed Programme for Government contains a commitment by Government to lead a major re-orientation of health care delivery to primary and community-based care as the location where most healthcare is provided and to create more primary care teams by re-deploying existing staff so that they can deliver more planned and integrated care to patients, particularly those with chronic...
- Written Answers — Programme for Government: Programme for Government (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy will be aware, the current legislation for health and personal social services has been in place for many years and there is a need now to have a clear set of statutory provisions that ensure equity and transparency and to bring the system up to date with developments in service delivery and technology that have occurred since the Health Act 1970. Accordingly, work is underway...
- Written Answers — Programme for Government: Programme for Government (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: The Renewed Programme for Government affirms the implementation of key features of the new consultants' contract to ensure that public and private patients are treated equally for access to key outpatient and diagnostic services. Specifically, Consultant Contract 2008 provides that a common waiting list operated by the public hospital will apply to both public and private patients undergoing...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: Under the recent review of the Programme for Government, the Government affirmed its commitment to improve income eligibility limits in the assessment for medical cards for children with intellectual disabilities. The details of this commitment are still to be finalised and are subject to available resources.
- Written Answers — Bio-Monitoring Programme: Bio-Monitoring Programme (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: In 2007, the HSE joined an EU Human Bio Monitoring programme along with 23 other Member States. Human bio monitoring is monitoring activities in human beings, using biomarkers that focus on environmental exposures, diseases and/or disorders and genetic susceptibility, and their potential relationships. The HSE will use this Human Bio Monitoring programme to collect information regarding the...
- Written Answers — Health Research: Health Research (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: The Revised Programme for Government together with other Government documents such Building Ireland's Smart Economy, highlight the value of health research and the contribution it can make not just to health related goals but to broader social and economic ones. The Government is fully committed to health research. The Renewed Programme for Government contains a commitment to increasing and...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: Following on from recommendations by the Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance and in line with commitments made in the Renewed Programme for Government, my Department has begun preparatory work on the development of legislative proposals for a mandatory licensing system to cover both public and private healthcare providers, based on explicit standards to be set by the Health...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) administers a patient private property account system to manage the private money of patients in long stay care. When clients die while in the residential care of the HSE their estate is dealt with as per law. In cases where a client has not made a will, all funds or other property of that client being administered by the HSE will be passed to the person...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: My Department is currently reviewing the level of charges for publicly funded long stay care. The purpose of the review is to ensure an effective and equitable charging regime is put in place for the provision of long stay care. With regard to the particular issue of long-term nursing home care the new Nursing Homes Support Scheme, A Fair Deal, commenced on the 27th October 2009. The...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Nov 2009)
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 (3 Nov 2009)
Mary Harney: The problems being experienced by the Health Service Executive and the unions with regard to the introduction of the incentivised scheme for early retirement have not yet been resolved. As you may be aware, members of all eligible grades who meet the criteria set down in Circular 8/2009 had access to the ISER provided the grades/staff groups concerned cooperate with the requirements in...