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- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Jul 2009)
Mary Harney: There has been a growing demand for, and investment in, speech and language therapy services over the last number of years. A particular priority for my Department and the Department of Education and Science in recent years has been the expansion of the supply of therapy graduates. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of such personnel in order to secure a...
- Written Answers — Community Pharmacy Services: Community Pharmacy Services (9 Jul 2009)
Mary Harney: Before I made decisions on the reduction in payments to community pharmacists under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 a public consultation process was conducted and all interested stakeholders were invited to make submissions. The Irish Pharmacy Union, as the representative body for pharmacists, made both a written and an oral submission to my Department. In...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (9 Jul 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 (9 Jul 2009)
Mary Harney: Subject to overall parameters set by Government, the Health Service Executive has the responsibility for determining the composition of its staffing complement. In that regard, it is a matter for the Executive to manage and deploy its human resources to best meet the requirements of its Annual Service Plan for the delivery of health and personal social services to the public. As this is a...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (9 Jul 2009)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald. Since the commencement of the scheme 35,000 applications have been received by the Scheme Administrator. To date 34,000 of these applications have been concluded which has resulted in 20,440 offers of repayment....
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Jul 2009)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 335 and 336 together. The National Treatment Purchase Fund currently arranges hospital-based treatment and, in some cases, diagnostic procedures for public patients. Therefore the type of services to which the Deputy refers do not fall within the remit of the Fund at present.
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (9 Jul 2009)
Mary Harney: The allocations to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) in each year since 2002 are as follows:- 2002: â¬5m 2003: â¬30m. 2004: â¬44m. 2005: â¬64m. 2006: â¬78m. 2007: â¬91.75m. 2008: â¬104.64m. 2009 â¬90.30m. To date almost 150,000 public patients had been facilitated by the NTPF with either in-patient procedures or out-patient appointments. A...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (9 Jul 2009)
Mary Harney: I wish to advise that the numbers of staff employed in the Health Service Executive by grade category, per annum since 2004, are as follows: 31/12/04 31/12/05 31/12/06 31/12/07 31/12/08 31/5/09 Medical & Dental 7,013 7,266 7,712 8,005 8,109 8,104 Nursing 34,313 35,248 36,737 39,006 38,108 38,450 Health & Social Care Professionals 12,830 13,952 14,913 15,705 15,980 15,962...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (9 Jul 2009)
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 — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2009)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 345 to 347, inclusive, and 379 together. Details of the capital allocation for the Health Boards / Authority in 2004 and the Health Service Executive for the period 2005 to 2008 with corresponding expenditure, is set out in the following table. All Capital Subheads 2004 2005 2006 2007* 2008 Total â¬m â¬m â¬m â¬m â¬m â¬m ...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (9 Jul 2009)
Mary Harney: The numbers (expressed in wholetime equivalent terms) and percentage, of staff employed in the public health service, in each grade category by contract type as recorded in the health service personnel census are as follows: Grade Category WTE Part-Time WTE Sessional WTE Permanent WTE Job-Sharing WTE Temporary WTE Locum WTE Training Total WTE excl. Career Break ...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2009)
Mary Harney: The amounts spent by the Department of Health and Children on taxis for the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 are â¬22,205, â¬21,280, â¬15,238 and â¬6,142 respectively. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Health Services Executive to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy in relation to HSE expenditure.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2009)
Mary Harney: Payments made by my Department in respect of legal fees, the legal costs associated with awards/settlements and similar payments made on behalf of the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal in the years 2006 to date in 2009 are set out in tabular form. 2006 2007 2008 2009 Department of Health & Children â'¬3.931m â'¬4.412m â'¬4.711m â'¬2.782m Hepatitis C and...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2009)
Mary Harney: The detailed information sought by the Deputy has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Jul 2009)
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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (9 Jul 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Jul 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 (9 Jul 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 (9 Jul 2009)
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 Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (9 Jul 2009)
Mary Harney: My Department in conjunction with the HSE will endeavour to compile the data sought by the Deputy in relation to acute public hospital beds and I will be in communication with him in due course.