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Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (23 Jun 2009)

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

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (23 Jun 2009)

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

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (23 Jun 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 (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: In order to implement savings measures on public service numbers, the Government introduced a moratorium on recruitment, promotion, or payment of an allowance for the performance of duties at a higher grade with effect from 27 March 2009 to end 2010. A HSE circular has issued which gives effect to the Government decision in the public health services and other specific aspects of the...

Written Answers — Ministerial Meetings: Ministerial Meetings (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: A meeting has been arranged between myself and this group for today, 23 June 2009.

Written Answers — Medical Council: Medical Council (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 181 together. The Medical Council is the statutory body charged with responsibility for the registration and regulation of medical practitioners in the State. Matters relating to the investigation of complaints regarding registered medical practitioners are undertaken by the Council in accordance with the Medical Practitioners Act. Although I am...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: In March 1995 the former North Eastern Health Board informed the Department of Health and Children of the allegations made against the person concerned. They also informed the Department that they were looking into the matter. The person concerned agreed to absent himself from duties from March 1995 to August 1995. In August 1995 the person concerned took leave of absence and has not worked...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (23 Jun 2009)

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

Written Answers — Medical Council Investigations: Medical Council Investigations (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: The name of the person concerned was removed from the Medical Register in November 2008. I am informed by the Medical Council that it notifies all EU medical regulatory authorities when a doctor has been struck off in this jurisdiction. In addition, where the Council is aware that the doctor has a relationship with a medical regulatory authority outside the EU, it notifies any such...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 and 186 together. As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. The National Treatment Purchase Fund arranges treatment for patients who have been on a surgical waiting list for more than three months. It is open to the person in question or anyone acting on their behalf to contact the Fund directly in...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: My Department has made enquiries of the Health Service Executive regarding the status of its reply to the Deputy's Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 26th May 2009 and the Executive reports that a reply will issue to the Deputy today in this matter.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 193 and 197 together. My Department issued a suite of three circulars to the HSE on 15 May 2009, which provided for the Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement (8/2009), the Incentivised Career Break Scheme (Circular 9/2009) and the Shorter Working Year (10/2009), as announced by the Minister for Finance in his Supplementary Budget Statement of 7 April 2009....

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (23 Jun 2009)

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

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: In the context of the current economic difficulties and in accordance with a recent High Court settlement agreement between the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) and the Health Service Executive (HSE), a two phased process is underway to reduce the working hours of non-consultant hospital doctors (NCHDs) to comply with European Working Time Directive (EWTD) requirements to increase flexibility...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Jun 2009)

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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Jun 2009)

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 (23 Jun 2009)

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

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Jun 2009)

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 — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) was established to tackle the issue of excessive waiting times for hospital treatment for public patients. The Fund has been very successful in fulfilling this remit and has arranged treatment for over 145,000 patients to date. On average, public patients are now waiting 2.6 months for their operations, down from two-to-five years before the NTPF...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Harney: Following enactment of the Health Act 2008, the Health Service Executive (HSE) wrote to all medical card holders aged 70 years and over in January 2009. Persons who were in receipt of a medical card on a non means tested basis were requested, if over the income limits set out in the Act, to make a declaration to the Executive, on or before the 2nd March 2009. To-date, 19,954 medical cards...