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Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (17 Dec 2008)

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

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 to 237, inclusive, together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — : (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: Medical consultants working in the public health service are remunerated by way of salary. Their salary scales are included in the Consolidated Salary Scale Reports which are periodically produced by my Department and published on the Department's website at www.dohc.ie/publications.

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: Since December 2007, three Blackberries have been reported lost or stolen from members of staff in separate incidents. I understand that no sensitive or private data were contained on these devices.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to my Department is contained in the table below. My Department has also requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Health Service Executive to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy on this matter. The information in relation to the other state agencies under the aegis of my Department is not readily available and will be...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: My Department has strict policies and procedures in place to ensure compliance with Department of Finance Guidelines on travel and subsistence. Along with most other Departments, it uses the services of a travel agent who was awarded a contract following a selection process co-ordinated by the Department of Finance. As part of its remit, this agent provides a hotel booking service at...

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: The following table lists the operational servers run directly by my Department, categorised as small, medium and large by their disk capacities in Gigabytes. Capacity Number of Servers Less than 100GB 38 Between 100GB and 500GB 27 Greater than 500GB 8 In relation to information on computer servers used by the HSE this is a service matter and it has been referred to HSE for a direct...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Dec 2008)

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 — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: The cost benefit analysis has been completed and is currently under consideration by the HSE.

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: Tackling all Health Care Associated Infections (HCAIs), including MRSA, continues to be a priority for the Government and the Health Service Executive (HSE). HCAIs are not a new phenomenon and have always been a potential complication of medical treatment, especially in hospitals. This is the case worldwide. It should be noted that if a patient is diagnosed with a bloodstream infection at...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: Following the Government decision to withdraw automatic entitlement to a medical card for persons aged 70 and over and to raise the means assessment threshold for persons in that age cohort, it is estimated that approximately 5% (20,000) of the current medical card holders aged 70 and over will no longer qualify for a medical card. The estimated 5% figure of persons aged 70 and over, who...

Written Answers — : (17 Dec 2008)

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 — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (17 Dec 2008)

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 (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: The aim of the acute hospital co-location initiative is to make available approximately 1,000 additional public acute hospital beds for public patients by transferring private activity, with some limited exceptions, from public acute hospitals to co-located private hospitals. Significant progress has been made on the implementation of the co-location initiative. The Board of the HSE has...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: My Department does not receive any additional funding for incremental progression. Therefore, there is no specific budget provided in any year for the payment of increments, as my Department is expected to meet such costs, if any, from within its overall pay allocation. The costs, if any, arising in relation to this matter will vary based upon the length of service of existing staff and...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: As the Deputy will be aware my Department is not one of the Departments scheduled for decentralisation under the Government's Decentralisation Programme. To date fifty-five civil servants have transferred to decentralising Departments from my Department. Further details in respect of the transfer of these officers are available from the decentralising Departments.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: The following table outlines the number of staff (wholetime equivalent), broken down by grade and PRSI class (i.e. Class A Full, Class B Modified), employed in my Department as at 30th November 2008. The figures are based on the monthly returns made to the Department of Finance and include staff seconded in to my Department. Grade Wholetime equivalent Secretary General 1 Assistant...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise that the numbers employed, in the public health service (excluding State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of my Department), for the years 2002 to September 2008 are as follows: Numbers (in wholetime equivalent terms) employed in the public health service from 2002 to 2008 (source: Health Service Personnel Census) Dec 2002 Dec 2003 Dec 2004 Dec 2005 Dec 2006 Dec 2007 Sept...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise that the services and functions of the public health service are located at numerous locations throughout the country. The numbers employed in the public health service (excluding State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of my Department), by HSE region and grade category, are set out in the following table: Numbers (in wholetime equivalent terms) employed in the public...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 Dec 2008)

Mary Harney: The programme of rationalisation in the health sector involves a total of 15 agencies as follows: 3 agencies are to be amalgamated to form a new Public Health and Medicines Safety Authority Food Safety Authority of Ireland Office of Tobacco Control Irish Medicines Board 6 agencies are to be integrated into the Health Service Executive National Cancer Screening Service National Cancer Registry...