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- Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 227 and 230 together. In 2005, the Department of Health and Children and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform jointly asked the Health Research Board (HRB) to establish a National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI). The NDRDI data base combines information from four sources â coroners' records; the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry scheme (HIPE); the...
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: At end September 2008 there were 8,670 opiate users on the central treatment list (CTL) for methadone treatment: their geographic spread among the HSE regions was as follows: 4,289 reside in Dublin Mid-Leinster (49.5%); 3,017 reside in Dublin North East (34.8%); 233 reside in the West and (2.7%); 163 reside in the South. (1.9%). In addition 470 (5.4%) of those on the CTL at the end of...
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Under the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme general practitioners hold one of two contract types, i.e. the Fee per Item contract (first introduced in 1972) or the Capitation contract (effective from 1989). These contracts reflect the agreed outcome of negotiations between my Department and the GP representative body, the Irish Medical Organisation. Both contract types contain provisions...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: My Department has made enquiries of the Health Service Executive (HSE) in this matter and has been informed that consultations are in progress between the HSE South and Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin with a view to agreeing a discharge plan to bring the sick baby in question back home to Cork in the coming weeks. I also understand from the HSE that a homecare package has...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The decision to transfer services from St. Luke's was taken by the Government in the context of its consideration of the National Plan for Radiation Oncology Services. The decision is based on expert advice and is designed to ensure that radiation oncology is integrated with all other aspects of cancer care, including surgery and medical oncology. This is in line with best international...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the implementation of the acute hospital co-location initiative rests with the Health Service Executive. My Department has therefore requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the detailed matters raised by the Deputy investigated and a reply issued directly to her.
- Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Legal advice which I obtained in 2004 strongly indicated that Female Genital Mutilation would constitute an offence under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. In September 2006, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in its concluding observations on Ireland's second periodic report urged Ireland to continue its efforts to end the practice of Female Genital...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The information requested regarding consultancy expenditure from 2000 to 2007 is set out in the attached document, a copy of which has issued directly to the Deputy. On foot of a Government decision last July, Departments were required to deliver significant administrative efficiency savings in 2008 and 2009 on both the Administrative Budget area and across Programme spending more generally...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Repayment Scheme and the information sought by the Deputy relates to matters within the area of responsibility of the Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The amount paid by my Department in 2007 in respect of official motor travel in accordance with the rates approved by the Department of Finance was â¬189,231. The breakdown of this figure is as follows: Car type Amount claimed (â¬) up to 4,000 miles Number of claimants Amount claimed (â¬) greater than 4,000 miles Number of claimants Up to 1,200 cc 2,183 10 0 0 Between 1,201 cc and...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive has the operational and funding responsibility for the medical card benefit, it is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has therefore requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to address this matter and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive has the operational and funding responsibility for the medical card benefit, it is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has therefore requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to address this matter and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Services: Pharmacy Services (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive, with the support of my Department, agreed with the Irish Pharmacy Union on 28th April 2008 to address a number of matters including engagement on a new substantive contract and payment of outstanding general round increases. Progress has been made in relation to the general round increases. Engagement on a new contract was deferred pending the judgment of the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The specific question raised by the Deputy relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the HSE under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this regard.
- Written Answers — : (25 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Eligibility Review Team was established in my Department in 2005 to begin working on a new legislative framework to provide for clear statutory provisions on eligibility for health and personal social services. As part of this work the Department is reviewing the eligibility criteria for the assessment of medical cards in the context of financial, medical and social need in line with the...