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- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Arising from the Government decision of 8 July 2008 on expenditure measures, a comprehensive programme of agency rationalisation is to be implemented across the public service. A programme of agency rationalisation in the health sector involves a total of fifteen agencies which includes the National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery. It currently has a staff of...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Arising from the Government decision of 8 July 2008 on expenditure measures, a comprehensive programme of agency rationalisation is to be implemented across the public service. As part of this programme, three agencies, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, the Irish Medicines Board and the Office of Tobacco Control will be amalgamated to form a new Public Health and Medicines Safety...
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's colleagues were there. Deputy Deirdre Clune was there.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Is Deputy Bannon against private hospitals?
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: How many 80 year olds wantââ
- Written Answers — Assisted Human Reproduction: Assisted Human Reproduction (19 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 130 and 131 together. As I indicated in response to a Question on 29 October last, I am conscious of the financial burden that IVF treatment can place on the couples concerned and have asked my Department to consider policy in this regard as part of the process of developing an appropriate regulatory framework for this area. Any proposals that might emerge...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 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 — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (19 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 and 147 together. The Deputies specific questions in relation to the roll out of BreastCheck to Counties Clare and Donegal are the responsibility of the National Cancer Screening Service. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Chief Executive Officer of the Service to respond directly to the Deputies in this regard.
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (19 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 134 and 135 together. 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, including ambulance services, has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 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 — Health Services: Health Services (19 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 — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (19 Nov 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. The policy direction on the acute hospital co location initiative which issued to the HSE in July 2005 did not...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 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. Therefore the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested that the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive investigate the matter and issue a...
- Written Answers — Private Health Insurance: Private Health Insurance (19 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: A primary objective of Government policy in health insurance is that it should be affordable for the broadest possible cross section of the community including older people and those who suffer ill-health. This policy objective has been implemented through a substantial body of primary and secondary legislation providing for open enrolment, community rating and lifetime cover. Following the...
- Written Answers — State Property: State Property (19 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Information on the annual rental expenditure on leased and rented property for 2003 and 2004 was held by the former Health Boards and the Eastern Regional Authority. 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. Therefore the Executive is the appropriate body to...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (19 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: As I have already indicated, I accept fully the expert advice provided to me in support of the introduction of such a programme. However, I also have a responsibility as Minister to consider this and many other competing priorities within the overall resources available to the health services. Some initial planning and preparatory work on the introduction of such a programme was carried out...
- Written Answers — Illegal Substances: Illegal Substances (19 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the sale of products associated with the consumption of illegal drugs and whether current legislation is deficient in this regard. I am aware that a range of substances often referred to by the generic term 'legal highs', which mimic or cause effects similar to illicit substances, are available in so-called 'head shops' and are currently not scheduled under...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189 and 190 together. The management of hospital services generally, including out-patient waiting lists, is a matter for the Health Service Executive and the individual hospitals concerned. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matters raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Government recently announced the withdrawal of automatic entitlement to the medical card from people aged 70 years and over and the introduction of new income thresholds for entitlement to a medical card for those aged 70 and over of â¬700 (gross) per week for a single person and â¬1,400 (gross) per week for a couple with effect from 1st January, 2009. As part of the means test, any...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Board of the Health Service Executive (HSE) has approved preferred bidder status for the development of co-located hospitals at Beaumont, Cork University, Limerick Regional, St. James's, Waterford Regional and Sligo General Hospitals. Connolly Hospital and Tallaght Hospital, which are also participating in the co-location initiative, are at an earlier stage of the procurement process. A...