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- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 193 to 197, inclusive, and 200 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 has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issues raised by...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services Funding: Hospital Services Funding (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The hospitals which are directly managed by the HSE and voluntary hospitals which are funded by the HSE are allocated budgets annually by the Executive in accordance with the National Service Plan, which the Executive must submit each year to me for my approval following the publication by the Government of the Estimates for the Public Services. As the HSE has its own Vote expenditure on the...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to the operation of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, my Department has asked the Chief Executive of the Fund to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the information requested.
- Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (18 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 of...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: With effect from the 1st January 2009, new income thresholds will apply for entitlement to a medical card for those aged 70 and over. The thresholds are â¬700 (gross) per week for a single person and â¬1400 (gross) per week for a couple. It is expected that 95% of those aged 70 or over (about 330,000 out of 353,000) will get a medical card under the new arrangements announced by the...
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Co-operatives: General Practitioner Co-operatives (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Out of hours co-operatives allow general practitioners to put in place arrangements to provide services to their patients, while their surgeries are closed in the evenings, on weekends and bank holidays. The development of GP co-operatives is in line with the overall health service policy of strengthening primary care services and ensuring that to the greatest extent possible, people's care...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (18 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. 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. The...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (18 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. 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. The...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (18 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. 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. The...
- Written Answers — Patient Safety: Patient Safety (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Following the publication by a Sub-Committee of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children of its Report on the Adverse Side Effects of Pharmaceuticals in April 2007, the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) initiated a process to carefully examine the various items raised. This process involved the appointment of independent external consultants and experts in the field of...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (18 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (18 Nov 2008)
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 the Annual Service Plan for the delivery of health and personal social services to the public. Therefore, the...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Details of the number of medical card holders are supplied to my Department each month by the Health Service Executive. 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 persons circumstances. The number of net new medical card holders in...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the funding, 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 — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Under the 1970 Health Act, the Health Service Executive may arrange for the supply, without charge, of drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances to people with a specified condition, for the treatment of that condition, through the Long Term Illness Scheme (LTI). The LTI does not cover GP fees or hospital co-payments. The conditions are: mental handicap, mental illness (for people...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Entitlement to public health services in Ireland is primarily based on residency and means. Any person, regardless of nationality, who is accepted by the Health Service Executive (HSE) as being ordinarily resident in Ireland is entitled to either full eligibility (Category 1, i.e. medical card holders) or limited eligibility (Category 2) for health services. Persons in Category 1 are...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: When a person is authorised to receive treatment abroad under Regulation (EC) 1408/71, Form E112 is issued by the HSE and is confirmation that the HSE will bear the cost of the treatment. There is no entitlement for a patient who receives treatment abroad under these arrangements to receive a reimbursement of their travel expenses. It is at the discretion of the HSE to reimburse any...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Benchmarking Awards: Benchmarking Awards (18 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Since the establishment of the Health Service Executive, the role of my Department has changed to a stronger policy and performance evaluation role. The Department's role is focused on ensuring that health services are delivered in accordance with Government policy, and thus involves more direct interaction with agencies and other service providers than with the general public. However,...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (18 Nov 2008)
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 the Annual Service Plan for the delivery of health and personal social services to the public. Therefore, the...