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- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (29 Oct 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 its Annual Service Plan for the delivery of health and personal social services to the public. The Executive...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Oct 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 — Health Services: Health Services (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Harney: Regulation (EC) 1408/71 provides for the coordination of social security systems, including healthcare, among EU member states, with the aim of ensuring the free movement of persons. It provides, inter alia, that persons and their dependants, who are employed in one member state and residing in another are entitled to receive healthcare provided by the state of residence, as though they were...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Harney: The Government recently announced, as part of its budget proposals, 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. Legislation, which will give...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Harney: The full income guidelines that will apply to applicants for a medical card as of the 1st January 2009 in respect of persons under 70 years of age and persons aged 70 and over are set out in tabular form below. It should be noted that my Department is currently reviewing all legislation relating to eligibility for health and personal social services with a view to making the system as fair...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (29 Oct 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 (29 Oct 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 — Health Services: Health Services (29 Oct 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 — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (29 Oct 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 — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (29 Oct 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 — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Harney: The Vaccine Damage Steering Group was established by my Department to examine this issue. The Group includes representatives from the Department of Health and Children, the Health Service Executive, the Irish Medicines Board and the State Claims Agency. 125 submissions were received following a public invitation in the national press in August 2007. I understand that the Vaccine Damage...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Harney: The following is the position in relation to my Department. The Performance Related Awards Scheme (PRA) was introduced following a decision by the Government on the implementation of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector. Performance awards are made by my Department under the PRA to Deputy and Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades. The operation of the scheme is...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Oct 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 — Health Services: Health Services (29 Oct 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 — Health Services: Health Services (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive has the operational and funding responsibility for Primary Care services, including physiotherapy services, it is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Oct 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 — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (23 Oct 2008)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is presented in the following table. For ease of reference, annual salaries at the end of each year are presented. 31/12/04 31/12/05 31/12/06 31/12/07 23/10/08 ⬠⬠⬠⬠⬠Patricia Ryan 109,244 116,767 127,732 143,450 150,711 Derek Cunningham â 108,713 114,203 116,487 122,384 Oliver O'Connor 114,064 121,919 133,367 143,450 â John...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Oct 2008)
Mary Harney: I am informed by the Health Service Executive that when a person's means are in excess of the relevant income guidelines, the Executive may issue a medical card on a discretionary basis, having considered if the applicant would otherwise be caused undue hardship in providing general medical and surgical services for themselves and their dependants.
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (23 Oct 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive provides free flu vaccine to GPs for all persons over 65. There is no charge for the administration of the vaccine for those over 65 who have a medical card or GP visit card. Where the patient does not have a medical card or GP visit card the fee for administering the vaccine is a matter between the GP and the patient.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (23 Oct 2008)
Mary Harney: Almost 130,000 people work full-time or part-time in our public health services. In recent years, the Government's ongoing high level of investment in health has achieved and maintained significant increases in the numbers of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of such...