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Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (1 Jul 2008)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 298 and 301 together. The recruitment pause put in place in September 2007 was initiated as part of the HSE financial break-even plan to facilitate the delivery of services on budget in accordance with the provisions of the 2007 National Service Plan. This pause did not involve random job cuts but did mean that the recruitment of staff to approved positions...

Written Answers — Nursing Education: Nursing Education (1 Jul 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jul 2008)

Mary Harney: The HSE has identified the area of Out-Patient Departments (OPD) as a significant priority in 2008 and has established a Group to review on a national basis how these services operate. This project will be carried out in partnership with the hospitals. Among the issues to be examined will be the referral and booking process for OPD appointments, the operation and management of OPD clinics and...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Jul 2008)

Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE) 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 matter raised by the Deputy in relation to the Mercy University Hospital, Cork. My Department...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Jun 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (26 Jun 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 — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (26 Jun 2008)

Mary Harney: A grant-in-aid differs from other voted grants in that any unexpended balance of the sums issued is not liable to surrender to the Exchequer at the end of the financial year. Officials within my Department have confirmed that there are no grants in aid for the period in question for Votes 39 & 41.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Jun 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 (25 Jun 2008)

Mary Harney: The Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office is an independent office established to provide an appeals service to those who wish to appeal the decision of the Scheme Administrator under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006. My Department has been advised by the Appeals Office that up to the 13th June 2008, 3,359 completed appeal forms have been received. 1,206 of these completed appeal...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Jun 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (25 Jun 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...

Written Answers — Health Service Reform: Health Service Reform (25 Jun 2008)

Mary Harney: Policy in the delivery of health services has been determined by Government as the development of health services in all regions of the country, capable of providing safe, high-quality services that achieve the best possible outcomes for patients in primary care settings or when accessing a hospital service. My Department has developed a broad range of strategy documents and associated...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 Jun 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 — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (25 Jun 2008)

Mary Harney: A Working Group,which includes the social partners, was established to progress Action 80 of the National Drugs Strategy 2001-2008 in relation to potential synergies between the areas of alcohol and drugs. The Working Group has had four meetings to date. The Working Group has considered a discussion paper prepared by its secretariat as well as number of submissions — including one from the...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (25 Jun 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 — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (25 Jun 2008)

Mary Harney: A core function of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is to set standards on safety and quality of health services and to monitor enforcement of those standards in an open and transparent way. The Health Act 2007 gives HIQA strong powers in this area in relation to services provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE) and bodies funded by the HSE to provide services on...

Written Answers — European Directives: European Directives (25 Jun 2008)

Mary Harney: All EU Directives issued since 1973 relevant to this Department have been transposed and implemented into national legislation with the exception of the following Directives: Directive 2003/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the advertising and...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Jun 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 — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (24 Jun 2008)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 134 to 136, inclusive, together. I can confirm that the meetings referred to by the Deputy took place and that the discussions focused only on health related matters.

Written Answers — Primary Care Strategy: Primary Care Strategy (24 Jun 2008)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 137 and 187 together. The key objective of the Primary Care Strategy is to give people direct access to integrated multi-disciplinary teams of general practitioners, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, home helps and others. Membership of primary care teams and networks are drawn from existing professional and other staff working in primary,...