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- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The management of waiting lists generally is a matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE) in accordance with its operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services. Therefore, the HSE is the appropriate body to consider the matter raised by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the HSE to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 May 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 (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The Group is continuing with its consideration of this matter and I look forward to receiving its final recommendations.
- Written Answers — Departmental Audits: Departmental Audits (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator K.P.M.G. and McCann Fitzgerald. The HSE has advised my Department that in the normal course of events a Value for Money audit would be carried out on completion of a particular project or assignment of work. The work in relation to the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 May 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. The Executive, therefore, is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 May 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. This includes decisions in relation to the scheduling of orthopaedic procedures at Tallaght Hospital. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has advised my Department that since the commencement of the Health Repayment Scheme in August 2006, over 36,000 applications have been received. Letters of offer have been sent to in excess of 13,000 claimants and almost 9,500 of these have been paid. The breakdown of claimants paid on a county basis is provided in the accompanying table. The HSE have advised...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The primary remit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund is to facilitate patients who are longest on waiting lists for surgery. The scheduling of admissions is a matter for the relevant Consultant and is determined on the basis of medical priority and having regard to available capacity. The question of the treatment appropriate to the circumstances of each individual patient is a matter...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The HSE is undertaking a strategic review of acute hospital services in the Mid-West region. The review is focussing on identifying the most appropriate configuration of acute hospital services in the Mid-West including arrangements for A&E, critical care, acute medicine and surgery, together with diagnostic services, so that the highest quality of care can be delivered to the population....
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I am aware of the results of the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) Manpower Survey 2008. The number of General Practitioners who are in active practice is about 2,500. This equates to approximately 0.5 GPs per 1000 of the population, a ratio that is low by comparison with other EU and OECD countries. I recognise there is a need to increase the number of GPs to take account of the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: With regard to the request for direct Irish Government funding for the exon skipping research project, there is no mechanism or budget for Government funding to U.K. health research. The Deputy's question also 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...
- Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 135 and 136 together. 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 the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The management of waiting lists generally is a matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE) in accordance with its operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services. Therefore, the HSE is the appropriate body to consider the matter raised by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the HSE to...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (8 May 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 — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: While no medicine is entirely without risk, the benefits of Prozac for the indications for which it is licensed far outweigh any potential associated risks. All patients being prescribed Prozac are informed by the prescriber regarding the correct use of the product. Furthermore, all the information relating to the correct use of the product and the precautions and warnings for its use are...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: As part of the Multi-Annual Investment Programme 2006-2009 under the Disability Strategy, the Government provided the Health Service Executive with an additional â¬75m in both 2006 and 2007. This funding included monies to provide new and enhanced services for people with disabilities, to implement Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005, which came into effect on June 1st 2007 for the under 5's...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: As part of the Multi-Annual Investment Programme 2006-2009 under the Disability Strategy, the Government provided the Health Service Executive with an additional â¬75 million in both 2006 and 2007. This funding included monies to provide new and enhanced services for people with disabilities, to implement Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005, which came into effect on June 1st 2007 for the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 May 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, including the payment of travel allowances to eligible personnel, has been provided as part of its overall vote. The Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issues...
- Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (8 May 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I have identified the enhancement of services to persons with cystic fibrosis as a key priority over recent years. Development funding of â¬6.78m has been allocated to the Health Service Executive since 2006 to facilitate the recruitment of specialist staff in this area. Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the...