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- 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 — Health Services: Health Services (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The provision of the appropriate infrastructure to facilitate the delivery of primary care services is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matters raised by the Deputy investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (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 — 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. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issues raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Services: Pharmacy Services (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150, 157, 158, 175, 176 and 191 together. I welcome the recent decision of the Irish Pharmaceutical Union (IPU) to recommend that its members not proceed with their threatened withdrawal from the GMS and community drugs schemes. This decision followed intensive consultations between the IPU and officials of the Health Service Executive (HSE) and Department of...
- 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. 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 — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (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. 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....
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I would like to inform the Deputy that my Department does not collate information in the manner set out in the question. The number of invoices processed for payment in regard to goods and services is set out in the table below. I would like to assure the Deputy that it is a policy of my Department to adhere to EU Directive 2000/35/EC in relation to prompt payment. All invoices which are...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: Persons and their dependants who would otherwise experience undue hardship in meeting the cost of General Practitioner (GP) services qualify for a medical card, which entitles them to a range of health services free of charge. In 2005, the GP visit card was introduced as a graduated benefit so that people on moderate and lower incomes, particularly parents of young children, who did not...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) has undertaken a scientific assessment of the public health value of HPV following a request from my Department. NIAC and the National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) agreed that this work needed to be complemented by a study of the cost effectiveness of the vaccine in the current Irish context. Accordingly, both organisations requested...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Services: Pharmacy Services (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I welcome the recent decision of the Irish Pharmaceutical Union (IPU) to recommend that its members not proceed with their threatened withdrawal from the GMS and community drugs schemes. This decision followed intensive consultations between the IPU and officials of the Health Service Executive (HSE) and Department of Health and Children. The Government's priority has been to ensure that...
- 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. 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 — Budget Submissions: Budget Submissions (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: During the Annual Estimates process meetings are routinely held within the Department and with officials from the Department of Finance. A variety of officials attend these meetings depending on the issues involved. These meetings help to clarify outstanding issues in relation to the detail of the Estimate and the relative priorities for increased funding. As the meetings can be quite...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: Persons and their dependants who would otherwise experience undue hardship in meeting the cost of General Practitioner (GP) services qualify for a medical card, which entitles them to a range of health services free of charge. In 2005, the GP visit card was introduced as a graduated benefit so that people on moderate and lower incomes, particularly parents of young children, who did not...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 and 163 together. 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...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health 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. 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 (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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: 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 was delayed. The HSE put in place a derogation process...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The provision of the appropriate infrastructure to facilitate the delivery of primary care services is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matters raised by the Deputy investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- 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. Therefore, the Executive 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 the matter...