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- Written Answers — Pharmacy Training: Pharmacy Training (30 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) has statutory responsibility for overseeing pharmacy education and training. Pharmacy graduates are obliged under national and EU law to undertake one year of post graduation practical training, of which a minimum of 6 months must be in the community or hospital sectors. This period of "pre-registration" training is supervised by a practising...
- Written Answers — Health Service Reports: Health Service Reports (30 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: As I previously indicated to the Deputy I received a briefing recently from the Health Service Executive and the consultants who prepared the report on the key findings of the independent study which it commissioned on a possible location for the new Regional Hospital. My Department and I did not receive a draft copy of the report.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (30 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald. The HSE have informed my Department that the scheme administrator and other private companies were paid â¬2,030,802 in 2006, â¬2,760,513 in 2007 and â¬2,448,600 to 31 March 2008 totalling â¬7,239,915.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Apr 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 — Hospital Expenditure: Hospital Expenditure (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Hospital hygiene is essential for the health and safety of patients, visitors and staff alike. It is a priority for me and I believe that patients are entitled to the highest possible hygiene standards in our hospitals. In recent years the HSE has significantly improved its range and standard of hygiene services as part of its National Infection Control Plan. I welcome the fact that some...
- Written Answers — Patient Care: Patient Care (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 19, 70 and 161 together. The Fitzgerald report for the Board of the HSE about the management of events at Portlaoise identified systemic weaknesses of governance, management and communication within the HSE. Arising from that report, I asked the Chairman of the HSE to consider whether the lessons from the report have wider application across the HSE and its...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 21 and 27 together. The Teamwork Report, prepared for the Health Service Executive, has helped to inform the approach being adopted in relation to the Transformation Programme. The report clearly indicated that the current service configuration in the North East region is unsustainable. It recommended a reconfiguration of hospital services across the existing...
- Written Answers — Health Service Executive Appointments: Health Service Executive Appointments (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Section 11(2) of the Health Act 2004 provides that appointments to the Board of the Health Service Executive are to be made from among persons who, in the Minister's opinion, have sufficient experience and expertise relating to matters connected with the Executive's functions to enable them to make a substantial contribution to the performance of those functions. Both Board Members referred...
- Written Answers — Hospital Inquiries: Hospital Inquiries (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep regret over this incident. The immediate priority must be to ensure that the child in question is provided with all necessary medical care and that the family receives full support. An investigation into this case is already underway. It will be carried out in two phases. The first phase involves an internal review to establish the...
- Written Answers — Health Care Associated Infections: Health Care Associated Infections (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Tackling all Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAIs) continues to be a priority for the Government and the Health Service Executive (HSE). The HSE launched a National Infection Control Action Plan in March 2007. An Infection Control Steering Group, chaired by Dr. Pat Doorley, National Director (Population Health) is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the plan. Over the next...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The death last year in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda of the woman concerned and her infant son was a terrible tragedy. The recent publication of a report on the case by a Review Team commissioned by the Health Service Executive set out the failures, both systemic and diagnostic, which led to the fatalities. The staffing levels at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital clearly relate to the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Significant developments to enhance the services at Ennis General Hospital have taken place over the past few years. The â¬39m capital development project for Ennis was approved to stage 3 in 2006 and planning permission was granted in 2007. The HSE is undertaking a strategic review of acute hospital services in the Mid-West region. The review is focussing on identifying the best...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Some 184,159 people attended at 34 A&E departments in January and February this year. Of these, about 61,000, or one-third, were admitted as in-patients. The vast majority of these patients were admitted without delay. The HSE reports daily on the numbers of the remaining patients at 2 p.m. who are not admitted immediately. They break this down in waiting times between 0-6 hours, 6-12...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Apr 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 37 and 52 together. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that it has conducted a review of services at Roscommon County Hospital and at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe. The review was initiated in response to concerns raised by Comhairle na nOspideal about the current service configuration for surgery and anaesthetics, at Roscommon and...
- Written Answers — Health Care Associated Infections: Health Care Associated Infections (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I would like to assure the Deputy that tackling all Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAIs), including MRSA and C Difficile, continues to be a priority for the Government and for the Health Service Executive (HSE). Since 2002 MRSA cases have been collated by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre â Ireland's specialist agency for the surveillance of communicable diseases â via the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I take it that the Deputy is referring to the project at St Vincent's Hospital, the National Adult Tertiary Centre for the treatment of persons with cystic fibrosis. I identified the need to improve services for persons with cystic fibrosis as a priority in the Estimates process over recent years. Since 2006, additional revenue funding of â¬6.78m has been allocated to the HSE to develop...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Apr 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 Services: Hospital Services (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The specific question raised by the Deputy in relation to progress under the HSE National Cancer Control Programme relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the HSE under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (29 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The review of the work of the temporary pathologist at Cork University Hospital referred to by the Deputy is near completion and the report is expected to be published in the very near future.