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- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (8 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: A new agreement with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, representing research-based pharmaceutical manufacturers, was negotiated by a HSE-led team, including representatives from my Department, in 2006. A separate agreement was concluded with the Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of Ireland, representing the generic manufacturers, in October 2006. Both agreements...
- Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (8 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 issues raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The capital amounts invested on Information Systems and Related Services by the HSE in the years in question were as follows: 2005 â â¬49,028,000; 2006 â â¬22,284,000; 2007 (Provisional outturn figure) â â¬22,661,000. The 2007 figure includes â¬245,835 spent on upgrading of the HSE website. A further amount of â¬89,500 approximately will be spent this year with the new website...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: People 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Correspondence has been received in my Department in relation to cancer services at Sligo General Hospital. The Health Service Executive has designated University College Hospital Galway and Limerick Regional Hospital as the two cancer centres in the Managed Cancer Control Network for the HSE Western Region, which includes Sligo. The designation of cancer centres aims to ensure that...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (8 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The assessment of eligibility to medical cards and GP visit cards is statutorily a matter for the Health Service Executive and, with the exception of persons aged 70 and over who have an automatic entitlement to a medical card, is determined following an examination of the means of the applicant and his/her dependants. Under Section 45 of the Health Act 1970, medical cards are provided for...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The Group is continuing with its consideration of this matter, and is consulting with a number of representative bodies and individuals. I look forward to receiving its final recommendations shortly.
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (3 Apr 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 — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I understand from the Health Service Executive (HSE), that owing to regulatory difficulties being experienced by the manufacturer of the BCG vaccine, there was a shortage of the vaccine throughout the country from late 2007. This was a Europe wide problem as the manufacturer in question is the only company which supplies the vaccine to the European Market. Unfortunately, it is not possible to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 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 has informed my Department that a reply issued to the Deputy on 12th March 2008.
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 70 together. The reduction in the wholesale mark-up paid on the price of drugs and medicines under the GMS and community drugs schemes is part of a process aimed at reforming all aspects of the drugs supply chain from the manufacturer to the patient. The existing wholesale mark-up in the range of 15% to 17.6% is neither reasonable nor sustainable. The...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of appointments to State boards, bodies or committees made since July 2007, along with the requested information on current and future vacancies, is set out in the following tables. Information is respect of the publication of names in Iris Oifigiúil has been requested from the relevant areas of my Department and will be forwarded directly...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Regulation of the nursing and midwifery professions, including the setting of requirements and standards in relation to the education programmes for registration, is the statutory responsibility of An Bord Altranais. The Board is a broadly representative body. The twenty nine members include seventeen elected by nurses who are representative of all the divisions of the register. In November...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The HSE's Winter Initiative is specifically aimed at addressing the particular challenges to the Health System during the Winter Months and a range of initiatives developed across the system is focusing on internal processes within hospitals and the ability of both hospitals and community to provide integrated services to enable appropriate placing of patients in hospitals and community...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Apr 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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The Primary Care Strategy aims to develop services in the community to give people direct access to integrated multi-disciplinary teams of general practitioners, nurses, home helps, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and others. It has been estimated that up to 95% of people's health and social services needs can be properly met within a primary care setting and the establishment of...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services, including ambulance 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...
- Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 73 to 75, inclusive, together. The Government's sustained high level of investment in health care has enabled the completion and commissioning of numerous new facilities in both the acute and the non-acute sectors. This year, overall capital funding of approximately â¬594m has been provided to the Health Service Executive. In drawing up its Capital Plan the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Apr 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 Services: Health Services (3 Apr 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.