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- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (28 Feb 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 (28 Feb 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 (28 Feb 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 the matter investigated and have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Feb 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 Promotion: Health Promotion (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: While I am committed to the introduction of graphic colour warnings on tobacco products, no decision has been taken on a date for their introduction. However, as a first step, the Office for Tobacco Control has arranged for pre-testing of images to select the preferred image for each of the 14 warnings and the results of this research will shortly be presented to my Department.
- Written Answers — Health Promotion: Health Promotion (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: Two such meetings took place: officials of my Department met representatives of the companies that comprise the Irish Tobacco Manufacturers Advisory Committee ( P.J. Carroll & Company Limited, John Player & Sons Limited and Gallagher (Dublin) Limited) on 25 October last â and Philip Morris Limited on 2 November last. Both meetings took place in the main office of my Department (Hawkins...
- Written Answers — Health Promotion: Health Promotion (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: A new Board will be appointed shortly.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Feb 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 — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (28 Feb 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.
- Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I never knew Deputy O'Connor lived in Tallaght.
- Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I would have wished an opportunity to respond to the debate but I will respond to the question. As a preliminary response I point out that in a developed country such as ours there is no group in society that does better than professionals. I remember making this point four years ago during discussion of the legislation to establish the Personal Injuries Assessment Board. The same...
- Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I have here correspondence from the companies that were mentioned. Deputy Calleary mentioned diabetes and insulin. One of the companies is Janssen and the other is Sanofi.
- Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy said the companies were going to charge more than they would be reimbursed.
- Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The letter from Janssen states: "The cost of product supplied to wholesalers and therefore retailers will be equalised". From John McLaughlin, Sanofi: "The arrangements will continue as normal in relation to pricing". Many of the manufacturers, including GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, and Wyeth, have got reassurances from the wholesalers. The drugs business is big business.
- Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: There is no question, in my opinion, of anybody staying in business if customers are to be charged more than they are being reimbursed. One does not need to be a rocket scientist or an economist or have a qualification in international studies to know that. If, at the end of the month when the invoices are issued by the wholesalers, there is any pharmacist that is being charged more than he...
- Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)
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- Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: They are letters from the people who make arrangements with wholesalers to get their products to the patients.
- Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: We want to negotiate a new contract and we want a flat fee for dispensing. The expertise of pharmacists is dispensing medication. It is crazy that we give pharmacists, through the DPS, a mark-up of 50% and a dispensing fee of â¬2.68, while they also get an 8% discount from the wholesalers which is not part of the contract between the State and the pharmacists. That, as pointed out by the...
- Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: Mr. Tim O'Malley's letter was sent to me last night but has not appeared in the newspapers today. He must have sent it to the Deputies opposite. I do not agree with the letter â he is a pharmacist. Mr. O'Malley and I have never agreed on this issue. When the former Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, removed the restriction in 2002 Mr. O'Malley used similar language to me....
- Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: It will not be taken from the fees of pharmacists. Presumably, it will be taken from discounts.