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Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (14 Feb 2008)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 and 79 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 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...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (14 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 this matter addressed and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Feb 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 (14 Feb 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 report and recommendations shortly.

Written Answers — Health Reports: Health Reports (14 Feb 2008)

Mary Harney: I am conscious of the complex range of social and environmental circumstances which affect Fettercairn and a number of other disadvantaged urban areas around the country. The health services have a key role to play in working with communities and a range of other statutory and non-statutory interests to ensure a co-ordinated and integrated response in such areas. I am also aware of the...

Written Answers — Health Reports: Health Reports (14 Feb 2008)

Mary Harney: These issues are for the relevant local authority to consider.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Feb 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (14 Feb 2008)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 86, 87 and 94 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 number of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Feb 2008)

Mary Harney: The decisions of the HSE to designate four managed cancer control networks and eight cancer centres will be implemented on a managed and phased basis. Prof. Tom Keane took up his post as National Cancer Control Director in November 2007. The delivery of cancer services on a programmatic basis will serve to ensure equity of access to services and equality of patient outcome irrespective of...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Feb 2008)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89 and 90 together. I am aware of the concerns previously raised regarding the level of service to be provided at Tallaght in the context of the development of the National Paediatric Hospital. It should be noted that currently the vast majority of children attending the National Children's Hospital Emergency Department do not require admission, and will...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (14 Feb 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Feb 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (14 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. 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. The...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (14 Feb 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2008)

Mary Harney: Statutory responsibility for the collation, management and publication of data on waiting times and numbers of persons waiting for surgical procedures rests with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). My Department has, therefore, asked the Chief Executive of the NTPF to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the information requested.

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (14 Feb 2008)

Mary Harney: At present I do not have any plans to establish a new register specifically for recording deaths from hospital acquired infections. However, the monitoring and control of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAIs) is a priority for this Government and the HSE. A HCAI is an infection that someone may get after a stay in hospital or after receiving medical treatment. Such infections are most...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Feb 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2008)

Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to 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 (14 Feb 2008)

Mary Harney: The Department has been advised by the Health Service Executive (HSE) that it is progressing with the task of transferring past interest retained on invested Patient Private Property Accounts. A process to undertake this transfer has been agreed and the HSE is now making final arrangements to commence repayments, initially for the period 2005-2006. The Department has been advised by the HSE...

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 Feb 2008)

Mary Harney: I have no current plans to regulate the provision of hearing aids in the private sector.