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- Written Answers — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 318 and 319 together. Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the HSE under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services, including cleaning costs, has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: As the processing of Parliamentary Questions is undertaken as part of the normal day to day work of individual sections within the Department, it is not possible to isolate the administration costs of processing Parliamentary Questions from the overall administrative costs of the Department. For the Deputy's information, in 2007 the Ministers of State and I answered a total of 4,849...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Repayment Scheme commenced in August 2006 with a national public information campaign designed to raise awareness about the Scheme and how potential applicants should go about applying for repayment. At the time of the launch, based on records held by the HSE, it was estimated that potentially around 70,000 people may be eligible to submit an application. Over 36,000 applications...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (5 Feb 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. Over 36,000 applications for living and deceased patients have been received by the Health Repayment Scheme. Over 16,500 of the claims received by the Scheme Administrator have been concluded, which includes over...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: Over 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 healthcare professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of such...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13 and 71 together. The improvement of services to persons with cystic fibrosis has been a priority of mine. The HSE was asked to place a particular focus on the development of services at the National Tertiary Referral Centre at St. Vincent's Hospital. The negative experience recounted by some patients is a matter of concern to me. In 2006 and 2007,...
- Written Answers — Cancer Treatment Services: Cancer Treatment Services (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15, 50 and 136 together. 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 geography. This will involve significant realignment of services to move from the present...
- Written Answers — Pharmaceutical Sector: Pharmaceutical Sector (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 16 and 31 together. Following engagement between the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union (IPU) under Mr Bill Shipsey SC in December 2007, at which the sides did not reach agreement, the HSE has offered a draft interim contract to pharmacists to address their main concerns regarding the alleged impact of the proposed revised...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: Data regarding the percentage of staff on long-term sick leave is collated as part of the HSE's Corporate Performance Measurement Report. This report captures information on staff that are on reduced pay due to sick leave. The last report (for quarter 3, 2007) indicated that 2.1% of staff employed directly by the HSE were on long-term sick leave. The 2008 National Service Plan (NSP) has...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: Approval for an additional Consultant Radiologist has been granted for Kerry General Hospital. This post will facilitate the earlier reporting of x-rays and improve the quality of the service provided to patients. I understand that Kerry General Hospital has an approved complement of 13.5 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) radiographers. The HSE, in line with the terms of Towards 2016, has initiated...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has informed my Department that Horwath Consulting Ireland in association with Teamwork Management Services are undertaking on behalf of the Executive a strategic review of acute hospital services in the Mid West. The consultants have been asked to make recommendations on the options for the future configuration of clinical services, including A&E, critical care,...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 20, 46, 59, 72 and 135 together. The Health Service Executive recently published a Review of Acute Bed Capacity carried out by PA Consulting together with a HSE discussion document which proposes an integrated approach to health service delivery that seeks to achieve the right balance between in-patient, day case and community based care. The Review found...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: Talks with the Irish Hospital Consultants Association came to a successful conclusion on 25th January 2008. The Independent Chairperson of the negotiations, Mark Connaughton SC, is preparing a report setting out the agreed terms. A new employment contract will then be drafted. There will be three types of contract Type A (Salary up to â¬240,000) â consultants will be paid a public salary...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: I am satisfied that this Government has a clear democratic mandate for the co location initiative. The co-location initiative aims to make available approximately 1,000 public acute hospital beds for public patients, beds that are currently being used by private patients. In accordance with the competitive dialogue procurement process which is being used, the Board of the HSE approved in...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: The most effective strategy for the prevention of cervical cancer requires decisions based on an assessment of the relative contributions of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination and cervical screening in reducing the burden of both existing and projected cervical precancerous changes and cervical cancer. Issues to be examined include the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: Entitlement to health services in Ireland is primarily based on residency and means. Any person, regardless of nationality, who is accepted by the Health Service Executive (HSE) as being ordinarily resident in Ireland is entitled to either full eligibility (Category 1, i.e. medical card holders) or limited eligibility (Category 2) for health services. Where a person stays temporarily in...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: During the latter half of 2006, 52 posts were approved by the Health Service Executive to enhance infection control in the Country's hospitals. These posts included Senior Pharmacists, Senior Infection Control Nurses and Surveillance Scientists. A recruitment process was initiated immediately on receipt of the formal approval of the posts in September 2006. To date, a total of 34.5 WTE...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: Under Section 31 of the Health Act, 2004 the Health Service Executive must prepare and submit its annual National Service Plan for the coming year to the Minister for approval. The National Service Plan (NSP) must indicate the type and volume of health and personal social services to be provided by the Health Service Executive for the financial resources provided in its Vote. The format and...
- Written Answers — Health Service Reports: Health Service Reports (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 30 and 73 together. The HSE has advised that the review of the mammography services in Portlaoise is complete. Nine women were identified as having a diagnosis of cancer. All nine women have been offered appropriate treatment and counselling. A clinical review of ultrasounds at Portlaoise is also complete and no cancers were detected in this review. The...
- Written Answers — Medical Education: Medical Education (31 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 32 and 122 together. It is recognised that the number of General Practitioners (GPs) being trained at present is not sufficient to meet anticipated manpower need. In 2004, My Department agreed with the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) that the number of GP vocational training places should be increased from 84 to 150 on a phased basis over three...