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- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (30 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: In relation to repayments in respect of a deceased relevant person, following consultation with officials of the probate office of the High Court regulations were made under Section 20 of the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 to provide for the establishment of a public register to record the amount of repayment made in respect of a deceased relevant person. The register is maintained by the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: My Department and the Health Service Executive (HSE) have been working closely to expedite the delivery of the National Plan for Radiation Oncology. The HSE has confirmed that it will have in place radiation oncology capacity to meet the needs of the population by 2010. After 2010 the HSE will continue to increase capacity to ensure that these needs continue to be met. I am fully...
- Written Answers — HIV Infection: HIV Infection (30 Jan 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 — HIV Infection: HIV Infection (30 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: HIV and AIDS surveillance is carried out by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC). The number of deaths caused by AIDS reported to the HPSC between 2003 and end of June 2007 was 28.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jan 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 — Pharmaceutical Sector: Pharmaceutical Sector (30 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 298, 435 and 447 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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (30 Jan 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 question raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Education: Nursing Education (30 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: The introduction of nurse/midwife prescribing is a real and significant change in nursing practice in Ireland. There is strong international experience that supports nurse/midwife prescribing as being effective and safe and improving services to patients. The extension of prescriptive authority to nurse and midwives will ensure that patients will receive earlier interventions and therefore...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (30 Jan 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Jan 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 — Judicial Reviews: Judicial Reviews (30 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 304 and 305 together. The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated within my Department and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
- Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (30 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: The Acts sponsored by the Minister for Health and Children which were passed since 2003 are set out below. Any Act which included provisions meeting or reflecting European Union (EU) requirements are shown with an asterisk. The Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2003 and the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2007 amended the Health Insurance Act 1994 which gave effect to the EU's Third...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (30 Jan 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 — Drug Prevention Programmes: Drug Prevention Programmes (30 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and regulations made thereunder regulate and control the import, export, production, supply and possession of a range of named narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances listed in the Schedules to the Act. Substances are scheduled under the Act in accordance with the Department's obligations under international conventions and/or where there is evidence that the...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: Medical cards are made available to persons and their dependants who would otherwise experience undue hardship in meeting the cost of General Practitioner (GP) services. 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 do not qualify for a medical card would not be deterred on cost grounds...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) 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 patients receive the highest quality care while at the same time allowing local access to services, where...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (30 Jan 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 Services: Hospital Services (30 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: The purpose of the Review of Acute Hospital Services in the Health Service Executive South is to identify the appropriate model for acute service provision in the HSE South and to recommend how best to reconfigure acute hospital services in Cork and Kerry to deliver on this model. The HSE has advised my Department that the final draft of the report has been submitted to the National...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: Medical cards are made available to persons and their dependants who would otherwise experience undue hardship in meeting the cost of General Practitioner (GP) services. 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 do not qualify for a medical card would not be deterred on cost grounds...
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (30 Jan 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health and Children allocation of National Lottery funds for 2007 was â¬3.903m. Details of the amounts paid by my Department under the National Lottery discretionary grant scheme in 2007 are set out in the following table. Organisation Amount Paid Purpose ⬠Children in Hospital Ireland, Carmichael Centre, Coleraine House, Coleraine St., Dublin 7 50,000 Towards the cost of...