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Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: The expert advice from BreastCheck and from the National Cancer Forum, as contained in the National Strategy for Cancer Control, is that following the national extension of the programme, the upper age limit should be extended to women aged 69 years. The priority of BreastCheck is to screen women who have not yet been screened and accordingly it is fully focussed at present on the completion...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Dec 2007)

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 — Health Services: Health Services (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: The Primary Care Strategy aims to increase health service capacity through the development of services in the community to give people direct access to integrated multidisciplinary 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...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Dec 2007)

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 — Hospital Car Parks: Hospital Car Parks (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 244 and 266 together. 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...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 245 and 247 together. There are 5 Civil Servants assigned to the Department's Press Office as follows: 1 Higher Executive Officer; 2 Executive Officers; and 2 Clerical Officers. The associated annual pay cost for these civil servants is €346,489 (calculated on the mean of the scale). There is also one Special Advisor in my Department who acts as my Press...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: 158 newspapers are purchased daily, consisting of the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, Irish Star, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Daily Mail, Irish News, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian and Evening Herald. 20 newspapers are purchased weekly, comprising the Saturday Independent, Saturday Irish Times, Saturday Sun, Sat Guardian, Sunday Independent, Sunday Star, Sunday...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: During the period concerned, my Department primarily retained the services of public relations / communications and advertising consultancy firms to implement national health promotion campaigns. The related expenditure set out in the table covers a variety of services ranging from the provision of advice, through the cost of purchasing advertising space, to organising events. The table...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: The table details the number of press advisors employed by my Department and the cost of such advice for each year of service from 1997 to date in 2007. Year Number of Press Advisors Period of Employment Salary â'¬ 1997 Nil 1998 Nil 1999 Nil 2000 Nil 2001 Nil 2002 1 19/08/2002-31/12/2002 50,197 2003 1 01/01/2003-31/12/2003 72,609 2004 1 01/01/2004-07/10/2004 64,847...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: Cards are issued to me as Minister and to two nominated officers, namely the Registrar of the Adoption Board and the Accountant. In previous years a number of other cards were held by nominated officers in my Department and offices under the remit of my Department such as the Secretary General, the National Children's Office, the Ombudsman for Children, the Hepatitis C & HIV Compensation...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: The table sets out the cost of photography services provided to my Department, for ministerial and other official purposes, in the period concerned: Year â'¬ 1997 3,767.40 1998 3,725.65 1999 4,021.22 2000 16,168.98 2001 10,126.25 2002 18,534.70 2003 13,947.45 2004 27,846.57 2005 11,495.23 2006 8,113.82 2007 (to date) 7,938.09

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: On the basis of records supplied to me by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the following were the costs for media presentation for me as Minister in the periods indicated below. € July 2000 to November 2000 2,320.00 Dec 2000 to July 2001 5,335.61 August 2001 to April 2003 12,375.00 May 2003 to July 2003 3,380.00 Sept 2003 to Nov 2003 2,990.00 Dec 2003 to March...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: My Department's official spend on entertainment, including State Receptions and other Official Functions is set out below: Year Cost € 1997 182,050 1998 191,826 1999 191,256 2000 214,308 2001 229,642 2002 343,973 2003 426,914 2004 361,039 2005 470,527 2006 438,857 2007 337,678

Written Answers — Government Information Services: Government Information Services (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: The Government Information Service provides my Department with summary news updates, covering all major news items, throughout the day. My Department's Press Office internally circulates the summaries of the 8.00 a.m. and 9.00 a.m. news programmes and Morning Ireland headlines, by email to senior managers. My Special Advisor in the media area discusses health related items in the news...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: My press adviser accompanies me on most official engagements.

Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: The information requested is being collated in my Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: The information requested is being collated in my Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Departmental Communications: Departmental Communications (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: My Department's intranet carries news feeds and press cuttings which are available to all staff. The information is accessed using standard browsing technology. The data in relation to news feeds is automatically gathered using standard technology such as RSS feeds (really simple syndication) and these are updated several times during the day. The intranet is maintained by the Internal...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: I have the use of one mobile telephone which has been supplied to me by my Department. Since taking up Office as Minister for Health and Children the following costs have been incurred: Year Cost â'¬ 2004 648 2005 5,749 2006 5,845 2007 4,773

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Mary Harney: Advisers and other staff appointed by me are supplied with mobile telephones and other items of equipment necessary for the performance of their duties. This equipment remains the property of my Department. The costs in respect of these items since I became Minister for Health and Children, are set out below:- Year Mobile Phone Annual Cost Purchase Cost of IT Equipment â'¬ â'¬ 2004...