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- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (21 Nov 2007)
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 Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (21 Nov 2007)
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 — Community Care: Community Care (21 Nov 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 multi-disciplinary 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 (21 Nov 2007)
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 — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (21 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The main supports the Government makes available to parents to assist them with their childcare costs are Child Benefit and the Early Childcare Supplement. The latter payment, which is in recognition of the higher childcare costs of pre-school children, is the responsibility of my Office, and it alone amounts to expenditure of over â¬400m in a full year. These payments are universal and...
- Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (21 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) monitors rates of TB in Ireland on an on-going basis and identifies any increases in rates or clusters of the disease. According to data provided by the HPSC TB notifications in Ireland between 2002 and 2006 were as shown in the following table. Year Number of cases Crude Rate per 100,000 population 2002 408 10.4 2003 407 10.4 2004* 432...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Nov 2007)
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 — Community Care: Community Care (21 Nov 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 multi-disciplinary 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 (21 Nov 2007)
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 Services 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 — Patient Statistics: Patient Statistics (21 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Department of Health and Children does not collect the statistics referred to by the Deputy either on a national or European Basis. The Deputy's question on the issue of research into the incidence of autism and Asperger's syndrome has been addressed in my reply to question no. 224 on 17th October 2007.
- Written Answers — Patient Statistics: Patient Statistics (21 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Department of Health and Children does not collect the statistics referred to by the Deputy either on a national or European Basis. The Deputy's question on the issue of research into the incidence of autism and Asperger's syndrome has been addressed in my reply to question no. 224 on 17th October 2007.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (21 Nov 2007)
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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Nov 2007)
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...
- Hospitals Building Programme. (21 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: On 31 October last, the HSE announced the details of the high level framework brief for the new national paediatric hospital. The brief was prepared by Rawlinson Kelly & Whittlestone Limited, RKW, an established UK-based health care planning company. The content of the report was informed by the views of a range of international experts, including architectural and clinical experts. The...
- Hospitals Building Programme. (21 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I agree it is essential they open together because the two are part of the same facility. The ambulatory care centre at Tallaght will be under the auspices of the national hospital. The timeframe we are working to is 2012. I had a meeting recently with the development board, which is working to the same timeframe. There are many projects seeking capital funding in health but this is a...
- Hospitals Building Programme. (21 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: It is envisaged that the hospital will be open 18 hours per day, from 8 a.m. to 12 midnight. It will be closed between 12 midnight and 8 a.m. because the level of attendances during that period would be low. Other issues to be considered include the availability of ambulances at Tallaght so that those patients can be taken to the hospital at the Mater site.
- Hospitals Building Programme. (21 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I do not accept that. This accident and emergency unit will deal with 48,000 attendances as opposed to 31,000 in Tallaght at present, 9,000 day cases as opposed to 3,500 at present and 58,000 outpatients as opposed to 30,000. The advice is that it is not necessary to have the facility open between midnight and 8 a.m. because a small number of cases would arise during that period. This is...
- Vaccination Programme. (21 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: Following the introduction of human papilloma virus, HPV, vaccine internationally its safety, as is the case with all other vaccines, is being carefully monitored. At national level, the Irish Medicines Board is responsible for monitoring national and international emerging evidence about vaccine safety. The Irish Medicines Board, IMB, is also represented on the national immunisation...
- Vaccination Programme. (21 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I will be careful because I am not a clinician. I understand that all vaccines have a downside as well as a benefit and, when a vaccine comes to the market, one takes a balanced view of whether it is likely to be beneficial or marginally negative. That is the case with this, as with any other vaccine. The authorities will advise the age at which it should be given, which is 11 to 12 years...
- Vaccination Programme. (21 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: A number of issues must be addressed. Deputy O'Sullivan inquired as to whether it should be made available to boys. We are awaiting advice in respect of these matters. If the advice from the national immunisation advisory committee and that which will emerge from the HIQA process, which is due in January, is positive, it would be my wish to make provision to have the vaccine introduced...