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- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Nov 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (13 Nov 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: Persons aged seventy years and over are automatically entitled to a medical card irrespective of means. These medical card holders are entitled to, among other things, a range of dental services under the Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) from participating dentists holding contracts with the Health Service Executive (HSE). Not all dentists hold DTSS contracts, as they may not wish to...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: My colleague the Minister for Finance has been publishing Budgets on a multi-annual basis since 1997. Table 4A (page D10) of the Budget Book outlines the Government's budget position, including expenditure and revenue projections, on a three year basis. Each year's budget is framed in the context of the overall economic and budgetary position at the time. These figures are broken down by...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (13 Nov 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Repayment Scheme and the information sought by the Deputy relates to matters within the area of responsibility of the Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: Section 65 of the Health Act, 2004 deals with the preservation of orders, notices, rules, records, etc. This would include any statutory requirement for community welfare officers to retain records in regard to rent allowance payments. My Department has therefore requested the HSE to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy in relation to any statutory requirement that may exist and to...
- Written Answers — Communications Masts: Communications Masts (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The consensus of scientific opinion to date regarding possible adverse health effects from electromagnetic fields (EMF) exposure from mobile phone masts is that there is no evidence of a causal relationship between such exposure and ill health. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has assessed the many reviews carried out in this area and has indicated that exposures below the limits...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Nov 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 question in relation to waiting times raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (13 Nov 2007)
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. The HSE has advised that the private administration costs associated with the scheme are capped at â¬15 million exclusive of VAT and the Scheme Administrator has received â¬1 million to date in payment.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 and 185 together. 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...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 184 together. 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...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Nov 2007)
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 — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (13 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. This includes responsibility for staff accommodation. My Department has therefore requested the HSE to investigate the matter raised by the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (13 Nov 2007)
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. The HSE have informed me that they are unaware of any suspension of payments until after Christmas under the scheme. The Scheme Administrator and the HSE are confident that all claims submitted by eligible...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: Since the beginning of 2005 I have introduced a number of significant changes to the manner in which the assessment for medical cards and GP visit cards is undertaken. The assessment guidelines have been increased by a cumulative 29%. Applications are now considered on the basis of income net of tax and PRSI and allowance is made for reasonable expenses incurred in respect of mortgage/rent,...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (13 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 — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 205 together. The interim Health Information and Quality Authority (iHIQA) was set up in March 2005. The Health Act 2007, which was signed into law on 21 April 2007, provided for the establishment of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), incorporating the Irish Health Service Accreditation Board and the Office of the Chief Inspector of...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (13 Nov 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 question raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs...