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- 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...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: Based on a recent medical card costing exercise undertaken by my Department, on foot of a Parliamentary Question, it is estimated that the annual cost of providing a medical card to a person aged between 18 and 65 years is approximately â¬1,200 per annum. Accordingly, the estimated additional cost of allowing a person with full eligibility and returning to the labour market to keep their...
- 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 my Department that the Scheme Administrator is a statutory function set up under the Health (Repayment) Scheme Act 2006 and letters are written from the Scheme Administrator and not from any...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 192 and 193 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 questions raised by the Deputy. My...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: BreastCheck commenced the screening process in the Western region in October. I have allocated additional revenue funding of â¬8 million to the National Cancer Screening Service for this year to meet the additional costs involved in national roll-out. The full complement of 111 staff for roll-out has been approved. I have also made available an additional â¬26.7m capital funding for the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I understand that the Deputy is referring to disciplinary procedures which the Health Service Executive have in place if a complaint is made in relation to a member of staff. I am aware that the HSE has produced a comprehensive document on the matter entitled "Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures for the Health Service". This document was produced by a joint union/management working group...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) provides for a range of dental services for adult medical card holders from participating dentists holding contracts with the Health Service Executive (HSE). The DTSS Review Group was established in May 2006 to undertake a comprehensive review of Primary Care Oral Health Services provided under the DTSS. Represented on the Review Group are the...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (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. The Executive is also responsible for the negotiation of the supply of drugs and medicines for the GMS and community drugs schemes. Therefore,...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (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 — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy is aware, the first Pharmacy Act was passed by the Oireachtas on 5th April this year and will be commenced in 3 stages. Stage 1 of the Pharmacy Act implementation process has been completed and the Council of the new PSI has been established. The Society's Council has been working on reviewing current procedures, and on the preparation of new procedures to allow the commencement...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The National Cancer Screening Service has confirmed to my Department that the Budget for 2005 for BreastCheck, the National Breast Screening Programme, was â¬10.6 million. The number of staff employed by BreastCheck in 2005 was 109.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) provides for a range of dental services for adult medical card holders from participating dentists holding contracts with the Health Service Executive (HSE). Since the establishment of a DTSS Review group in May, 2006, a legal issue has arisen with regard to the Competition Act 2002 as it relates to the negotiation of professional fees for...
- Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: My Office received an email from the person referred to by the Deputy on 6 November last. I am having the issues which were raised in that email examined and will reply to the person as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Health Service Executive: Health Service Executive (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Board of the Health Service Executive is made up of eleven members comprising a Chair and ten ordinary members. Issues relating to the terms of office of members of the Board are detailed in schedule 2 of the Health Act 2004 while Section 14 of the Act deals with the removal of members from office. To date, nobody has either retired, or been removed, from the Board of the Executive. Fees...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (8 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The 2007 Pharmacy Act allows for the removal of the restriction on pharmacists educated in other EU or EEA countries owning, managing or supervising a pharmacy in Ireland that is less than three years old â the derogation under Article 2.2 of Council Directive 85/433/EEC. My motivation in providing for the removal of this derogation was to facilitate the many Irish pharmacy graduates who,...
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (8 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: My Department has requested the HSE to provide an estimate of the percentage of the total medicine items dispensed under the various public drug payment schemes which are generic products. Not all products are substitutable with generic alternatives. Where a generic substitutable is available, my Department has been informed by the HSE that for 2006, the latest year available, the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 69 and 70 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 questions raised by the Deputy. My...
- Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (8 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: A common list of reimbursable medicines is in place for the General Medical Services and Drug Payment schemes to ensure equity in relation to the range of medicines paid for by the State under both schemes. In order for a product to be reimbursable under the two schemes, it must satisfy a number of criteria, including that it is ordinarily supplied to the public only by medical prescription...