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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Oct 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. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2007)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 171 and 172 together. 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, therefore, is the appropriate body to consider the particular case...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Oct 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 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 (3 Oct 2007)

Mary Harney: The HSE has designated four managed cancer control networks (coterminous with the four HSE administrative regions) and eight cancer centres nationally. The two designated cancer centres in the HSE Western Region are University College Hospital Galway and Limerick Regional Hospital. I recently approved National Quality Assurance Standards for Symptomatic Breast Disease Services under the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2007)

Mary Harney: The HSE has designated four managed cancer control networks (coterminous with the four HSE administrative regions) and eight cancer centres nationally. The two designated cancer centres in the HSE Western Region are University College Hospital Galway and Limerick Regional Hospital. However, it is fully recognised that there are particular and unique geographical circumstances applying to...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Oct 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 — Health Services: Health Services (3 Oct 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 occupational therapists, general practitioners, nurses, home helps, physiotherapists and others. It has been estimated that up to 95% of people's health and social services needs can be properly met...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (3 Oct 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 scheme is progressing as speedily as possible and every effort is being made to complete repayments. The HSE has indicated that the delays in making repayments under the scheme have been due to legal and...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2007)

Mary Harney: Beaumont Hospital is one of the eight cancer centres designated by the Health Service Executive last week. The decisions of the HSE in relation to four managed cancer control networks and eight cancer centres will be implemented on a managed and phased basis. The HSE plans to have completed 80-90% of the transition of services to the cancer centres by the end of 2009. In relation to the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Oct 2007)

Mary Harney: The 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 the specific matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Registration of Dental Nurses: Registration of Dental Nurses (3 Oct 2007)

Mary Harney: The Dental Council is the statutory body responsible for the registration of dentists. Under Section 53 of the Dentists Act, 1985, the Council may establish schemes for the recognition of grades of auxiliary dental workers with the consent of the Minister for Health and Children. The grade of dental nurse was created in 2001. The Council is responsible for maintaining the register of dental...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Oct 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 occupational therapists, general practitioners, nurses, home helps, physiotherapists and others. It has been estimated that up to 95% of people's health and social services needs can be properly met within...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

Mary Harney: May I share time with Deputies O'Hanlon, Finneran, Conlon and O'Rourke?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

Mary Harney: I welcome the opportunity to discuss health matters for a second week. Notwithstanding a number of comments, it is important to put matters in context. Gross expenditure should be discussed despite the belief of some to the contrary. Many years ago, we underspent on health relative to other countries, but we spend approximately 8.9% of GNP currently. This is on a par with the OECD,...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

Mary Harney: Including the good or very good category, the satisfaction level is more than 90%. It is a positive reflection on the public health care system. Deputy Higgins referred to accessibility. Until the early 1990s, there was no universality. The VHI was established 50 years ago because 20% of the population were not entitled to hospital services, but everyone has that entitlement today. I am a...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

Mary Harney: I have certainly never heard them on the public airwaves saying how terrible it is. We hear such complaints frequently about the public health care system. It is a great pity as we can sometimes undermine confidence in our own system. We have a health care system of which we can generally be very proud. While there are gaps and deficiencies, the challenge of health care reform is to put...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

Mary Harney: All of the reports which pre-empted health reform, including the Brennan and Prospectus reports, concluded that our system was too fragmented. Greater clarity and accountability was required. Given our small population, only a single organisation is capable of delivering the world-class service to which every Member aspires.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

Mary Harney: It is moving to the Department of Social and Family Affairs.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

Mary Harney: He is listening to the Deputy's contribution.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Oct 2007)

Mary Harney: The transfer of services from St. Luke's Hospital to new facilities at St. James's Hospital is not due to take place for a number of years. In the meantime, two additional linear accelerators will be commissioned at St. Luke's in early 2008 and two replacement linear accelerators will be commissioned later in 2008. These will provide much needed interim capacity pending the roll out of the...