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Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (26 Sep 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (26 Sep 2007)

Mary Harney: There is a common list of reimbursable medicines for the General Medical Services and Drug Payment schemes. This list is reviewed and amended monthly, as new products become available and deletions are notified. For an item to be reimbursed, it must comply with published criteria, including authorisation status as appropriate, price and, in certain cases, the intended use of the product....

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (26 Sep 2007)

Mary Harney: The HSE National Management Team has developed a financial break-even plan aimed at remaining within its Vote for 2007. The plan includes a pause in recruitment for an initial period of one month beginning on 5 September. The position is due to be reviewed by the HSE on 1 October in the light of the financial situation then pertaining. Other features of this plan include cancelling all...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (26 Sep 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 / issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (26 Sep 2007)

Mary Harney: Under the General Medical Services (GMS) scheme general practitioners hold one of two contract types, i.e. the Fee per Item contract (first introduced in 1972) or the Capitation contract (effective from 1989). These contracts reflect the agreed outcome of negotiations between my Department and the GP representative body, the Irish Medical Organisation. Both contract types contain provisions...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Sep 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 — : (26 Sep 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 — : (26 Sep 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 — Tobacco Control Legislation: Tobacco Control Legislation (26 Sep 2007)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the enforcement of tobacco control legislation. The enforcement of the prohibition on the sale of tobacco products to persons under 18 years of age is the responsibility of the environmental health service of the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Sep 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 / issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Sep 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Sep 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. Correspondence from the person...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Sep 2007)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) which administers the health repayment scheme has informed the Department that the scheme administrator has scanned records in 345 institutions to date. A dedicated website www.repay.ie, and information phone line 1890 886 886 and an e-mail facility queries@repay.ie have been established by the scheme administrator to assist the public to access general...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (26 Sep 2007)

Mary Harney: The numbers of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals employed in the public health system have increased significantly in recent years, in tandem with the high level of investment in the development in new services. In December 2006, a revised employment ceiling for the health service of 108,000 expressed in whole time equivalents was sanctioned, representing an increase of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Sep 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (26 Sep 2007)

Mary Harney: The HSE has recently commissioned a comprehensive review of maternity and gynaecology services in the Greater Dublin Area. This review will include an evaluation of current capacity, usage and deployment of consultants, midwives, beds, neonatal care, theatres, outreach clinics, home care, emergency facilities, diagnostics, gynaecology and other services provided. An independent report will be...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (26 Sep 2007)

Mary Harney: The numbers of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals employed in the public health system have increased significantly in recent years, in tandem with the high level of investment in the development in new services. In December 2006, a revised employment ceiling for the health service of 108,000 expressed in whole time equivalents was sanctioned, representing an increase of...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (26 Sep 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 — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (26 Sep 2007)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the repayment scheme for recoverable health charges, including the recruitment of the external scheme administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald on a contractual basis to assist with the administration of the scheme. This contract between the HSE and the scheme administrator is for a period of two years and expires in July...

Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (26 Sep 2007)

Mary Harney: The reimbursement of expenditure incurred on prescribed drugs, such as the medication required for use in the nebuliser, is provided for in Section 59 of the Health Act, 1970. Subsection (2) of this Act formed the basis for the Drug Cost Subsidisation Scheme (DCSS) and the Drug Refund Scheme (DRS), which were merged into the Drug Payment Scheme (DPS) in 1999. This section provides for the...