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- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jun 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: Over 120,000 people work full-time or part-time in our public health services. In recent years, the Government's ongoing high level of investment in health has achieved and maintained significant increases in the number of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of such...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The most effective strategy for the prevention of cervical cancer requires decisions based on an assessment of the relative contributions of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination and cervical screening in reducing the burden of both existing and projected cervical pre-cancerous changes and cervical cancer. Issues to be examined include the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The Government's sustained high level of investment in health care has enabled the completion and commissioning of numerous new facilities in both the acute and the non-acute sectors. This year, the sum available for expenditure in health under the Health Service Executive's capital plan is â¬546 million. The HSE has responsibility for the planning and management of capital projects in the...
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: Domiciliary Care Allowance may be paid, as the Deputy is aware, in respect of eligible children from birth to the age of 16 who have a severe disability requiring continual or continuous attention which is substantially in excess of that normally required by a child of the same age. Eligibility is determined primarily by reference to the degree of additional care and attention required...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: Services for Older People are a priority for the Government. The Deputy may wish to know that it is the intention of this Government to appoint Deputy Máire Hoctor T.D. as Minister for Older People. It is intended that the Minister of State for Older People will also be a Member of the Cabinet Committee on Social Inclusion. The appointment of an Ombudsman for Older People will be...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The health repayment scheme was launched in August 2006 and is administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE) in conjunction with the appointed Scheme Administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald. The position at 15th June, 2007 was that 3,200 offers of repayment, with a value of approximately â¬60 million have been issued by the scheme administrator. Arising from these offers approximately...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jun 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. The Executive is, therefore, 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 — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy may be aware, an additional sum of â¬75 million for revenue purposes was provided to the Health Service Executive for Disability Services in the 2007 Budget. This sum incorporates the 2007 element of the Government's multi-annual investment programme for the National Disability Strategy. This Strategy is committed to enhancing the level and range of multi-disciplinary support...
- Written Answers — Civil Registration Service: Civil Registration Service (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: An tÃrd Chláraitheoir, the Registrar General, is the person with statutory responsibility for the administration of the system of civil registration in Ireland. I have made enquiries of an tÃrd Chláraitheoir and the position is as set out below. Section 46 of the Status of Children Act 1987 governs presumptions of paternity and non-paternity. Subsection (1) of Section 46 provides that...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The Dental Treatment Service 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 HSE,...
- Written Answers — Interpretation Act 2005: Interpretation Act 2005 (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The Interpretation Act 2005 provides general rules for the interpretation of laws and, as such, decisions and regulations are not made under provisions of that Act.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jun 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 — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (27 Jun 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 — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (27 Jun 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 — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (27 Jun 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 Services: Health Services (27 Jun 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 — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy is aware the education of a child, irrespective of their disability, is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Education and Science. Where applicable my Department, through the Health Service Executive, supply support services to enable the particular person to avail fully of the educational system being offered. With regard to the funding of health related services, an...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy may be aware, an additional sum of â¬75 million for revenue purposes was provided to the Health Service Executive for Disability Services in the 2007 Budget. This sum incorporates the 2007 element of the Government's multi-annual investment programme for the National Disability Strategy. This Strategy is committed to enhancing the level and range of multi-disciplinary support...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jun 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...