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- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Apr 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 issues raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 Apr 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 Apr 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has informed my Department that it envisages that a broader range of surgical services will be developed at Roscommon County Hospital. A joint surgical department is being developed between Roscommon County Hospital and Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe in order to secure the viability of their current surgical units and provide the optimum service to their...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Apr 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 respond directly to the Deputy in relation to the matter raised.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (24 Apr 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 — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive have responsibility for the administration of the Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS). The Executive is the appropriate body to consider the matter raised by the Deputy. 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Apr 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 raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Apr 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 raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: I can confirm that I have received correspondence from the Deputy enclosing an Irish Nurses Organisation press release and briefing document. The INO documents outline its position on Benchmarking. Social partnership agreements have created and sustained the conditions for economic growth over the last decade and significantly enhanced the position of employees in the public and private...
- Written Answers — Medical Records: Medical Records (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: Individuals have a right of access to their medical records under freedom of information and data protection legislation. Provided the records sought are still in existence, there is no statutory period or limit within which a request for access is to be made.
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: On foot of a Government decision, I issued a policy direction to the Health Service Executive (HSE) in July 2005 on the co-location of private hospitals on the sites of public hospitals in order to free up 1,000 beds for public patients. My Department has been informed by the HSE that Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents were issued to the shortlisted bidders on Thursday 19th April 2007 in...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 Apr 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 Services: Health Services (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: The Government's sustained high level of investment in healthcare has enabled the completion and commissioning of numerous new facilities in both the acute and the non-acute sectors. This year, overall capital funding of â¬546 million has been provided to the Health Service Executive. The HSE has responsibility for the planning and management of capital projects in the health sector,...
- Written Answers — Medical Inquiries: Medical Inquiries (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: In March 2005, I asked the Mental Health Commission to prepare a report on the circumstances surrounding the death of the person who died in the acute psychiatric unit of Cork University Hospital in October 2004. The Report was received in my Department in November 2006. In preparing their Report the Commission sought information from the Health Service Executive, Southern area on the...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: An Bord Altranais has statutory responsibility for the registration of nurses under the Nurses Act, 1985. I am sure that the Deputy will appreciate that An Bord Altranais must process each application thoroughly to ensure that all those entered on the Register of Nurses are deemed professionally qualified and competent for such registration. The protection of the public underpins this...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: I have identified the enhancement of services for people with cystic fibrosis as a key priority in 2006 and again in 2007. Development funding of â¬4.78 million was provided to the Health Service Executive in 2006 to facilitate the recruitment of additional medical, nursing and allied health professional staff to improve services for cystic fibrosis patients. Additional funding of â¬2...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (24 Apr 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 467 to 469, inclusive, and 476 together. The HSE have advised me that since the commencement of the health repayment scheme eight months ago and the launch of a nationwide information campaign, almost 2,200 repayments offers have been made, totalling almost â¬46 million, and further offers continue to be issued every week. To date, nearly 130,000 claim forms...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (24 Apr 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 (24 Apr 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.