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Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: I have addressed them briefly to be helpful to Senator Browne.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: To respond to Senator Browne, I am not sure I understand what "blatant capitalist" means. I do not want to have a row with him about ideology.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: Recently, I heard a doctor being interviewed on the radio. He established a for-profit hospital but stated he did not do so for money. I tried to figure out what he meant. Pharmacists can own premises where doctors have a medical practice. Doctors can own premises where pharmacists have a business. A normal landlord and tenant relationship can exist between them and planning authorities...

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: I thank the House for facilitating the speedy passage of this Bill. It has been passed by the Oireachtas, completed its parliamentary process and within the next ten days will be signed into law by the President. It is truly an historic moment for pharmacists, the pharmacy profession and the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland. I especially thank Members of the House, the Bills Office which...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: Statutory responsibility for the collation, management and publication of data on waiting times for surgical procedures rests with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). My Department has, therefore, asked the Chief Executive of the NTPF to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the information requested on neurology, urology, ophthalmology and plastic surgery waiting lists. As...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is presently being compiled by my Department and will be forwarded to her as soon as it is finalised.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: I attach a table for the Deputy showing the total number of people currently holding medical cards and GP visit cards; the total number of people holding medical cards in June 2002, and the total number of people holding medical cards in June 1997. The most recent monthly figures for medical card and GP visit card holders as supplied by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to my Department are...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is as set out below. It should be noted that the details presented represent both current vacancies on the boards of bodies under the aegis of my Department, which are in the process of being filled, in addition to those vacancies which are due to occur before 4 July 2007. I would envisage filling each of these vacancies in a timely fashion to allow for...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has informed my Department that it provided information in relation to the project named by the Deputy in response to a previous parliamentary question. My Department has asked the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated further and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 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 — Transport Costs: Transport Costs (4 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 — Health Services: Health Services (4 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 Apr 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 lower incomes, particularly parents of young children, who do not qualify for a medical card would not be deterred on cost grounds from...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 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 — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (4 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 — EU Health Insurance: EU Health Insurance (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: In regard to the public health care system of Romania, my Department has requested the Romanian authorities to provide the relevant information for inclusion on www.ehic.ie and a reply is awaited. It is hoped that information will be available about health care in Romania shortly. In regard to Bulgaria, information on its public health care system has been sent by my Department to the HSE for...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: There is no provision whereby the HSE may seek to sell the home of a person in long stay care. The Deputy will be aware that at present, some individuals find it necessary to sell their home in order to pay for long-term care. However, I recently announced a Nursing Home Support Scheme, to be implemented from 2008, under which there will no need for individuals to take this course of...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: A joint Health Service Executive/Department of Health and Children Transition Group was established to advance the development of the national tertiary paediatric hospital. The next stage of the process, which is being overseen by the Transition Group, involves the preparation of a high level framework brief for the new hospital. The brief is being developed for the Transition Group by...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (4 Apr 2007)

Mary Harney: The Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 provide a statutory framework for the collection, use, disclosure, transfer and security of personal information. Under the Data Protection Acts, personal health information is identified as belonging to the category of sensitive information for which additional safeguards apply. The National Health Information Strategy (2004) placed considerable...