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Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: The cancer plan is not in a shambles and the radiotherapy plan has not been removed from the public private partnership process. The construction stage will be carried out in the traditional manner and the linear accelerator element will be carried out through the public private partnership. This is because the money has been allocated in the capital plan, which was done for reasons of...

Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: The Deputy understands that with regard to screening programmes it is not a case that one presses a button and suddenly everyone is covered. It is an issue I discussed——

Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: I wish it could be done a lot quicker and no one is exerting more pressure than me to expedite this.

Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: Sometimes the recruitment of key staff takes longer than expected. Above all else, it must be done on a quality assured basis and the multidisciplinary approach works extraordinarily well. I discussed population screening programmes with other countries. I know of no country which was able to do it quickly. I do not state it took seven years. I cannot state that and put my hand on my...

Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: The mobile unit will start its work in April in the west. The stationary unit will be handed over in September and it will take three weeks to commission it.

Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: I apologise, I said "stationary". It has been a long day. It is the same in the south where the static unit will be available in September and commissioned three weeks later. An issue is raised with regard to the mobile unit for the south with regard to recruiting manager radiographers. The process is aggressively under way by BreastCheck but it has not yet succeeded. I had a meeting with...

Cancer Screening Programme. (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: Yes, I believe so.

Legislative Programme. (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: I have not made any decision to break up the VHI. The Government's legislative programme provides for legislation to be brought forward to amend the existing Voluntary Health Insurance Acts. The Parliamentary Counsel is drafting the related Bill and this is to be published before the summer recess. The main provisions of the Bill include giving the VHI commercial freedom on products and...

Written Answers — Investigative Reports: Investigative Reports (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: When Ms Anne Dunne SC presented her report on post mortem practice to me in March 2005, I was advised by the Attorney General that it could not be published for legal and natural justice reasons. Some sections of the report were released on 18 July 2006 in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Acts from Parents for Justice. However, in the light of the legal advice...

Written Answers — Water Pollution: Water Pollution (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: While illness associated with cryptosporidium are notifiable, the outcome of the illness is not currently recorded. Data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre show that in Ireland there were 432 cases of cryptosporidiosis in 2004, 570 in 2005 and 361 in 2006. Between 1999 and 2002 there was an average of 60 cases per annum hospitalised (annual rate of 1.5 per 100,000 population)....

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Mar 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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive is currently engaged in a public procurement process in relation to the co-location of private hospitals on the sites of public hospitals. I understand that the competitive dialogue stage of the process has been completed and that the Invitation to Tender will issue in the next few days. The core requirement of a co-located hospital will be to treat the private...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: Details of the numbers of medical card and GP visit card holders are provided to my Department each month by the Health Service Executive's Primary Care Reimbursement Service. The figures are provided on a net basis showing the balance after new cards have been issued and other cards, as appropriate, have been deleted from the Executive's database e.g. following a review of an applicant's...

Written Answers — General Practitioner Co-operatives: General Practitioner Co-operatives (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: Out of hours co-operatives allow general practitioners to put in place arrangements to provide services to their patients, while their surgeries are closed in the evenings, on weekends and bank holidays. The development of GP co-operatives is in line with the overall health service policy of strengthening primary care services and ensuring that to the greatest extent possible, people's care...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (28 Mar 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 — Irish Language: Irish Language (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: At present, prerecorded telephone messages are in the English language. My Department is committed to making specific provision for delivery of services through Irish, and is in the process of making arrangements to provide telephone messages in both official languages.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Mar 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 Procedures: Hospital Procedures (28 Mar 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 — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Harney: Demand for speech and language therapy in the health services is very significant, hence the substantial investment which has been provided over the last number of years. The number of speech and language therapists employed in the public health service has grown from 281 WTEs in 1997 to 654 WTEs at end December 2006, a 133% growth in that period. The Government has also committed to...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Mar 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 matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...