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Written Answers — Health Service Contracts: Health Service Contracts (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bodies with which the Health Service Executive has contracts, agreements or arrangements carried over and given effect by virtue of section 63 of the Health Act 2004; if any of those contracts, agreements or arrangements are with voluntary hospitals; if so, the hospitals and the details of the contract, agreement or arrangement in...

Written Answers — Health Service Contracts: Health Service Contracts (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the bodies with which the Health Service Executive has entered into arrangements under section 38 of the Health Act 2004 for the provision of health or personal social services on behalf of the executive; the number of such bodies that were previously party to contracts, agreements or arrangements carried over and given effect by...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a voluntary hospital, meaning a hospital which is substantially funded by means of an arrangement with the Health Service Executive under section 38 of the Health Act 2004, can also be a private hospital for the purposes of the Health Insurance Act 1994 (Minimum Benefit) Regulations 1996, meaning a hospital which provides...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services provided to persons pursuant to their entitlements under Chapter II of Part IV of the Health Act 1970, as referred to in the Health Insurance Act 1994 (Minimum Benefit) Regulations 1996; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16393/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the class of persons who have an entitlement to receive services from voluntary hospitals not provided or maintained by the Health Service Executive but substantially funded by it; the class of persons who have an entitlement to receive in-patient services from hospitals provided and maintained by the HSE itself; if any distinction is...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the Health Service Executive has a full statutory basis for the services it provides free of charge, the services it provides at a fee and the services it provides on an optional or occasional basis; her views on the demographic and geographic anomalies that arise in the provision of services by the HSE...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has arrived at a conclusion on the question as to whether persons specified as having full eligibility for services under the Health Act 1970 have a statutory entitlement to those services; if officials of her Department are still reviewing the question; when they might be expected to report; and if she will make a statement on...

Health Care Associated Infections (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome that talks are taking place between the HSE and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union in advance of Thursday.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: We have been told for months that under the Competition Act they could not have such discussions.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Tánaiste might tell us if, in that respect, they have found a way around the Competition Act?

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Will the Tánaiste tell us about the talks and whether they are successful?

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Many people are worried about what will happen.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Will the Tánaiste give us some information on it?

Accident and Emergency Services. (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on figures provided for the board of the Health Service Executive which indicate that 44% of patients in hospital emergency departments had to wait longer than the maximum target time of 12 hours in the first two months of 2008; her further views on whether this is still a national emergency; the measures planned to address...

Accident and Emergency Services. (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is the Minister disputing the figures that 44% of patients must wait 12 hours or more in accident and emergency departments to get into hospital? This is the figure published from a report given to the HSE and the target is 12 hours. I refer to what the Minister said shortly after she became Minister for Health and Children: I expect real and measurable improvements to take place in the...

Accident and Emergency Services. (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Targets were set and they were not reached.

Accident and Emergency Services. (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is the Minister saying it is not true that a total of 44% of patients in accident and emergency departments are awaiting admission and had to wait longer than the official maximum target period of 12 hours in the first two months of this year? This is what was in the report that went to the board of the HSE and either it is true or it is not true. If it is true, it is the Minister's...

Accident and Emergency Services. (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Are the figures to which I referred correct?

Accident and Emergency Services. (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am referring to the figures published by the Health Service Executive.