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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Feb 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 — Health Service Charges: Health Service Charges (13 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: The Health (Charges for In-Patient Services) Regulations 2005 in keeping with Section 53 of the Health Act, 1970, as amended, have provided for two different classes of persons on whom charges may be levied. Class 1 Class 1 refers to people in receipt of in-patient services on premises where nursing care is provided on a 24 hour basis on those premises. In this case, a weekly charge can be...

Written Answers — Disease Incidence: Disease Incidence (13 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: As the conditions specified are not notifiable diseases, comprehensive information on the number of people diagnosed are not available. For those with the conditions who require hospitalisation, data are available from the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) system which records information on hospitalisations in all publicly funded acute hospitals. The table provides the number of...

Written Answers — Disease Incidence: Disease Incidence (13 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: Asthma is not a notifiable disease and consequently, detailed information on its incidence in the general population is not routinely available. From the research available in this country, however, asthma is a common childhood condition with approximately 10% having experienced an attack of asthma. Similar to other European countries, the level of asthma has increased and is now...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (13 Feb 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 numbers of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of such...

Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (13 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 407 and 408 together. The National Development Plan 2007-13 is a strategic document setting out a broad investment framework and priorities, together with indicative funding, for the next seven years. It does not contain a list of all projects to be undertaken in 2007 or for the remainder of the Plan, although certain chapters including those on Regional...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: I have set out below the expenditure provided by my Department in 2002 for the now Health Service Executive (HSE) regional areas (formerly the Health Boards) and the HSE funding provided for 2006 for these areas. The expenditure has increased by an average of 54.15% over the past four years. Allocation 2002 Estimate 2006 â'¬m â'¬m Eastern Regional Health Authority 2,846.341...

Written Answers — Health Service Regulations: Health Service Regulations (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: The Health (Charges for In-Patient Services) Regulations 2005 in keeping with Section 53 of the Health Act, 1970, as amended, have provided for two different classes of persons on whom charges may be levied. Class 1 Class 1 refers to people in receipt of in-patient services on premises where nursing care is provided on a 24 hour basis on those premises. In this case, a weekly charge can be...

Written Answers — Health Service Management: Health Service Management (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: Section 35 of the Health Act, 2004 requires the Health Service Executive to submit a code of governance for my approval. As the Deputy is aware, a draft code of governance has been prepared by the Health Service Executive and was submitted to my Department in late September. The contents of this Code are being assessed and considered by my officials. I anticipate that the examination of...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Feb 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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Feb 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 — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: The Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) and the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) are pursuing a number of cost increasing claims in respect of pay and conditions of nurses and midwives. These include claims seeking a reduction in working hours from 39 to 35 hours per week and a pay increase relative to the pay of the social care worker grade (formerly known as child care workers). It is...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: Ireland's recommended immunisation programme is based on the guidelines of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. These guidelines are prepared with the assistance of an active committee from associated disciplines in paediatrics, infectious diseases, general practice and public health. I understand that the inclusion of the pneumococcal...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: Child health examinations are provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to children under 6 years of age and children attending national school in accordance with Section 66 of the Health Act, 1970. Under Section 67 of that Act, such children are eligible for HSE ophthalmic services in respect of problems noted at child health examinations. As the Health Service Executive has the...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: Since the beginning of 2005 the medical card assessment guidelines have been increased by a cumulative 29%. Other significant changes which I have introduced are that applications are now considered on the basis of income net of tax and PRSI and that allowance is made for reasonable expenses incurred in respect of mortgage/rent, child care and travel to work. In June 2006, I agreed with...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 173 together. 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...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Feb 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 — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: In 2006, the Ministers of State and I answered a total of 5,991 Parliamentary Questions. Parliamentary Questions are dealt with, as the need arises, by the staff in the sections dealing with the particular issue(s) raised in individual Parliamentary Questions. The number and level of staff and time spent on an individual answer depends on the complexity of the issues raised, the form in...

Written Answers — Health Repayment Scheme: Health Repayment Scheme (8 Feb 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 (8 Feb 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.