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- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 2006)
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. This includes responsibility for considering new capital proposals or progressing those in the health capital programme. Accordingly, my Department is requesting the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 2006)
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 — Departmental Communications: Departmental Communications (13 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: Press releases are issued primarily in conjunction with the announcement of major policy initiatives and significant service developments. The corresponding press releases are made available on my Department's website immediately following such announcements. To date in 2006, one hundred and thirty press releases and thirty four speeches have been made available in the press area of my...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Dec 2006)
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 — Primary Care Services: Primary Care Services (13 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The Primary Care Strategy is the road map for the future development of primary care services in Ireland over a period of some ten years, both as the appropriate service for the delivery of the majority of people's health and social care needs, and to complement the services provided by acute hospitals. At the heart of the Strategy is the aim of developing services in the community to give...
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (13 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: A claim for Dublin weighting allowance for nurses and midwives was one of number of claims heard by the Labour Court on 20 June 2006. It was estimated that concession of this claim to nurses would have cost in excess of â¬50m per annum. The Court issued its recommendation on 9 November 2006. The Court did not recommend concession of the claim for a Dublin weighting allowance. I have no...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Dec 2006)
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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The assessment guidelines used by the Health Service Executive (HSE) in respect of applications for medical cards and GP visit cards are subject to review by the Executive and my Department from time to time, having regard to the need to ensure that persons intended to benefit under these arrangements can do so. Such reviews have regard to factors such as changes in income levels generally,...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The Primary Care Strategy aims to develop services in the community to give people direct access to integrated multi-disciplinary teams of general practitioners, nurses, health care assistants, home helps, occupational therapists and others. It has been estimated that up to 95% of people's health and social services needs can be properly met within a primary care setting and the...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (13 Dec 2006)
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 (13 Dec 2006)
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 — Departmental Reviews: Departmental Reviews (13 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 182 to 185, inclusive, together. Parents for Justice wrote to me on 21st November last to request a meeting but due to pressure of business I am unable to accede to their request at this time. However I have informed the organisation that my officials will be happy to meet them and discuss the issues of concern to them. When Ms Anne Dunne SC presented her...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The health services are undergoing a period of major change and reform. The National Health Strategy, the Primary Care Strategy as well as the Prospectus, Brennan and Hanly Reports lay out the overall direction for the major changes which are now under way. Government policy is to provide safe, high-quality and accessible services that provide the best possible outcomes for patients and...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the exercise by the Health Service Executive of its functions under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the information sought.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (13 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 199 to 202, inclusive, together. 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...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 2006)
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 — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (13 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The information requested is being collated in my Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: Under Section 45 of the Health Act 1970, as amended, persons aged 70 or over are statutorily entitled to a medical card regardless of income. In all other cases, in assessing eligibility, the Health Service Executive use guidelines based on people's means, which includes their income, certain allowable outgoings and the effect of factors such as medical need. These guidelines are not...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 2006)
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 — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (13 Dec 2006)
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...