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Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 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 — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (5 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 — Health Services: Health Services (5 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 theDeputy.

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (5 Dec 2006)

Mary Harney: The Influenza Pandemic Expert Group is finalising advice on non-pharmaceutical public health interventions, with reference to recommendations from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Influenza is spread mainly by droplet transmission, but can also be spread by direct and indirect contact. Airborne, or fine droplet,...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Dec 2006)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's questions relate 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 respond directly to the Deputy in relation to the matter raised.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2006)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to check whether the information is available and, if so, to provide it directly to the Deputy. The Health Service Executive recently published a Review of Neurosurgical Services in Ireland. The Report states that information in relation...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (5 Dec 2006)

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. Vaccines are continually evolving and guidelines change given the nature of these developments. The Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland currently recommend vaccination against pneumococcal disease only for persons who are at...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Dec 2006)

Mary Harney: Where blood tests are indicated as necessary as part of recognised treatment of an ongoing medical condition of a patient, they should be provided free of charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. The monitoring and appropriate care of patients receiving anti-coagulation therapy with Warfarin comes within the scope of competence of general practice. Under the auspices of the Labour...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 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 — HIV Infection: HIV Infection (5 Dec 2006)

Mary Harney: The establishment of the Health Service Executive represented a fundamental move from the previously fragmented structure and organisation of the country's health and personal social services to a unitary system under the Executive. This ensured that one body would have responsibility for the management and delivery of services from the local to the national level, including data collection...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 319 and 324 together. 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 issues...

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (5 Dec 2006)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive activity reports indicate that the average number of patients awaiting admission during November 2006 was 125. The average for the equivalent period last year was 185. Information on daily activity levels in A & E departments is available on the HSE website. Tackling the problems in A & E departments is the Government's top priority in health. Our objectives...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Dec 2006)

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 health care professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Dec 2006)

Mary Harney: The information sought by the Deputy relates to matters within the area of responsibility of the Health Service 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 directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 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 matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Medical Staff: Medical Staff (5 Dec 2006)

Mary Harney: With regard to the number of doctors, surgeons and physicians who have qualified in Ireland, my colleague the Minister for Education and Science has provided me with the most up-to-date full year figures of numbers of persons who have qualified with a medical degree: 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 519 517 509 546 552 568 608 635 The Medical Council has provided me with the...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (5 Dec 2006)

Mary Harney: In 2001, the year of the publication of Health Strategy, the average number of in-patient beds and day places available for treatment of patients in the 53 public acute hospitals was 12,145. At the end of 2005, this figure had increased by 1204 to a total of 13,349, involving an additional 724 in-patient beds and 480 day places. The HSE has introduced a broad-based Winter Initiative. Its...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Dec 2006)

Mary Harney: The Strategy, Primary Care: A New Direction, 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...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Dec 2006)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the funding, 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.