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Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 221 and 222 together. In 2009 I made a number of regulations under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 to reduce the fees and allowances payable to certain health professionals. These comprise general practitioners, pharmacists, dentists, ophthalmologists, optometrists and dispensing opticians who hold contracts with the HSE,...

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: The Deputy will be aware that, in line with existing plans for the region, the Emergency Department at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk was converted to a Minor Injury Unit from 9 am to 8 pm each day with effect from the 29th June, 2010. My Department is not aware of any proposals by the HSE to move from the service commitments given in its National Service Plan 2010. Their Service Plan for...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: The project continues to be a priority for the Government and the HSE. Following work with the HSE's senior management, St. Vincent's Hospital and the Department of Finance, I announced in 2009 that the project would proceed to construction on the basis that the building will be paid for at the end of the construction phase. The site at the hospital is cleared and ready for construction to...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 to 230, inclusive, together. Details of agencies subsumed or to be subsumed into my Department or the Health Service Executive are as follows: Agency Proposal/Action Date National Council on Ageing & Older People Dissolved and subsumed into DoH&C 1 September 2009 Children Acts Advisory Board Some functions have been subsumed into the Office of the...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: A wide range of measures have been implemented to reduce the cost of supplying medicines to patients under the GMS and community drugs schemes. These include off-patent price reductions, an increase in the rebate paid by manufacturers, the introduction of lower wholesale and retail mark-ups and price reviews of medicines accepted for reimbursement since September 2006. As provided for under...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: In relation to my Department, the information is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible. In relation to the Health Service Executive, the question has been forwarded to the Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: In relation to my Department, the information is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible. In relation to the Health Service Executive, the question has been forwarded to the Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a matter for the Health Service Executive it has been referred to the Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Acquired Infections: Hospital Acquired Infections (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: The number of claims lodged with the State Claims Agency per year as the result of patients alleging the contraction of hospital acquired infections (such as MRSA/C-Difficile) since the inception of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme in 2002, is as follows: Year Claim Count 2004 7 2005 10 2006 21 2007 45 2008 45 2009 23 2010 (To Date) 8 Total 159 Twenty-two cases have been concluded to...

Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: Information on income from hospital charges is not collected by my Department. The public voluntary hospitals would collect a significant proportion of the hospital charges, but this is not accounted for through Appropriatations-in-Aid; rather, the hospitals are funded by the HSE on a net expenditure basis. I have asked the HSE to compile this information and reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Jul 2010)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 and 253 together. The management of waiting lists generally is a matter for the HSE and the individual hospitals concerned. I have, therefore, referred the Deputy's question to the Executive for direct reply.