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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 2006)

Mary Harney: There is no statutory obligation on the Health Service Executive (HSE) to provide chiropody services to GMS patients; however in practice arrangements are made to provide these services. Before the establishment of the HSE the nature of the arrangements for chiropody and the level of service provided was a matter for individual health boards and so a degree of variation in practice developed...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Sep 2006)

Mary Harney: In late 2005, the Health Service Executive (HSE), at my request, undertook a review of tertiary paediatric services. McKinsey & Company were engaged by the HSE and their report included a number of key recommendations: The population and projected demands in this country can support only one world class tertiary paediatric hospital It should be in Dublin, and should ideally be co-located...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Sep 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 793 and 804 together. Let me say at the outset that there is no embargo on the recruitment of staff in the public health service. Nor does my Department set employment quotas at national level for any grade in the public health service. It is a matter for the Health Service Executive, as part of its management of its employment ceiling, to determine the...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 Sep 2006)

Mary Harney: BreastCheck has informed my Department that it will issue a response to the Deputy next week.

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (27 Sep 2006)

Mary Harney: My Department has been advised by the Health Service Executive that a reply has now issued to the Deputy in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Sep 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Sep 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 — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 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 — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 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 — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 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 — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 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 requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and I understand that a reply has now issued to the Deputy on the matter.

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (27 Sep 2006)

Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to the operation of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) my Department has asked the Chief Executive of the NTPF to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the information requested.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Sep 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. In addition, a further 450 acute beds/day places are in...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 Sep 2006)

Mary Harney: Responsibility for the collation and publishing of waiting list and waiting time data now rests with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). The NTPF, which is now a statutory body, was established as one of the key actions for dealing with public hospital waiting lists arising from the Health Strategy. My Department has, therefore, asked the Chief Executive of the NTPF to reply to the...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (27 Sep 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 have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (27 Sep 2006)

Mary Harney: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) monitors rates of TB in Ireland on an on-going basis and identifies any increases in rates or clusters of the disease. According to data provided by the HPSC TB notifications in Ireland between 2001 and 2005 were as shown in the following table. Year Number of cases Crude Rate per 100,000 population 2001 381 9.7 2002 408 10.4 2003 407...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Sep 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 — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (27 Sep 2006)

Mary Harney: It is the practice in Ireland not to licence experiments involving the use of primates; however, I have no plans to introduce legislation in this regard. The use of live animals in scientific research and other experimental activity is strictly controlled in accordance with the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876, as amended by the European Communities (Amendment of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876)...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Sep 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.