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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: In the context of the decision to be taken on the possible relocation of the facilities at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, I asked the Health Service Executive to undertake a review of tertiary highly specialised paediatric services to ensure that they are planned and provided in the most efficient and effective manner. On 3 February last, the Health Service Executive...

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: Under the terms of the general medical services scheme, GMS, contract, participating GPs undertake to provide a range of treatments and general practitioner services for the patients on their GMS panel. Their GMS contract obliges them to provide the first and last certificates to explain work absence for their patients. All other requested certificates, such as those in respect of...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (29 Mar 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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (29 Mar 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 — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: The issues raised by the Deputy are matters for BreastCheck. My Department has requested the director of BreastCheck to examine the matters raised and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: The Department of Health and Children has been informed by the parliamentary affairs division of the Health Service Executive that a reply has now issued to the Deputy on the matter.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, for which the Health Service Executive is responsible under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department of Health and Children has asked the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange for this matter to be investigated and a reply to be issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Service Projects: Health Service Projects (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: I have been advised by the Health Service Executive that it has not yet concluded its deliberations on the course of action it proposes to pursue to allow the PPARS project to recommence. A recommended action plan which will seek to leverage the investment made to date will be submitted to the HSE's chief executive officer shortly. The action plan will have to take on board last December's...

Written Answers — Health Service Projects: Health Service Projects (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: I have been advised by the Health Service Executive that the relevant internal audit report is being finalised and should be completed shortly. The HSE will then issue a copy to the Comptroller and Auditor General. The question of publication does not arise at this stage.

Written Answers — Health Service Projects: Health Service Projects (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: I have been advised by the Health Service Executive that its legal advisors on PPARS were asked on 7 December 2005 to establish the ownership of the company in question. The advisers initiated a process of locating the place of registration of the company and determining its shareholders and any other available information. On 16 December 2005, they reported that searches in Ireland,...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (29 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: I join the Taoiseach, the leader of Fine Gael and the leader of the Labour Party in expressing my sympathy and that of the Progressive Democrats to the family of the late Ruairí Brugha. I had the pleasure of serving in the Seanad for four years, between 1977 and 1981, with Ruairí Brugha and that was when I got to know him. As others have said, he was a real gentleman. He had an enormous...

Written Answers — European Conventions: European Conventions (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: The convention in question is primarily designed to reduce both the number of experiments and the number of animals used for such purposes. Parties to the convention are encouraged not to experiment on animals except where there is no alternative and to encourage research into alternative methods. Animals to be experimented on should be selected on the basis of clearly established...

Written Answers — European Conventions: European Conventions (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: Ireland is not a signatory to the Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine as there are difficulties with some articles that have implications for the destruction of human embryos. The question of Ireland signing the convention with formal reservations in respect of those articles with which difficulties have been identified has been kept under review. These, and other...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Mar 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 — General Practitioner Training: General Practitioner Training (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: General practitioners, GPs, are private medical practitioners operating in their own right. The State contracts with GPs for the provision of services under a number of schemes, the most significant of which is the general medical services scheme, GMS. The State funds GPs' vocational training, which is conducted under the auspices of the Irish College of General Practitioners, ICGP, with...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Mar 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 (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 137 and 138 together. The Health Service Executive has indicated that, as at 1 March 2006, 10,034 persons held a GP visit card. Of these, 1,570 were in Cork.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Mar 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 (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the national repayment scheme, inquiries relating to individual cases are referred to the parliamentary affairs division of the executive. My Department has asked 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 (28 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the national repayment scheme, inquiries relating to individual cases are referred to the parliamentary affairs division of the executive. My Department has asked the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.