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Order of Business. (23 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: There is no difficulty on policy issues.

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: Professor Drumm's letter set down timeframes for answering parliamentary questions.

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: Under the old health board regime, people waited much longer for answers.

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: I can show the Deputies. That is a fact. Shortly, I will attend an Oireachtas committee meeting with Professor Drumm on a number of issues. Perhaps at that meeting, which Deputy McManus and others who are interested will attend, we can discuss the issue of responses. That would be an effective way of doing it. This is a new organisation that is trying to do things in an effective way.

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: No, it is not.

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: It is 15 months old.

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: No.

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: It had no statutory powers in its interim form.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 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 have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: The Deputy will wish to note that the Open Republic Institute invited me to attend a supper in April 2005. I did not attend this event and I have not received any further correspondence from the institute.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 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 — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: Under the Health (Amendment) Act 1986, the Health Service Executive may impose charges on all patients for treatment arising out of injuries sustained in road traffic accidents where compensation is subsequently payable. The Act does not withdraw eligibility for public hospital services from road traffic accident victims but allows the Health Service Executive to recover the costs of all...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: On the request for information relating to January 1997 and January 2002 I have asked the Health Service Executive, HSE, to provide this directly to the Deputy. Information from the HSE shared services primary care reimbursement service indicates that the following numbers of persons held a medical card in January 2006 and March 2006 — the latest available information — in respect of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: The Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 removed the compulsory retirement age of 65 for "new entrant" public servants recruited after 1 April 2004. For existing employees, identified in the Act as not being "new entrant" public servants, the maximum retirement age remains 65. However, public health service employees who have retired are sometimes re-employed on...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (22 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 the sale of lands referred to by the Deputy. The Deputy will probably be aware that, as a Vote holder, the executive would, in respect of the sale of lands, be subject to...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: The management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive in the first instance. Accordingly, it is more appropriate for discussions to be held with the HSE with regard to this group.

Written Answers — Animal Experimentation: Animal Experimentation (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: The statistics referred to by the Deputy are compiled and made available every third year as is required by Directive 86/609/EEC regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes. The latest published statistics relate to 2002 and a copy of these has already been provided to the Deputy. My Department is currently compiling the 2005 statistics and these...

Written Answers — General Register Office: General Register Office (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: The administration of the civil registration system in Ireland, which includes the provision of certificates of life events on payment of the appropriate fees, rests with an tArd-Chláraitheoir or Registrar General for births, deaths and marriages. I have made inquiries of an tArd-Chláraitheoir and he advises me that his office, in consultation with the public services e-broker, REACH, is in...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Harney: Under the Medical Practitioners Act 1978, the Medical Council was established as the body with the responsibility for the registration of medical practitioners and the regulation of their activities. The Medical Council conducted an inquiry into the medical practitioner referred to by the Deputy and by order of the High Court dated 2 September 2003 the medical practitioner's name was struck...