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Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (22 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Under the 1970 Health Act, the Health Service Executive may arrange for the supply, without charge, of drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances to people with a specified condition, for the treatment of that condition, through the long term illness scheme. The scheme does not cover general practitioner fees or hospital co-payments. The conditions covered are mental handicap,...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (22 Feb 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 has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the...

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

Mary Harney: Under current legislation, persons aged between 16 and 25 years are considered financially independent of their parents or guardians if they are maintaining themselves. Their eligibility for a medical card is then assessed in their own right. Financial independence may be established through student loans, education grants, employment, self-employment, part-time employment, savings or social...

Written Answers — Avian Flu: Avian Flu (22 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Avian influenza, or bird flu, is an infectious disease of birds caused by type A strains of the influenza virus. The Department of Agriculture and Food is responsible for controlling avian influenza in birds and mammals other than humans. That Department has contingency plans in place and all questions relating to these plans should be referred to my colleague, the Minister for Agriculture...

Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (22 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 and 210 together. The opening or establishment of all new pharmacies is governed by the Pharmacy Acts, subject to restrictions imposed by non-pharmacy legislation such as the Planning Acts. There is no statutory prohibition on the provision of pharmacy and general practitioner services from co-located facilities. However, a community pharmacy contract may...

Written Answers — Death Certificates: Death Certificates (22 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The administration of the civil registration system is statutorily a matter for an tArd-Chláraitheoir, the Registrar General, and for registrars of births, deaths and marriages who operate under his general direction. I have made inquiries of an tArd-Chláraitheoir and the position is set out below. When a person dies, it is the duty of a relative of the deceased to act as qualified...

Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (22 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The annual organ donor awareness campaign, which is organised by the Irish Donor Network and administered by the Irish Kidney Association, highlights the necessity for organ donation generally. The campaign, which is supported by my Department, highlights the need for organ donors by promoting the carrying of a organ donor card. My Department has been providing financial support to the donor...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Feb 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 — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The amount of gross funding provided for the health Vote from 1998 to 2006 is detailed in the following table. The Deputy should note that figures for 2005 and 2006 relate to the Votes for the Department of Health and Children and the Health Service Executive. The 2006 figures are in respect of published Abridged Estimates figures plus the budget 2006 provision. Year Current Capital...

Written Answers — General Practitioner Co-operatives: General Practitioner Co-operatives (22 Feb 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 — State Property: State Property (22 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: In July 2005, I made a policy direction to the board of the Health Service Executive in regard to private hospital developments that would free up new public beds. Attached to the policy direction was an assessment framework which the Health Services Executive, HSE, has been requested to follow in relation to proposals to locate private hospital facilities on public hospital sites. It...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Feb 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 (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 184 and 210 together. 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 reply...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The Pensions (Abatement) Act 1965 provides the legislative basis for the suspension or reduction of an allowance or pension where, after retirement, a scheme pensioner is employed in an agency or organisation in which the superannuation scheme paying the pension applies. Remuneration plus pension for the specified period should not exceed the up-rated remuneration for the post from which the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Case mix analyses the mix of patients hospitals treat by collecting data on the diagnoses and procedures relating to individual patients and the cost of treating them and categorising them into diagnoses related groups. Case mix is used as part of the budgetary process in order that funding is based on measured costs and activity and to fund hospitals for the patients actually treated. In...

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (21 Feb 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. The report to which the Deputy's question refers was prepared by the benzodiazepine committee at the behest of the then Minister for Health and Children and published in 2002. The committee was comprised of...

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

Mary Harney: The latest figures available to me for spending by the Health Service Executive in 2005 were included in the executive's December 2005 returns to the Department of Finance, which were submitted to me on 17 January 2006. These figures fall to be revised when the executive consolidates figures for inclusion in the 2005 annual appropriation account for Vote 40. The monthly spending from the...

Written Answers — Clinical Indemnity Scheme: Clinical Indemnity Scheme (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The clinical indemnity scheme is based on the principle of enterprise liability. It therefore covers consultants employed in public hospitals for the treatment of their public and private patients in hospitals covered by the scheme. The cover is provided to the hospital concerned rather than to the individual consultant. This cover is unlimited. The scheme does not extend to the treatment of...

Written Answers — Clinical Indemnity Scheme: Clinical Indemnity Scheme (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Private patients in public hospitals are patients of the hospital as well as patients of the consultant treating them. As such, their treatment and care is covered by the clinical indemnity scheme. Consultants do not need to take out separate professional indemnity cover for this element of their practice. One of the objectives in establishing the clinical indemnity scheme was to eliminate...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (21 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194 and 195 together. My objective in the development of a national network for radiation oncology services is to increase capacity as early as possible and to ensure that all cancer patients will receive care to the best international standards. St. Luke's Hospital board and its executive management team are fully committed to supporting the Government's...