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Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (7 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 — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (7 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 LTI does not cover GP fees or hospital co-payments. The conditions are mental handicap, mental illness for people under 16...

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (7 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The approved allocation for the National Treatment Purchase Fund for the years 2002-05 is provided in the following table. Year Funding â'¬m 2002 5.012 2003 30.057 2004 44.000 2005 64.000

Written Answers — EU Regulations: EU Regulations (7 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Regulation (EC) 1408/71 facilitates free movement of workers and others within the EU by providing for co-ordination between member states' health care and social security systems. In relation to health care, its provisions ensure that where people are affiliated with the health care system of one member state, insured with that system or covered by it, but residing or staying in another...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 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 — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (7 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 organdonation generally. The campaign, which is supported by my Department, highlights the need for organ donors by promoting the carrying of an organ donor card. There are two systems that can be used to ascertain an...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (7 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive has responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the management of human resources, including remuneration and other terms and conditions of employment. The parliamentary affairs division of the executive has therefore been asked to...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 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 — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (7 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: As the Deputy's queries relate to the Health Service Executive, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (7 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 an organ donor card. There are two systems that can be used to ascertain an...

Written Answers — Hospital Inquiry: Hospital Inquiry (7 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Following the death of Mr. Patrick Walsh in Monaghan hospital on 14 October 2005 the Health Service Executive commissioned Mr. Patrick Declan Carey, a consultant surgeon at Belfast City Hospital, and an honorary senior lecturer at Queen's University and Professor John Monson, Professor of Surgery, University of Hull, to carry out an independent and external review. The executive has advised...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (7 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 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 — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 to 80, inclusive, together. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Services Executive, HSE, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. That includes responsibility for fluoridation. Fluoridation of public...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to the availability of a reply to correspondence with the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive, my Department has referred the matter to the parliamentary affairs division of the executive for attention.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to human resource management issues within the Health Service Executive. As that is a matter for the executive under the Health Act 2004, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The Department is aware that the National Treatment Purchase Fund pays patients' travel costs in certain circumstances. The NTPF should be contacted directly regarding the specific case that the Deputy has in mind.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Current information on the number of speech and language therapists in the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain and consequently the ratios per 1,000 of the population as compared with this country, is not held by the Department of Health and Children. The report, Current and Future Supply and Demand Conditions in the Labour Market for Certain Professional Therapists,...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Responsibility for the collection and reporting of waiting lists and waiting times now falls within the remit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF. The Department of Health and Children has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the NTPF to reply to the Deputy directly with the information requested.