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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (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, the Department of Health and Children 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 Staff: Hospital Staff (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: According to the most recent Health Service Executive — employers agency survey of nursing resources in the public health service, recruitment remains ahead of resignations and retirements. Employers reported that 1,131 vacancies existed at 30 September 2005, a vacancy rate of 3.24%. This figure includes vacancies in hospitals, intellectual disability services and community health. It does...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (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, the Department of Health and Children 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...

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

Mary Harney: While the Health Service Executive, HSE, has no statutory obligation to provide chiropody services to GMS patients, 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 over time....

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (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, the Department of Health and Children 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 — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The information requested is being collated by my Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: This is an EU directive and we are in breach of it. As the Deputy is aware, there has been a European Court of Justice judgment against Ireland on this matter. The regulation that was signed on 11 December has been suspended for the moment, pending a review by Teagasc of the science on which it based the advice and about which there is some confusion. I believe there is a five-week——

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: Yes, Part 3, one part of the directive. It is important that the review be completed as quickly as possible and I understand Teagasc has five weeks to do it.

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: There is no legislation proposed on the Corrib gas pipeline. With regard to medical practitioners, that legislation will be ready this year.

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The legislation is before the Committee. The Government has discussed the legislation on a number of occasions and it is important it is passed for many reasons. It is not unusual that a group affected by the legislation would protest. That people are free to do that is the essence of democracy. However, it is important from the country's and taxpayers' perspectives that we have the...

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: The answer to the second question is "No".

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: On the first question, the heads of the Bill were cleared by the Government in December. We will have the legislation in March.

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: We have pretty robust legislation in this area and, as the Deputy is aware, there have been many prosecutions in respect of child pornography.

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: They have been. There has actually been a number of well-known cases.

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: It is proposed to take No. 12, proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the draft Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Act 2003 (Prescribed Accountancy Bodies) Regulations 2006, which is back from committee; No. 15, Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad] — Second Stage (resumed); No. 1, Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Bill 2005 [Seanad] — Second Stage; and No. 2, University College Galway...

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: I am not in a position to respond for Deputy Ned O'Keeffe.

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: As regards the proposed development at the Mater site, there is no question of any money being wasted on a new hospital. It is essential for the Mater, as one of the country's oldest hospitals. There are four hospitals in Dublin from which tertiary paediatric facilities are supplied to children from throughout the country. I do not believe there is any other place in the world with a similar...

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: It is not late in the day. What was proposed was a new hospital for Crumlin costing €400 million and one for Temple Street, which would cost another €200 million. It might well be that we can get the right answer for much less. The HSE, with my approval, commissioned a consultancy report which it received yesterday. It is being discussed this morning at the HSE board meeting. I will be...

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: As regards the M50, with which I am more than familiar, as the Deputy is aware, the decisions on the announcements made last Friday were made by the National Roads Authority. As regards Bord na gCon, obviously——

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Mary Harney: My understanding is that the NRA issued a letter last Friday, and for some reason——