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Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: The provision of hospital services to residents of County Galway is the responsibility of the Western Health Board. My Department has asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the position regarding the case and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Departmental Audits: Departmental Audits (1 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: The audits carried out in my Department since 1 January 2001 are as follows: ERDF operational programme 1994 to 1999: Tallaght Hospital: 5% verification under Article 3.1(b) of Regulation 2064/97: audit carried out by consultants Deloitte & Touche: January 2002. ERDF operational programme 1994 to 1999: vocational training infrastructure: system-based audit: 1999 to close of programme under...

Written Answers — Patient Statistics: Patient Statistics (1 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268 and 283 together. The information requested by the Deputy is not routinely collected by my Department. My Department has, therefore, requested the regional chief executive of the Eastern Regional Health Authority to collate the information and to forward it directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the funding of services at the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Tallaght, rests with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has, therefore, asked the regional chief executive of the authority to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and to reply to her directly.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the funding of services at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital rests with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has, therefore, asked the regional chief executive of the authority to examine the issues raised and to reply to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (1 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: As the Deputy is aware, the provision of orthodontic services to eligible persons is the responsibility of the health boards or authority in the first instance. The aim of my Department is to develop the treatment capacity of orthodontics in a sustainable way over the longer term. Given the potential level of demand for orthodontic services, the provision of those services will continue to be...

Written Answers — Nursing Education: Nursing Education (1 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: Parkinson's disease is a neurological disorder. The care and nursing management of the condition is included on the curriculum of the undergraduate general nursing degree and diploma. Regarding specialist training, Parkinson's disease fits into the broader area of neurology. There are eight clinical nurse specialist, or CNS, posts in neurology with one post specific to Parkinson's disease and...

Written Answers — Patient Statistics: Patient Statistics (1 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: The conditions that the Deputy refers to are not notifiable diseases under the public health system. Thus the figures that the Deputy requested are not collected by my Department. Under the Health Act 1970, a health board 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...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (1 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: The MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella and, in accordance with the recommendations of the immunisation advisory committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, can be administered to children between 12 and 15 months of age. A vaccine uptake rate of 95% is required to protect children from the diseases concerned and to stop the spread of the diseases in the...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (1 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the provision of drug treatment services rests with the health boards in the first instance. Since 1997, additional funding of €52 million has been provided to health boards to fund a wide range of drug treatment services. Those services include methadone maintenance, methadone detoxification, education, outreach services, rehabilitation and counselling. I am advised by...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 284 and 285 together. Services at the Mater Hospital are provided under an arrangement with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. The primary objective in establishing an Irish-based lung transplant programme is to increase the numbers of Irish patients receiving lung transplants, while at the same time ensuring that the clinical outcomes for those patients...

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (17 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the funding of services at the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Children's Hospital, Tallaght rests with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has therefore asked the regional chief executive of the authority to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and to reply to him directly.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: The provision of hospital services for people living in County Mayo is a matter for the Western Health Board. My Department has asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the position in relation to this case and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: The provision of hospital services for people living in County Kilkenny is a matter for the South Eastern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the position in relation to this case and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: The provision of hospital services for people living in County Mayo is a matter for the Western Health Board. My Department has asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the position in relation to this case and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (17 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: The provision of health services to people with a physical and-or sensory disability rests with the Eastern Regional Health Authority and the health boards in the first instance. Accordingly, the Deputy's question has been referred to the regional chief executive of the Eastern Regional Health Authority with a request that he examine the matter raised and reply directly to the Deputy, as a...

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (17 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the provision of orthodontic treatment to eligible persons in County Donegal rests with the North Western Health Board. Therefore, my Department has asked the chief executive officer to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and to reply to her directly.

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (17 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: As the Deputy is aware, the provision of orthodontic treatment services is the responsibility of the health boards/authority in the first instance. The aim of my Department is to develop the treatment capacity of orthodontics in a sustainable way over the longer term. Given the potential level of demand for orthodontic services, the provision of those services will continue to be based on...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (17 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: My Department received an application for a grant from the health and children allocation of national lottery funds on the 2 June 2004 from Charleville Sheltered Housing Services. There is a protocol in my Department for processing applications for national lottery grants. When the completed application form is received in my Department it is registered in the finance unit and forwarded to...

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (17 Jun 2004)

Micheál Martin: As the Deputy will be aware, the provision of palliative care services in County Mayo is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the Western Health Board. The board has advised my Department that there have been no changes made to service delivery arrangements in respect of palliative care at Mayo General Hospital.