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

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 368 to 371, inclusive, together. The Midland Health Board is responsible for the provision of health services in its functional area. My Department has therefore asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the matters raised by the Deputy and to reply to him directly.

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

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the provision of ophthalmic services to eligible persons in the Longford eye centre rests with the Midland Health Board. My Department has asked the chief executive officer to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and to reply to him directly.

Written Answers — Health Board Funding: Health Board Funding (17 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: The outturn of the Western Health Board for 2002 was €672.234 million, giving a surplus of €11.594 million. The provisional outturn of the board for 2003 is €748.093 million, giving a surplus of €4.825 million. This gives a cumulative surplus of €16.419 million. This is provisional as the final figures for 2003 will not be available until the annual financial statements have been...

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

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 374, 376, 377 and 381 together. The information requested by the Deputy is not routinely collected by my Department. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the North Eastern Health Board to collate the information requested by the Deputy and to reply to him directly.

Written Answers — Health Board Payments: Health Board Payments (17 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: The health boards-authority are required to provide details of their compliance with the Prompt Payment of Accounts Act 1997 as part of their annual financial statements which is subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General. The payment of interest in the event of late payment for transactions is a requirement within the legislation. My Department has requested the chief executive...

Written Answers — Health Board Investigations: Health Board Investigations (17 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 378 and 382 together. The information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department. As the questions relate specifically to the North Eastern Health Board, my Department has referred them to the chief executive officer of that board for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Board Investigations: Health Board Investigations (17 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the provision of services at Cavan General Hospital rests with the North Eastern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the board to examine the matter raised by the Deputy and to reply to him directly.

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (17 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: I have been informed by the North Eastern Health Board that a total of 20 consultants have left the board's employment since 1 January 1998. The posts involved are allocated as follows: Cavan Hospital — four; Monaghan Hospital — five; Louth County Hospital, Dundalk — one; Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda — one; Our Lady's Hospital, Navan — five. Some 19 of the 20 posts have...

Written Answers — Hospital Funding: Hospital Funding (17 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: It has not been possible to compile the information sought by the Deputy in the time allowed. Therefore, my Department will forward the information to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Clinical Standards Committee: Clinical Standards Committee (17 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: The members of the clinical standards committee are from participating general practitioners and a health board representative. The names of the persons involved will be sent to the Deputy.

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

Micheál Martin: As I previously indicated to the Deputy, I have been advised that the South Eastern Health Board is aware of the limitations of the present structure with regard to the provision of services and is actively pursuing the acquisition of an alternative site in Thomastown in order to relocate the health centre. The board has also indicated that it will take account of the potential implications...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (17 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: The number of people covered by medical cards in the Midland Health Board area as at February 2004 is 68,890. The additional information requested is provided in tabular form as follows:

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: A response to the group referred to by the Deputy will issue from my Department shortly. As detailed to the Deputy in response to his earlier parliamentary questions on this issue, the matters raised by the group concerned were considered by my Department. A preliminary review of the schemes in place in a number of other countries has been undertaken. My Department is keeping the position...

Written Answers — Benchmarking Awards: Benchmarking Awards (17 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: My Department has been informed by the Eastern Regional Health Authority that calculations are being finalised to pay the second phase of the pay recommendations of the public service benchmarking body to the staff of the ERHA corporate and the area health boards in the first week in March.

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (17 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: Under the terms of the consultants' common contract, each consultant is entitled to engage in private practice within the hospital or hospitals in which he or she is employed. The extent to which a consultant is entitled to engage in private practice outside the hospital or hospitals in which he or she is employed is determined by the category of post which he or she holds. It is also subject...

Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (17 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: Article 152 of the Treaty of Amsterdam commits the European Community to implement binding measures to lay down high standards of quality and safety on the use of organs and substances of human origin, blood and blood derivatives. Directive 2002/98/EC, which was adopted on 27 January 2003, set standards of quality and safety for the collection, testing, processing, storage and distribution of...

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (17 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: The price of medicines in Ireland has been controlled since 1972 through multi-annual agreements with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, IPHA, and the Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of Ireland, APMI. Under these agreements, the maximum price to the wholesaler of any new medicine covered by the agreement may not, on the notification date, exceed the UK wholesale...

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

Micheál Martin: My Department has asked the Eastern Regional Health Authority for more detailed information, including that now sought by the Deputy in relation to this proposal. When this is received I will communicate with the Deputy.

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

Micheál Martin: The provision of services to residents of County Mayo is the responsibility of 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 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 400 and 401 together. Responsibility for the provision of hospital services in the eastern region is, in the first instance, a matter for the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the Eastern Regional Health Authority to reply directly to the Deputy on the specific information requested on patient...