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Ipsos Well, VHI done it again!! When I telephoned my own bank, to see whether the DD for my new health insurer went through on my a/c....I was told that the only transaction that did go through on that day was VHI:mad:. I was completely flabbergasted!! These guy's took two months premium...

you'd wonder I can understand that there may be some of a backlog.... However, it seems that VHI were 100% aware that these policies were cancelled. And, thats what I dont understand, if you notify VHI in writing and they acknowledge that policy is cancelled, surely whatever internal...

Categories of Eligibility to Irish Health Services: Public Services: Public Patient Category 1 Eligibility Category 1 covers General Medical Services (GMS) where eligibility to the public health system is subject to means testing. If you income is above the threshold for eligibility and you...

If you cancelled your VHI policy, and you also paid by DD, you should be aware of this. http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/surviving-the-recession/vhi-charging-former-customers-2555873.html

staff nurses The staff nurse as the fully trained member of staff is the person who will be held professionally and legally accountable for whatever may arise on the ward.... And there must alway's be qualified staff nurses on any unit.....fourth year students are not allowed to manage a...

I am a Nurse I am a Nurse. The €90,000 figure is what it costs us the taxpayer....not mom and dad! And remember, nurses do actually get a qualification that is transferrable to most parts of this world! And if people cant afford the expense of going to college to do nursing....well dont go...

this makes me so mad Oh I just had to put my two-pence worth into this. What's most insightful is that the IMNO agreed to unqualified student nurses being used to replace and do the work of qualified staff nurses on wards! Maybe, the students should have a bigger gripe with the union...me...

possible They cant give bull if you are looking for specific information - its factual. They may well give a bull answer in response to a complaint, and if so you escalate it to the next level which is the Office of the Ombudsman - one of many complaints they receive on this Dept! Of course...

Clarification A written statement of accounts of the payment and current rate that they are and were in receipt of for the preceeding year = departmental statement and hence proof that you were and are in receipt of jobseekers for that year. That information is on Departmental files and you've...

Its a way of getting the information and they cant fob you off they have to deal with an FOI request!

Another idea, it may be worthwhile to look for the personal information under the FOI Act 1997 & FOI (Amendment) Act 2003 and do it under Section 4. I'd register the letter as well. Under statute, there are strict time limits in which they have to deal with an FOI application. There's alot of...

Hope this helps Hi, Your Dad’s illness is a major life changing event both for your dad and the family. My first thoughts would be that its going to take alot of time and patience for your dad to come to terms with the stroke and how its affected him and also to adjust to the nursing home. I...

Tips Its a very good idea for anybody that is considering a nursing home to visit the HIQA website and read all the inspection reports that have been compiled for the nursing home in question. These reports will tell you how often the nursing home was inspected, if there is or was ever any...

Address You can send the original receipts to Customer Service (Claims Section) Aer Lingus HQ Dublin Airport and I would keep photocopy records of the original receipts.

Appeals Process I would suggest that you need to put in a Section 7 request under the FOI Act 1997 and the FOI (Amendment) Act 2003 seeking all the records relating to the medical assessment, and any other records that exist regarding your claim. These medical assessment records will show...

I'd be interested in hearing feedback on this experience of A&E unit in Beaumont Hospital. My mother was admitted as an ambulance emergency this afternoon. When I phoned ambulance control I was told that there was a backlog of persons waiting for ambulances and that there was only 13...

Jamies This brings me back to when to my good owl student days in the UK! After coming off nightshifts we would head across from the hospital to our rooms to have the obligatory shower and to don our jamies hoping for an undisturbed days sleep. Before hitting the sack, we would head off the...

Legal Representation during involuntary admission Purely out of interest, what would be the legal view of the responsibility of the legal representative who was appointed to represent the interests of the person under involuntary admission?

Was the approved centre that your relative was admitted to a private or public facility? If it was a private facility, your relative was not of legal sound and mind to enter into any kind of contract. If it is a public approved centre that is now issuing the bill, the person would have...

Discourse The circumstance where welfare claimants can go to university and retain their social welfare payments is part of a labour market activation measure actively being pursued by the Department and FAS. Its a statutory scheme - and I do know that the Department would most welcome your...