Results 8,981-9,000 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Medical Insurance. (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: A primary objective of Government policy in health insurance is that it should be affordable for the broadest possible cross section of the community including older people and those who suffer ill health. This policy objective has been implemented through a substantial body of primary and secondary legislation providing for open enrolment, community rating and lifetime cover. Although the...
- Medical Insurance. (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: The legislation that was struck down had its origins in the 1994 Act. It was initiated by the then Government and the Minister was Deputy Brendan Howlin but I am not making an issue of that. I am simply saying that is the factual position. Every Minister for Health who has been in office since 1994 has strongly supported, through legislative measures, risk equalisation. The Supreme Court...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 113 to 115, inclusive, together. Almost 130,000 people work full-time or part-time in our public health services. In recent years, the Government's ongoing high level of investment in health has achieved and maintained significant increases in the numbers of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals employed in the public health services. The...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the funding, 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 — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald. The HSE has advised my Department that as of 19th September 38,859 claim forms have been received under the Health Repayment Scheme. It is estimated that following adjustments for rejections and duplicate claims, the...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question in relation to CervicalCheck is the responsibility of the National Cancer Screening Service. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Chief Executive Officer of the Service to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to the matters raised.
- Written Answers — Health Service Funding: Health Service Funding (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Health Service Funding: Health Service Funding (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: Based on the National Quality Assurance Standards for Symptomatic Breast Disease Services, and the fact that the BreastCheck screening programme will significantly reduce the number of symptomatic breast cancer presentations, the Health Service Executive (HSE) determined that we require a total of eight specialist breast cancer centres nationally. It is important to clarify that this is not...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: Based on the National Quality Assurance Standards for Symptomatic Breast Disease Services, and the fact that the BreastCheck screening programme will significantly reduce the number of symptomatic breast cancer presentations, the Health Service Executive (HSE) determined that we require a total of eight specialist breast cancer centres nationally. It is important to clarify that this is not...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: I understand that the Deputy is referring to treatment for gland melanoma. The specific question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the HSE under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this regard.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: The management of waiting lists generally is a matter for the Health Service Executive and the individual hospitals concerned. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the matters raised by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matters investigated and to issue a reply directly to...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald. The HSE has advised that the following payments were made since the scheme was introduced: Company Amount Paid to 31/8/2008 2007 2006 Total ⬠⬠⬠⬠Scheme Administrator 6,869,615.89 2,274,000.00...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: Both the Minister for Health and Children and I are fully committed to introducing the new Nursing Homes Support Scheme in 2009. The Minister for Health and Children, expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas for debate in this Dáil session. As regards the number of people on waiting lists for enhanced subvention, the Department has asked the Health Service Executive to...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: There has been a growing demand for, and investment in, physiotherapy in the health services over the last number of years. There were a number of issues contributing to difficulties accessing physiotherapy services, one of which had been the supply of qualified personnel available to fill vacant posts. A particular priority for my Department and the Department of Education and Science in...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: There has been a growing demand for, and investment in, speech and language therapy in the health services over the last number of years. There were a number of issues contributing to difficulties accessing Speech and Language Therapy services, one of which had been the supply of qualified personnel available to fill vacant posts. A particular priority for my Department and the Department...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (25 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...