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- Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The pathology review is not over.
- Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I am clarifying that the review is not over.
- Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I did not know on Tuesday.
- Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Deputy is a lawyer, she should know.
- Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: There is.
- Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: They do not.
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 to 179, inclusive, together. Subject to overall parameters set by Government, the Health Service Executive has the responsibility for determining the composition of its staffing complement including that of Clinical Psychologists. In that regard, it is a matter for the Executive to manage and deploy its human resources to best meet the requirements of its...
- Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and social services which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Office has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and social services which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Office has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Assisted Human Reproduction: Assisted Human Reproduction (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: At present there is no legislation in Ireland governing the intervention in the natural process of creating human life; instead, medical practice is governed by guidelines issued by the Medical Council. These provide that the creation of new forms of life for experimental purposes or the deliberate and intentional destruction of in vitro human life already formed is professional misconduct....
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 183, 220, 223 and 224 together. The Deputies' questions relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Services 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...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The social partnership agreement, Towards 2016, includes a commitment that the issues around the introduction of a cost of disability payment will be considered following the development of a needs assessment system under the Disability Act. This follows an inter-departmental examination of the issue by a working group and research commissioned on its behalf by the National Disability...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185, 186, 265 and 266 together. The Report of the Joint Committee on Child Protection contains over 60 recommendations. The majority of these recommendations fall within the remit of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, with other recommendations falling within the remit of other State departments and agencies. The Office of the Minister for...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187, 214, 235 and 236 together. As the Health Service Executive (HSE) has operational responsibility, under the Health Act 2004, for the management and delivery of health and personal social services, the issue of revised reimbursement prices for community pharmacy under the GMS and community drugs schemes, following the announcement by the HSE on 17 September...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The aim of the home help service is to enable older people and other dependent persons, who would otherwise need to be looked after in residential care, to live at home. The HSE acknowledges the importance of home helps as part of the community services team in supporting older people and other dependent persons to remain in their own homes for as long as possible. The level of home help...
- Written Answers — Cancer Treatment Services: Cancer Treatment Services (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Report on the Development of Services for Symptomatic Breast Disease ('the O'Higgins Report') was published in 2000. The Report recommended 13 specialist breast cancer centres nationally based on a requirement for each centre to manage a minimum of 100 new primary breast cancer cases per annum as follows: South Eastern Health Board â Waterford Regional Hospital; Southern Health Board...
- Written Answers — Cancer Treatment Services: Cancer Treatment Services (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: Arising from the designation of eight cancer centres nationally and in order to comply with the National Quality Assurance Standards for Symptomatic Breast Disease, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has announced that within the coming weeks, breast cancer services at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar will be transferred to the Mater Hospital in Dublin. In 2006 a total of 19 breast...
- Written Answers — Mobility Allowances: Mobility Allowances (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The mobility allowance is a monthly payment administered by the Health Service Executive, which provides financial support to severely disabled people, between the ages of 16 and 66, who are unable to walk or use public transport and is intended to enable them to benefit from a change in surroundings, for example, by financing the occasional taxi journey. I have no current proposal to amend...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Scheme: Nursing Homes Scheme (27 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Repayment Scheme and the information sought by the Deputy relates to matters within the area of responsibility of the Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Nov 2007)
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 matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.