Results 20,241-20,260 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (3 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: Decisions in relation to the matters referred to by the Deputy are a matter for Government to be considered as part of the Estimates and budgetary process. I am not in a position to comment on such matters at this stage.
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (3 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: The management of waiting lists generally is a matter for the HSE and the individual hospitals concerned. I have, therefore, referred the Deputy's question to the Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. As the Deputy may be aware, the National Treatment Purchase Fund arranges treatment for patients who have been on a surgical waiting list for more than three months. It is open to the person in question or anyone acting on their behalf to contact the Fund directly in relation to their case.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (3 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Consultancy Reports. (8 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: It is â¬108,000.
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: Overall clinical activity in our acute hospitals is ahead of target by 3.4% and this pattern is likely to continue until the end of the year. When inpatient and day cases are combined, acute hospitals have treated 33,000 more patients to date in 2009 than during the same period in 2008. Outpatient activity is also 3% ahead of target. Hospitals must deliver their services within budget and...
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: When Deputy Reilly was in Tallaght yesterday, I do not know whether he met the incoming chief executive officer designate, Professor Conlon. If he did, I am sure Professor Conlon made him aware of his plans, particularly, but not exclusively, with regard to orthopaedics. Tallaght Hospital has 11 orthopaedic surgeons, which is a large number by any standard for any hospital. The waiting...
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: They are not massaging the figures. They are accurate verifiable figures and I invite the Deputy to meet representatives of the National Treatment Purchase Fund or invite representatives to come before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children to discuss the significant progress that has been made. At a meeting with the NTPF last week, I discussed whether a person should remain...
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: I invite the Deputy to read the OECD publication today which shows the significant improvements we have made in Ireland in health, life expectancy and cancer treatment. It is an independent analysis which shows that, over the past decade, life expectancy has increased faster in Ireland than in any other EU country. Some of the cases the Deputy discussed had already been brought to my...
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: The Deputy may be referring to recent media reports regarding an application before Sligo County Council to rezone land which would permit a planning application to be made in respect of a private health facility. The reports state that such a facility may provide certain medical services, including oncology. It is not clear whether the facility will ever be established but I want to make...
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy is aware, patient safety is a priority for me and that is why I established the patient safety commission. All the reform taking place in acute hospitals is with a view to their meeting minimum standards for licensing in 2012 and 2013. As I stated previously here and at committee meetings, if we had the legislation and pressed the green button in the morning, many of the...
- Hospital Services. (8 Dec 2009)
Mary Harney: As I stated on previous occasions, I can only do so when we have a legislative way of doing so and we cannot do that in advance of having licensing, authorisation or accreditation. Some of the misdiagnoses that have come to public attention occurred in both the public and private sectors, in services that are organised around extremely small volumes of patients and where the critical mass of...