Results 20,741-20,760 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 to 67, inclusive, together. I fully support the Health Service Executive's decision to centralise the processing of all medical card applications and reviews. I wrote to all Oireachtas members on 17th January 2010 outlining a range of measures being employed by the Executive to address issues arising from this initiative and I also referred to the various...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (28 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: My Department does not collect union subscriptions from payroll for doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists and other health sector staff. In relation to agencies under the aegis of my Department, I would like to inform the Deputy that this is an operational matter for the bodies in question and my Department does not routinely compile or hold this information. I...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Jan 2010)
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 (28 Jan 2010)
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 — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (28 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: Under the terms of circular 14/1980 (Facilities for non full-time representatives of staff associations), staff members are entitled to special leave with pay for attendance at official union business e.g. annual delegate conference. The number of days claimed under circular 14/1980 from 2007 - 2009 is set out in the following table. The table notes the number of days claimed by staff at...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (28 Jan 2010)
Mary Harney: The total amount of union/staff associations subscriptions deducted from salaries of staff in my Department in 2009 was â¬147,004. The unions/staff associations for whom these subscriptions were deducted are as follows: Civil and Public Service Union â¬30,168 IMPACT â¬6,888 Public Service Executive Union â¬51,424 Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants...
- Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (2 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: The Director of Public Prosecutions is independent in the performance of his duties. I can only comment in relation to my responsibilities under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977. Certain prescription medicines have been declared controlled drugs in accordance with the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 - for example, products containing morphine, methadone, flunitrazepam and possession of these products,...
- Written Answers — Traveller Community: Traveller Community (2 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has the operational and funding responsibility for the medical card and GP visit card benefits. It collates medical card and GP visit card data by Local Health Office, age and gender. Therefore, my Department has asked the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to address this matter and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Feb 2010)
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 (2 Feb 2010)
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 — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (2 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) was established to tackle the issue of excessive waiting times for hospital treatment for public patients. The Fund has been very successful in fulfilling this remit and has arranged treatment for almost 175,000 patients to date. On average, public patients now wait 3 months for their operations, down from between two and five years before the NTPF...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (2 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (2 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 281 and 323 together. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and its associated regulations control the import, export, production, supply and possession of a range of named narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances listed in the Schedules to the Act. Substances are scheduled under the Act in accordance with Ireland's obligations under international conventions and/or...
- Written Answers — Legal Fees: Legal Fees (2 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question concerns matters pertaining to the Health Service Executive, I have forwarded it to the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (2 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: I have always accepted the consensus view of the relevant expert bodies that the introduction of a universal high uptake vaccination programme in young girls, in conjunction with population based cervical screening, could significantly reduce overall cervical cancer incidence. The issue was not, therefore, whether the case for a cervical cancer vaccination programme was accepted by myself and...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.