Results 20,881-20,900 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 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 — Health Service Funding: Health Service Funding (9 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: I have referred this matter to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Service Plan: Health Service Plan (9 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: Under section 31(1) of the Health Act 2004, the HSE is required to prepare an annual National Service Plan. The plan must indicate the type and volume of health and personal social services to be provided by the HSE. I approved the HSE National Service Plan 2010 on 5 February 2010 under section 31(8) of the Health Act 2004. In approving the plan, I highlighted to the HSE the necessity that...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (9 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 and 273 together. 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...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: The management of out-patient waiting lists 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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (9 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: The ongoing regulatory programme undertaken by my Department has seen the introduction of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, providing for statutory registration for 12 designated health and social care professional grades. The structure of the system of statutory registration will comprise a registration board for each of the professions to be registered, a health and social...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 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 — Assisted Human Reproduction: Assisted Human Reproduction (9 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: The Supreme Court recently decided in the RvR (frozen embryos)case that the frozen embryos at issue in the case do not have the constitutional protection of Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution. It is my intention to bring forward proposals to Government later this year with a view to drafting legislation to govern the area of Assisted Human Reproduction and related practices. The work...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (9 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Health Repayment Scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG accountants and McCann Fitzgerald solicitors. A total of 35,300 claims have been received for the scheme. In excess of 35,000 or 99.3 % of all claims have been concluded. To date a total of 18,898 repayments of maintenance charges to the...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (9 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (9 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: Under the cycle to work scheme, the Department advances the cost of the cycle and equipment to the relevant staff members, who then repay the cost net of tax by way of deduction from salary over 12 months. The principal cost of the scheme to the State is the tax relief given to participants. To date 26 staff in my Department have availed of the cycle to work scheme and in 2010 staff have...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (10 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: A person in receipt of a medical card does not have to pay the health contribution; this exemption does not apply to those in receipt of a GP Visit Card. However, anyone earning less than â¬26,000 gross per year is also exempt from paying the health contribution.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: I am informed by the Health Service Executive that the remainder of the information sought by the Deputy is being collated and will issue to him very shortly.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (10 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 (10 Feb 2010)
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 — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (10 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Controlled Substances: Controlled Substances (10 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: 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 where there is evidence that the substances are causing...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (10 Feb 2010)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.