Results 23,441-23,460 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Written Answers — Assisted Human Reproduction: Assisted Human Reproduction (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: My Department is currently developing policy proposals to regulate the area of Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) with the intention of finalising them by the end of this year or early next year; these proposals will form the basis of legislation in the area of AHR.

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: I understand that this patient was admitted to Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children on Friday 1st October.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: I have introduced a number of measures in the past year to reduce the costs of drugs and medicines for both the State and consumers. These measures have included a reduction in the wholesale and retail mark-ups under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 and new price agreements with IPHA (Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association) and APMI (Association of...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's questions relate to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: As information on the number of nursing posts currently vacant or awaiting to be filled in the public health service is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. Neither my Department or the HSE maintain records on the number of vacancies in the private health sector. The Government has made it clear that a critical part of its strategy to...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: I do not accept that necessary measures by the HSE to ensure that acute hospital services are delivered to budget and in line with the commitments in the 2010 National Service Plan will be detrimental to the quality and level of hospital services. Maintaining patient safety and service levels is critical in all management decision-making in relation to cost containment. Expenditure control...

Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: My Department does not have any information in relation to the cost of procedures in private hospitals, as such hospitals are outside the ambit of the Health Act and their costs are generally not available due to commercial considerations. In relation to the cost of procedures in public hospitals, this information is collected by the HSE in the context of the Casemix programme. I have...

Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 251 and 252 together. My Department does not routinely collate records relating to the number of surgical and medical procedures paid for by private health insurers in the public and private health sectors. The insurers are commercial organisations which buy services from a number of providers, some public, others private. As commercial organisations, they...

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: The provision of data in relation to activity at publicly funded hospitals is a service matter and has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. Activity at private hospitals does not come within my remit.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the establishment of the Health Service Executive with effect from 1st January 2005 and the Executive was established with its own Vote, Vote 40. The HSE is the single body responsible for meeting Ireland's health and social care needs, providing thousands of services to young and old, in hospitals, health facilities and in communities across the country....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (6 Oct 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 — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (6 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 179 together. As this is a service matter, the Deputy's questions have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (6 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: A catch up programme for BCG vaccination is currently in place in Cork City and County for those aged up to 15 years. In order to assess the position fully, the Chief Medical Officer of my Department has asked the HSE to provide information about the routine administration of BCG in all regions of the country, to identify areas where BCG vaccination is not being administered and outline what...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (6 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question refers to a service matter it has been forwarded to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Service Investigations: Health Service Investigations (6 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: Following media and public interest over the period 1991 - 1997, the then Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health and Children, Dr. Jim Kiely, was asked by then Minister Cowen to investigate a number of vaccine trials which had been undertaken both on children in institutional settings and children in home settings in Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s. Dr. Kiely's report, "Report on...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (6 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.