Results 23,721-23,740 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: The St Vincent's University Hospital and the HSE are working to ensure the earliest possible delivery of the new ward block. The contract for construction of the new facility was signed on the 14 October 2010. The site has been handed over to the contractor. An architect has been appointed, the contractor and design team are on site and construction work has commenced. The site had previously...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 311 to 313, inclusive, together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (27 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 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 — Health Services: Health Services (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question is referring to entitlements in an individual case, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: The maximum number of members on Boards to which I make appointments are set out below. In the case of some Boards other Ministers and Bodies have responsibility for making nominations and appointments. Board/Agency Number of Members Advisory Committee for Human Medicines (IMB) 12 Advisory Committee for Veterinary Medicines (IMB) 12 An Bord Altranais 29 An Bord Uchtala 9 Beaumont...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: The Agencies funded by my Department in each of the years 2006 - 2010 are set out in the following table. The Deputy will also be aware that the Health Service Executive is accountable to me as Minister for Health & Children. The net amount voted by the Oireachtas in respect of Vote 40 - Health Service Executive is as follows: 2006 - â¬10,031,090 2007 - â¬11,453,895 2008 - â¬12,667,159...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 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 (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: The matters raised by the Deputy relate to the provision of healthcare services and accordingly, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has the operational and funding responsibility for the medical card benefit. It collates medical card data by county, age and gender. Therefore, my Department has requested 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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: That is correct. Nobody underestimates the serious economic challenges this country faces. Notwithstanding that, it is important in political, public and media discourse to have a sense of perspective. We must have it for many reasons. Reference was made yesterday to confidence. Deputy Gilmore spoke about the "confidence fairy". Confidence is not a policy but it is important, as are...
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: I listened to the Deputy. Businesses are running with huge precautionary cash surpluses on the scale of the deficit. To put matters in perspective, since 1995 this country's per capita income has grown by 30% more than that of the EU 27 and by 16% more than the eurozone average. Almost 900,000 more people are at work today than were working in the late 1980s. At one stage in the late 1980s,...
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Mary Harney: All of the innovation studies emanating from the USA show that from the point of view of foreign direct investment, FDI, business and innovation and research, we are - depending on the analysis used - in the top four or five nations. In that context, it is important that we should have confidence in our ability as a people. We are good at solving problems.