Results 2,961-2,980 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — General Register Office: General Register Office (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: An tArd-Chláraitheoir, the Registrar-General, is the person with statutory responsibility for the administration of the civil registration system in Ireland. I have made inquiries of the Registrar-General and the position is as follows. The civil registration computer system has been fully operational across all areas of the Health Service Executive since the end of 2004. The functionality...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 134 and 135 together. The Government is strongly committed to maintaining community rating in the Irish health insurance market. Provision for the operation of risk equalisation is essential to the policy of maintaining a community rated health insurance market. The Health Insurance Act 2001 provides that risk equalisation should be introduced where to do so...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, HSE, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the funding of the Ballymun health centre, including the fit-out and equipping of the facility....
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 143 together. The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question regarding public orthodontic work relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Government has agreed the key elements of a scheme for the repayment of long stay charges. All those who were illegally charged for publicly funded long-term residential care and are alive and the estates of all those who were charged and died in the six years prior to 9 December 2004 will have the charges repaid in full. The scheme will not provide for repayments to the estates of those...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: Responsibility for the collection and reporting of waiting lists and waiting times now falls within the remit of the national treatment purchase fund, NTPF. Therefore, my Department has asked the chief executive of the fund to respond to the Deputy on the latest information available to the fund in respect of the number of patients waiting for treatment. A new on-line national patient...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153 and 154 together. The Deputy's questions relate to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: My officials are examining the feasibility of introducing a vaccine damage compensation scheme. I will be in a position to consider the available options on completion of this work. This task is included in my Department's business plan. The target date for completion is October 2005.
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (29 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: Following publication of tender notices in the EU Journal, BreastCheck has indicated that it received 50 requests to participate in the procurement process which will be carried out in accordance with EU procurement procedures using the restricted procedure. BreastCheck anticipates that the short-listing, interviews and fee negotiations will be complete by the end of July 2005.