Results 3,061-3,080 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (30 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 repayment will apply to all those who were illegally charged,...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (30 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 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 have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (30 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 — Experiments on Animals: Experiments on Animals (30 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: While it is not the practice in Ireland to license experiments involving the use of primates, there are no plans at present to introduce legislation in this regard. I have arranged to make the 1999 and 2002 statistics on the use of animals for experimental and other scientific purposes available to the Deputy; these include data on cats and dogs used in toxicological and other safety...
- Written Answers — Experiments on Animals: Experiments on Animals (30 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: While three botulinum toxin medicinal products are authorised for marketing in Ireland, only one, botox, is produced and tested in Ireland. I am advised by the Irish Medicines Board that the only potency test currently available for defining the strength of botulinum toxin products is the LD50 test in mice; therefore, this test continues to be used. In regard to possible alternative tests, it...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Government is committed to making the full range of cancer services available and accessible to cancer patients throughout Ireland in line with best international standards. It is important to build teams of highly expert clinicians working together to deliver top quality cancer care to cancer patients. To this end, we will provide considerable investment in oncology services in the...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 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 — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: Since June 2004, the Deputy has tabled 29 parliamentary questions concerned with matters which are properly the responsibility of the Health Service Executive, from I January 2005, and previously of the Eastern Regional Health Authority. It is the practice in my Department to forward such questions immediately to the agency concerned and to request that the matter be examined and a reply...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 198 together. The Deputys' 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 is requesting the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have these matters investigated and to have...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The latest information available from the OECD database is for 2002. Table A attached shows total public expenditure on health. Table B shows total public and private expenditure on health. The Deputy may also wish to note that since 2002 the real growth in publicly funded health spending in Ireland has been about 37%. Table A: % of Gross Domestic Product. Public Expenditure on Health. ...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 180 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 is requesting the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 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 is requesting 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The determination of eligibility of applicants for a medical card is statutorily vested in the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, the HSE is responsible for deciding on the frequency of reviews of eligibility of medical card holders. Reviews are necessary to ensure medical card databases are accurate, up to date and satisfy public accountability obligations. A working group was set up by...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 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 reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Childhood Obesity: Childhood Obesity (30 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Irish Medicines Board, IMB, which has statutory responsibility for licensing all pharmaceutical products for use in Ireland, has provided the following information regarding monosodium glutamate. Monosodium Glutamate is contained in the BCG vaccine SSI and amino acids â monosodium glutamate is an amino acid â are present in Priorix, MMR vaccine. Residues of monosodium glutamate may be...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (30 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: My Department does not collect information regarding the operation of private hospitals and clinics. However, most private hospitals are affiliated to the Independent Hospitals Association of Ireland. My Department will contact the association and request it to let the Deputy have whatever relevant information is available to it.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The Department of Health and Children Vote for 2004, both current and capital, was â¬8,664.272 million. The total surplus surrendered for the year was â¬70.948 million. The amount of the surplus arising from the receipt of appropriations-in-aid, subhead K, in excess of the voted sum was â¬60.761 million. Under public financial procedures, any sums received over and above the amount voted...
- Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (30 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: The information requested is being collated by my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (30 Jun 2005)
Mary Harney: It is my intention to bring proposals to Government in September concerning the future commercial status of the VHI. This will not involve its privatisation and I have not made plans to so do.