Results 3,121-3,140 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 271, 316, 368 and 372 together. The Government has agreed the key elements of a scheme for the repayment of long stay charges for publicly funded residential care. Those who were charged 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 allow...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (28 Sep 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. The executive is responsible for considering new capital proposals or progressing those in the health capital programme, including the Mater and children's hospital development. In this regard, I wrote to...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (28 Sep 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. The executive is responsible for considering new capital proposals or progressing those in the health capital programme. Accordingly, the Department of Health and Children has asked the parliamentary...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: The 2003 public health doctors agreement was negotiated by the Department of Health and Children, the HSE and the IMO, which is the representative body of public health doctors. The agreement allowed for 60 posts of director of public health medicine or specialist in public health medicine, 30 specialist registrar posts, 94 senior medical officer posts and a maximum of 86 area medical officer...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 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 of Health and Children has asked the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have the matter investigated and for a reply to issue directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Sep 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 of Health and Children has asked the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have the matter investigated and for a reply to issue directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 281, 307 and 449 together. The national breast screening programme, BreastCheck, commenced in 2000 and covered the eastern, north-eastern and midland regions of the country. In 2003, the Minister for Health and Children announced the extension of the programme to Counties Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexford. Screening commenced in County Wexford in March last year...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 282 to 284, inclusive, together. I am unclear as to what the Deputy means by the privatisation of health care services. The health strategy, Quality and Fairness â A Health System for You, indicated that the Government was committed to exploring fully the scope for the private sector to provide additional capacity, and that additional capacity would be...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: General practitioners who choose to participate in the general medical services, GMS, scheme hold contracts with the Health Service Executive to provide services for the eligible patients on their GMS patient panel. Any person, regardless of age, who wishes to be assessed as eligible for a medical card must apply to the Health Service Executive. They must choose a doctor with whom they wish...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Sep 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, HSE, under the Health Act 2004. Decisions on applications for medical cards are by legislation a matter for the HSE. It is understood that in examining such applications an assessment is made of the income of the applicant, and...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Registration of Nurses: Registration of Nurses (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: Under the Nurses Act 1985, An Bord Altranais is the statutory body which provides for the registration, control and education of nurses and midwives and for other matters relating to the practice of nursing and midwifery. The Minister has no statutory role in the matter of processing of applications for registration in the register of nurses. The issue raised by the Deputy is an operational...
- Written Answers — Consultant Appointments: Consultant Appointments (28 Sep 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 these matters investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Sep 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Sep 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Sep 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (28 Sep 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 — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 296, 297 and 302 together. The Health Service Executive, HSE, was established on 1 January 2005 under the Health Act 2004. Under that 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 making of payments, including payments under...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 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 — Consultant Appointments: Consultant Appointments (28 Sep 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.