Results 3,281-3,300 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Oct 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Oct 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Oct 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 again 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 (4 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: Funding for Parents for Justice is now a matter for the Health Service Executive â HSE â and I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy in this regard. I am aware, however, that Parents for Justice have received approximately â¬1.3 million in funding since 2000, which includes funding of â¬330,000 for 2005.
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (4 Oct 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. This includes responsibility for the appointment of general medical services â GPs. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this...
- Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (4 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: On 1 September 2004 the Government, following a review of the timescales for all tribunals and inquiries, decided that the post mortem inquiry should furnish its final report not later than the 31 March 2005 and that the inquiry would then cease to exist. The chairman of the inquiry was so advised and subsequently delivered a report on 31 March 2005. The report dealt primarily with post...
- Written Answers — Research Funding: Research Funding (4 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: My colleague, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Martin, has lead responsibility for the EU Seventh Research Framework Programme under which the issue of funding for research of this kind may arise. My Department has not funded any research in its province that would lead to the deliberate destruction of human embryos. The work of the Commission on Assisted Human...
- Written Answers — Health Services Investigation: Health Services Investigation (4 Oct 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 (4 Oct 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 — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (4 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive is advancing the implementation of a series of measures identified in the ten point plan to improve the delivery of accident and emergency services. These initiatives take a wide-ranging approach and are aimed at improving access to accident and emergency services, improving patient flows through accident and emergency departments, freeing up of acute beds and...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (4 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 255 and 272 together. The report of the national task force on medical staffing, Hanly report, made a series of important recommendations regarding the development of hospital services. Responsibility for the future configuration of acute hospital services, taking into account the recommendations of the report by the national task force on medical staffing,...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Oct 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 (4 Oct 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 (4 Oct 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 (4 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The national treatment purchase fund, NTPF, was established as one of the key actions for dealing with public hospital waiting lists arising from the health strategy. It is used for the purpose of treating public patients who have been waiting longest for surgery. Up to the end of September approximately 36,000 patients have had treatment arranged for them by the NTPF. It is now the case...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 Oct 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 — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (4 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: Mortality data, including principal causes of death, are collected by the Central Statistics Office through the death registration system. Place of residence is coded to the level of county and county borough. The information requested by the Deputy in respect of suicide by county for 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 is as follows: Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury Number of Deaths and Rate per...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: Different arrangements were in operation in the various health boards in respect of the provision of chiropody services before the Health Service Executive was established. I am conscious of the need to standardise arrangements under the new structure. The Department, in consultation with the HSE, is examining how best to achieve this in the context of the unified structure having regard to...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I met Deputies and Senators from counties Monaghan and Cavan on 9 December 2004 to discuss the provision of services at Monaghan General Hospital. The other issues raised in the Deputy's question 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, the Department of...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Oct 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.