Results 3,341-3,360 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I share Deputy McManus' view that patient safety has to be paramount in this area. The Department is currently working on guidelines for ethics committees. She can be assured that no patient will be put at risk as a result of the ethos of any institution.
- Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: They are at present, I know that.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, 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 dental services. The HSE provides free dental examinations and limited treatment to children up to 16...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (6 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I am informed that Recommendation No. 1117 (1989) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe was referred to the Committee of Experts on Family Law in February 1994. I am informed also that the committee failed to reach a consensus on the recommendation and that no report was made. The Deputy may be aware that there is a case listed for hearing in the Supreme Court on 8 November...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 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 Insurance: Health Insurance (6 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The European health insurance card, EHIC, which replaced the form E111 on 1 June 2004, is for use within the EU member states, the remaining EEA member states â Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway â and Switzerland. The EHIC entitles the holder to necessary health care in the public system of any of these countries, if he or she becomes ill or injured during a temporary stay in that...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (6 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 considering new capital proposals or progressing those in the health capital programme. Accordingly, my Department is requesting the parliamentary affairs division of the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (6 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I have had further inquiries made of the Health Service Executive and I understand that the issuing to the Deputy of the information requested was subject to final clearance within the executive. I apologise to the Deputy that my reply of 28 September was not fully accurate. My Department has received confirmation from the executive that the information sought has now been forwarded to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Registration of Nurses: Registration of Nurses (6 Oct 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. I am sure that the Deputy will appreciate that An Bord Altranais must be rigorous in processing each application thoroughly and in a secure manner, ensuring that all those...
- Written Answers — Health Service Property: Health Service Property (6 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question refers 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 — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (6 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: BreastCheck has considered a proposal from Barrington's Hospital in Limerick and has advised my Department that the implementation of the national breast screening programme is the best approach to ensuring that a quality assured service is available to all women in the target age group. BreastCheck has further advised my Department that, based on expert medical assessment, it will not be...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The current treatment available to patients on anti-coagulation therapy is normally provided in a hospital setting under the supervision of a specialist or in certain GP clinics with specialist agreement. Under the recent framework agreement agreed by the Department of Health and Children and the Health Service Executive with the Irish Medical Organisation at the Labour Relations Commission,...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (6 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question refers 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 Service Staff: Health Service Staff (6 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: It is assumed that the Deputy's question relates to contracts held by the Health Service Executive with general practitioners providing services under the general medical services scheme. As this area 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, my Department has requested...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: All persons aged 70 years and over who are ordinarily resident in the State have full eligibility, and are therefore entitled to free care in a public hospital while they require medically acute care and treatment for any ailment in the public hospital. However, a person aged 70 years and over may be charged for inpatient services, after the acute phase is completed up to a maximum of 80% of...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (6 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The Government has agreed the key elements of a scheme for the repayment of long stay charges for publicly funded residential care. All 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 for repayments to the estates of those who died more than six...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 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.
- Leaders' Questions. (11 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I am aware of the e-portal and work on it was suspended by the HSE last February.
- Leaders' Questions. (11 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The technology may not have been compatible with what was intended. It was originally scoped by Accenture. Incredible as it may seem, surveys in the United States show that only 28% of the technology scoped for works on the first occasion.
- Leaders' Questions. (11 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The scope for the exercise was completed as part of the information society initiative, which recommended to the Government that services be provided on a single website so that people could learn the health services available in different places. Work was suspended in February and a tender for a smaller project costing less than â¬250,000 has been advertised. I have asked the HSE not to...