Results 3,721-3,740 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: This report makes a number of recommendations including the funding and expansion of treatment services for cocaine users. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the HSE has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Accordingly, my...
- Written Answers — Immune Deficiency Disorders: Immune Deficiency Disorders (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 270 and 271 together. Following the publication of the Pollock Report, commissioned by the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland, the Health Service Executive established a multidisciplinary working group to review the current configuration and delivery of services to persons with cystic fibrosis in Ireland. The working group is also to make recommendations...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 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 has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 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 has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 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 has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 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 has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 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 has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 277 and 278 together. The Health Service Executive has advised that it has appointed a professor of geriatric medicine to independently review the deaths of residents of Leas Cross Nursing Home. The review commenced on 1 September 2005 and involves 95 deaths. It is not possible at this stage to mention the previous accommodation of the persons whose deaths are...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 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 has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The Tánaiste wishes the report to be published. I understand from the Health Service Executive that it hopes to be in a position to make the report available in early November, 2005.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 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 HSE 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 (25 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 HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: This Department does not separately account for expenditure related to the Official Languages Act and so the information sought is not directly available. However, information on translation and advertising costs, excluding VAT, currently to hand is as follows: costs to 30 June 2005 ââ¬54,680; estimated costs for July to December 2005 ââ¬128,000. The provision in my Department's...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 284 to 286, inclusive, together. Both the Department and the Health Service Executive support the use of music therapy in the treatment of paediatric and geriatric patients and recognise the positive benefits for patients when music therapy is used in their treatment. As regards the number of music therapists working in the HSE, this is a matter for the...
- Written Answers — Cancer Research: Cancer Research (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 287 and 288 together. Since 1997, there has been an additional cumulative investment of â¬720 million in the development of cancer services nationally, including the sum of â¬23.5 million which was made available in 2005. The Health Research Board, HRB, is the statutory body that promotes, conducts, funds and commissions medical, epidemiological and health...
- Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the provision of services at a private clinic attached to the Rotunda Hospital. My Department requested the former Eastern Regional Health Authority, ERHA, to investigate issues relating to the case which had been raised by the Deputy. As the functions of the ERHA have since transferred to the Health Service Executive my Department has now requested its...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables. Data are derived from the hospital inpatient enquiry, HIPE, system which records information on each episode of hospitalisation in publicly funded acute hospitals. The primary aim of HIPE is to provide measures of hospital activity for specific diagnostic and procedure categories. There is provision in HIPE for coding...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 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 HSE 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 (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: BreastCheck, the national breast screening programme, commenced in 2000 and currently covers the eastern, north eastern, midland and part of the south eastern regions of the country. There are approximately 160,000 in the target age group in these regions. The roll out of the national breast screening programme to the remaining regions in the country is a major priority in the development of...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I understand from the Health Service Executive that specialised skills were required for this project. Efforts were made to recruit Irish staff on the payroll in the first instance. This did not prove successful. The project team then sought to secure these skills from Irish-based recruitment firms, and while there was limited success it became necessary to source resources further afield;...