Results 3,861-3,880 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: Under the Health Act 2004, which established the Health Service Executive on 1 January 2005, the HSE is responsible for managing and delivering, or arranging to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Therefore, it is responsible for the provision of neurology services. The Comhairle report on neurology and neurophysiology, which was published in April 2003,...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Nov 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 — Health Services: Health Services (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: The national radiation oncology plan, which I announced last July, provides for an integrated network of radiation oncology services that will ensure equitable access for patients throughout the country. Patients in the north west, including Sligo, are being referred for radiation oncology treatment to the recently commissioned radiation oncology department at University College Hospital...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Nov 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 (2 Nov 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 — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: The statutory basis for the drug payment scheme is section 59(2) of the Health Act 1970, which states that the HSE will make arrangements to meet the balance of the cost, or a portion thereof, for expenditure on drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances for the treatment of a person or his or her dependants. Family expenditure covers the nominated adult, his or her spouse,...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Nov 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 — Public Relations Contracts: Public Relations Contracts (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: The information requested is being collated in the Department of Health and Children and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: Three civil servants and two officers who are not civil servants are employed in my constituency office. The personal assistant employed in the office is paid â¬52,921 per annum. The personal secretary employed in the office is paid â¬47,561 per annum. The three clerical officers employed in the office are paid â¬33,436, â¬30,168 and â¬29,177 per annum, respectively.
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: The information requested is being collated in the Department of Health and Children and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: Five civil servants and one officer who is not a civil servant are employed in my press office. The press officer in the office is paid â¬106,575 per annum. The higher executive officer in the office is paid â¬46,558 per annum. The two executive officers in the office are paid â¬43,897 and â¬30,067 per annum, respectively. The two clerical officers in the office are paid â¬30,168 and...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Nov 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 — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (2 Nov 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. The full details of the scheme have yet to be finalised. Those who were charged and are still 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 — Health Services: Health Services (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: The Department of Health and Children is working closely with the Health Service Executive to develop a parliamentary affairs division, under the chief executive, to distribute parliamentary questions and to track them within the HSE to the point of reply. The HSE's parliamentary affairs division, which commenced operations at the beginning of April when a central office was established, has...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: The Department of Health and Children has been advised that following wide consultation, and with support from the chief ambulance officers of the former health boards, the patient report form that is in use by the ambulance sector in the Dublin area was produced by the chief fire officer of Dublin Fire Brigade, SIPTU, ATGWU and the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, which is the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: As I have previously indicated in the House, appropriate transport arrangements for patients requiring radiotherapy should be made available, where necessary, by the Health Service Executive. The Department of Health and Children asked the HSE last May to ensure that appropriate transport arrangements are put in place on a national basis for patients who are required to travel to obtain...
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to human resource management issues within the Health Service Executive. As the HSE is responsible for such issues under the Health Act 2004, 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 — Health Services: Health Services (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: It appears that the normal procedure for the referral by the Department of Health and Children to the Health Service Executive of the original question raised by the Deputy was not followed through in this case. I regret that such a failure occurred. I propose that the question will be answered directly, as requested by the Deputy. Unfortunately, the Department does not routinely collect the...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Nov 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 — Legal Definitions: Legal Definitions (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Acts define the term "institution" as meaning a hospital, sanatorium, maternity home, convalescent home, preventorium, laboratory, clinic, health centre, first aid station, dispensary or any similar institution. However, the terms "hospital" and "general hospital" are not themselves defined in the Acts.