Results 4,221-4,240 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 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. My Department has been informed by the executive that management representatives from Naas General Hospital met with members of the family of the patient referred to by the Deputy in September 2005 and that...
- Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (23 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: On my behalf and on behalf of the Progressive Democrats, I too express my sympathy to Liam Lawlor's family, particularly his wife, Hazel, his children, Niall, Shane, Gerald and Ciara and his brother, Noel. When we heard in the early afternoon of 22 October of Liam Lawlor's death, we all found it difficult to believe. One hoped it was a rumour that was not true, as often happens in public...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that on 10 May 2005, I approved a grant of â¬30,000 to the Coeliac Society from my Department's 2005 allocation of national lottery funds towards the cost of compiling and printing a book of gluten free manufactured products and the mailing of it to all members; advising members of changes to products throughout the year via the website and also towards the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 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, 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 — Commissions of Investigation: Commissions of Investigation (23 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: The Finlay tribunal of inquiry, which reported in 1997, noted that between November 1991 and December 1993, blood donors in the Munster region, who had tested positive for hepatitis C, were not immediately notified of their test results. The tribunal acknowledged that these donors were eventually informed by the then Blood Transfusion Service Board of their diagnosis between late 1993 and...
- Written Answers — Legal Services: Legal Services (23 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: Section 5 of the Health Act 1970 and section 7 of the Health (Eastern Regional Authority) Act 1999 states that the health boards and ERHA were corporate bodies prior to the enactment of the Health Act 2004. In view of this the provision of legal services and advice to these bodies was a matter solely for them and my Department had no role to play. I have forwarded the question to the Health...
- Written Answers — Legal Services: Legal Services (23 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: Section 6 of the Health Act 2004 states that the Health Service Executive is a corporate body. In view of this the provision of legal services and advice to these bodies was a matter solely for them and my Department had no role to play. I have forwarded the question to the Health Service Executive for direct response to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 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, 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 Services: Hospital Services (23 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, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (23 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, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 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, 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 Services: Hospital Services (23 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: There is a significant responsibility on our health services to ensure that patients, particularly cancer patients, are adequately supported clinically and, where necessary, in relation to proper transport arrangements. As I have previously indicated to the House, I consider that appropriate transport arrangements for oncology patients should be made available, where necessary, by the Health...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: On the basis of the figures contained in the 2004 annual report of the former General Medical Services (Payments) Board, now the Health Service Executive, shared services, primary care reimbursement service, the average annual cost in 2004 of providing general practitioner and pharmacy services, drugs and medicines per recipient of the medical card was â¬954.26 per person. There would, of...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: On the basis of the figures contained in the 2004 annual report of the former General Medical Services (Payments) Board, now the Health Service Executive, shared services, primary care reimbursement service, it is estimated that the annual cost of providing general practitioner services to holders of the GP visit card is â¬261.53. The estimate does not take into account fee increases applied...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (23 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 131 and 132 together. The Deputy's questions relate to aspects of the treatment of asbestosis which is 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 reply directly to the Deputy. The...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 and 134 together. The Government is committed to providing an additional 30,000 people with medical cards and a further 200,000 people with GP visit cards. Funding of â¬60 million has been provided in 2005 to the Health Service Executive, HSE, for these measures and this will be maintained in 2006. These initiatives will assist in overcoming barriers to...
- Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (23 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: As announced following the publication of the Abridged Estimates Volume on 17 November 2005, the cost of visiting accident and emergency, where the person concerned has not been referred by a medical practitioner, will increase by â¬5 from â¬55 to â¬60 in 2006. The pubic hospital inpatient charge will also rise by â¬5 from â¬55 to â¬60 per night, up to a maximum of ten nights, in any 12...
- Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (23 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: The current threshold for the drugs payment scheme, which came into effect in January 2005, is â¬85. No provision has been made in the recently published Abridged Estimates volume to alter this threshold in 2006.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (23 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: There are no plans to make changes in the charges being made in public nursing homes. The charging for long-stay care under the Health (Amendment) Act 2005 is being implemented by way of the Health (Charges for In-Patient Services) Regulations 2005. These regulations were signed on 14 June 2005 and reinstated charges for inpatient services. The regulations were prepared following extensive...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 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, 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.