Results 5,001-5,020 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: In all these situations the Government will always follow the advice of the Attorney General. On the specifics of Sellafield, I suggest the Deputy should table a question to the relevant Minister. The problem with breath testing is the need to remove the requirement for a garda to form an opinion in order to have testing on a widescale basis. That is what will be provided for in the new...
- Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: This is an EU directive and we are in breach of it. As the Deputy is aware, there has been a European Court of Justice judgment against Ireland on this matter. The regulation that was signed on 11 December has been suspended for the moment, pending a review by Teagasc of the science on which it based the advice and about which there is some confusion. I believe there is a five-weekââ
- Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: Yes, Part 3, one part of the directive. It is important that the review be completed as quickly as possible and I understand Teagasc has five weeks to do it.
- Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: There is no legislation proposed on the Corrib gas pipeline. With regard to medical practitioners, that legislation will be ready this year.
- Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: The legislation is before the Committee. The Government has discussed the legislation on a number of occasions and it is important it is passed for many reasons. It is not unusual that a group affected by the legislation would protest. That people are free to do that is the essence of democracy. However, it is important from the country's and taxpayers' perspectives that we have the...
- Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: The answer to the second question is "No".
- Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: On the first question, the heads of the Bill were cleared by the Government in December. We will have the legislation in March.
- Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: We have pretty robust legislation in this area and, as the Deputy is aware, there have been many prosecutions in respect of child pornography.
- Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: They have been. There has actually been a number of well-known cases.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Feb 2006)
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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Feb 2006)
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 — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 to 80, inclusive, together. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Services Executive, HSE, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. That includes responsibility for fluoridation. Fluoridation of public...
- Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to the availability of a reply to correspondence with the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive, my Department has referred the matter to the parliamentary affairs division of the executive for attention.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to human resource management issues within the Health Service Executive. As that is a matter for the executive under the Health Act 2004, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: The Department is aware that the National Treatment Purchase Fund pays patients' travel costs in certain circumstances. The NTPF should be contacted directly regarding the specific case that the Deputy has in mind.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: Current information on the number of speech and language therapists in the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain and consequently the ratios per 1,000 of the population as compared with this country, is not held by the Department of Health and Children. The report, Current and Future Supply and Demand Conditions in the Labour Market for Certain Professional Therapists,...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: Responsibility for the collection and reporting of waiting lists and waiting times now falls within the remit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF. The Department of Health and Children has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the NTPF to reply to the Deputy directly with the information requested.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Feb 2006)
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 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 Staff: Hospital Staff (2 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: According to the most recent Health Service Executive â employers agency survey of nursing resources in the public health service, recruitment remains ahead of resignations and retirements. Employers reported that 1,131 vacancies existed at 30 September 2005, a vacancy rate of 3.24%. This figure includes vacancies in hospitals, intellectual disability services and community health. It does...
- Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (2 Feb 2006)
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 requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the...