Results 5,341-5,360 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive, HSE, has responsibility for administering the national repayment scheme for publicly funded, long stay residential care, including the recruitment of an outside company to administer the scheme. A procurement team was established by the HSE to undertake this process. Officials in my Department received correspondence from the HSE on 20 December 2005 which...
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: An agreement is in place between the Department of Health and Children, the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association and the Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of Ireland, which sets out the supply terms and prices of medicines supplied to the health services. The agreement covers all reimbursable prescription medicines in the general medical services and community drug schemes,...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: The national health information strategy published in July 2004 sets out the strategic direction for the electronic health record, EHR, and the high-level tasks required to implement it. My Department is giving consideration to the area of unique client and patient identification, which is a key requirement for the implementation of the EHR. This is a complex matter involving not only...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (28 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 — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: In the context of the Estimates for 2006 and the 2006 service plan for the Health Service Executive, HSE, I wrote to the chairman of the board of the HSE setting out our priorities for 2006. In this regard I highlighted the need to identify the necessary structures and processes that are required to control the emergence and spread of health care associated infections, including MRSA. In a...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive, HSE, has the responsibility, with effect from 1 January 2005, to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Voluntary organisations providing health and personal social services are funded by the executive and it is a matter for the executive to agree the levels of service and the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: The health and children allocation of national lottery funds for 2004 was â¬13.017 million. This included â¬2.539 million, which formed part of the funding for the capital programme. The remaining â¬10.478 million included funding of â¬6.847 million, which was allocated to health agencies to fund the respite care grants scheme, the disadvantaged youth scheme and the schemes of grants to...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 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 — Health Services: Health Services (28 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 — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: Set out in tabular form are details of the number of people on my Department's payroll who are seconded to various agencies outside my Department. Grade Number of Staff Name of Agency Secretary General 1 Higher Education Authority Judge 1 Hepatitis C & HIV Tribunal Chief Education Officer 1 Institute of Public Health Ombudsman 1 Office of the Ombudsman for Children ...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (28 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, HSE, under the Health Act 2004. Under this Act, the chief executive officer of the HSE is appointed the Accounting Officer for the Vote of the executive and is accountable to the Committee of Public Accounts through the Comptroller...
- Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: I join the Leader of Fine Gael, the Taoiseach and Deputy Rabbitte in paying my tribute to Larry McMahon. I knew him very well. Although he was a Member of the Dáil in 1977 when I became a Member of the Seanad, it was through his involvement with Dublin County Council that I got to know him best. In Dublin County Council he had a strong passion, as I had, during those years for ensuring...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 78 together. The issue of developing private hospital facilities on public sites to increase the stock of beds available to public patients was among the topics discussed at a number of meetings between officials of my Department and the Health Service Executive, HSE. The meetings in question were held on 7 July, 26 August, 23 September, 22 November...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (1 Mar 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: As part of the Estimates for health services in 2006, additional funding of â¬3 million was allocated specifically for the further development of neurology and neurophysiology services. This funding was provided to allow the Health Service Executive further to progress the implementation of the recommendations made by the former Comhairle na nOspidéal in respect of these services. My...
- Written Answers — Health Care Conference: Health Care Conference (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: I presume that the Deputy is referring to the International Society for Quality in Healthcare's 22nd International Conference, which was held in Vancouver in October 2005. My Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly in relation to the information requested.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (1 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: Section 24 of the Health Act 2004 empowers the Health Service Executive to engage such advisers as it considers necessary for the performance of its functions. My Department has therefore asked the executive to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to this matter.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (1 Mar 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 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Mar 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 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Mar 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 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.