Results 5,581-5,600 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy should talk to the Whips about that.
- Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: I will bring the heads of the first pharmacy Bill which will deal with fitness to practice and other urgent issues to Government very soon. I hope to address the matter of eligibility and entitlement later this year. A great deal of work is under way in the Department to distinguish between eligibility and entitlement. It is important that we do this in order to clarify eligibility and...
- Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: I am not familiar with what process will be used but I understand the heads of the Bill are due to come before Government shortly.
- Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: I am not aware if there is. I do not know.
- Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The concept of a soft interview is an oxymoron. The Deputy's remarks are a terrible reflection on the media and I disagree with him. Both Bills will be in the House this year.
- Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: I do not have that information but I will ask someone to contact the Deputy about the matter.
- Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The matter was discussed at Cabinet yesterday. It is a mammoth Bill.
- Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The family law Bill and DNA database Bill will be published this year. It is not possible to say when the enforcement of fines Bill will be published.
- Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: I will be publishing a nursing home Bill in the next few days. I changed the thresholds recently and have discussed the matter with the HSE to ensure consistency across the country. I hope it will happy quickly.
- Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The new nursing home legislation that will be published in the next few days will give me powers to change regulations.
- Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: In some parts of the country, the enhanced subvention is not paid, that is the issue. The rates for low, medium and high dependencyââ
- Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The market in some places makes it more expensive but there will be consistency.
- Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The legislation is due in 2006. The Minister has appointed consultants to advise him on the deficit around the break up of the three airports.
- Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The Lourdes Hospital inquiry is a body blow to us all. It is painful to read, it is hard to believe and it is shameful and distressing. It is more akin to a novel set in the dark early part of the last century than the story of the enlightened, successful, confident country we live in. To the women who were the victims, this report is their story. It is the story of how the health system...
- Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: Yes.
- Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: That was in the past. I assure the Deputy that is not going on now.
- Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy is wrong. There was the Health and Social Care Professionals Bill and the Irish Medicines Board legislation, among others.
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 115 to 117, inclusive, together. The Deputy's questions relate 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...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (8 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: Information supplied to my Department by the Health Service Executive's, HSE's, primary care reimbursement service indicates that as of February 2006, there were 1,159,794 persons covered for services under the general medical services scheme, representing approximately 28% of the estimated current national population. This is 14,711 higher than the HSE's figure for January 2005, which...