Results 5,701-5,720 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The statutory hospital in-patient charge of â¬60 per night applies to everyone receiving treatment in a public hospital with the exception of people with full eligibility, that is, those entitled to a medical card, women receiving services in respect of motherhood, children up to the age of six weeks and children suffering from prescribed long-term diseases. Persons suffering from epilepsy...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 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. This includes responsibility for considering new capital proposals or progressing those in the health capital programme. Accordingly, my Department is requesting the parliamentary affairs division of the...
- Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 220 and 227 together. Under the 1970 Health Act, the Health Service Executive may arrange for the supply, without charge, of drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances to people with a specified condition, for the treatment of that condition, through the long-term illness scheme. The scheme does not cover GP fees or hospital co-payments. The...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 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 have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: My Department has not provided funding to the organisation referred to by the Deputy. However, I am informed that there has been contact between the Health Service Executive and the organisation. 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 (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: There is no requirement for counselling services to register with my Department. Under the Health Act 2004, the provision of funding for suicide protection measures, including support for suicide counselling agencies, is primarily a matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 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 Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (21 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 — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive, HSE, has responsibility for administering the national repayment scheme, inquiries relating to individual cases are referred to the parliamentary affairs division of the executive. My Department has asked the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Crisis Pregnancy Prevention: Crisis Pregnancy Prevention (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The Crisis Pregnancy Agency was established on 2 October 2001, under the Health (Corporate Bodies) Act 1961. Its main role is to facilitate co-ordination of efforts of all groups in the area of crisis pregnancy prevention. The agency reports that over the past three years it has increased the amount of crisis pregnancy counselling available in the country by more than 50%. Last year, the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 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 (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: All decisions on applications for assessment of eligibility to medical cards are statutorily a matter for the Health Service Executive, HSE. In cases where an application for a medical card has been refused an appeal can be made to the HSE. Such appeals should be made directly to the HSE. I understand from the HSE that it is investigating an appeal made by the person who is the subject of the...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: BreastCheck is preparing for the national expansion of the breast screening programme to the remaining regions of the country. My Department has requested the director of BreastCheck to examine the matters raised and to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (21 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 — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 244 and 245 together. 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...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 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 case investigated and reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 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 reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: As I indicated in my reply to the Deputy, dated 8 March, the correspondence he refers to 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, at that time, my Department requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 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 reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Statistics: Health Statistics (21 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The report on health statistics is published at three-yearly intervals. The report for 2002 was made available in February 2003 and the report for 2005 is now due for publication. This report is now in the final stages of preparation and will be published in the next few weeks. A number of updated tables are available on the Department's website and further statistical data can be obtained...