Results 561-580 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: Responsibility for the provision of hospital services to residents of Counties Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow rests with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has asked the authority's regional chief executive to investigate this case and to reply to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: The number of people covered by medical cards for the dates requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table. Region As at 1 January 1997 As at 30 Sept 2004 Dublin 282,872 273,582 East Regional Health Authority (excl. Dublin) 70,072 65,195 Midland Health Board 80,447 69,879 Mid-Western Health Board 106,961 99,605 North Eastern Health Board 122,993 100,048 ...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: The total number of persons aged 70 years and over who have received medical cards since 1 July 2001, the date of the introduction of automatic entitlement to a medical card to all persons aged 70 over, on age grounds alone is 110,349. This figure includes persons in the community and those resident in private nursing homes.
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: Responsibility for the provision of health services in the Wexford area rests with the South Eastern Health Board. My Department has provided funding to the board under the national development plan for a number of projects at the New Haughton Hospital including the upgrading of the kitchen, the provision of lighting to the entrance, the rewiring of the hospital and upgrading of the first...
- Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: General medical services contract holding GPs are obliged to register the hours which they will be available for surgery and domicilary consultation during normal hours with the local health board. Outside of these times, they are further obliged to make appropriate arrangements for contact with them or a deputy for their patients. All issues relating to doctors on call at medical centres are...
- Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: The provision of health services in Counties Sligo and Leitrim is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the North Western Health Board. Additional revenue funding for the development of services for older people has increased significantly from â¬12.7 million in 1997 to an additional â¬111.407 million in 2003. This year â¬9.5 million in additional revenue funding was allocated to...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: Detailed design has been undertaken by the Mid-Western Health Board for the proposed dementia unit for St. Ita's Hospital, Newcastle West, County Limerick, and the project is now at pre-construction stage. It has been indented in my Department's capital investment framework 2004-08. The question of giving approval to the board to invite tenders is being considered by my Department, in...
- Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: The provision of health centres to meet the needs of local communities and the maintenance and upgrading of such centres within its functional area is a matter for the relevant health board or the Eastern Regional Health Authority. In the case of Tully, Ballinahown, Connemara, County Galway, this responsibility rests with the Western Health Board. My Department has asked the board's chief...
- Written Answers — Hospital Catering Services: Hospital Catering Services (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: Currently there is no assessment policy at national level for nutrition in hospitals. However, healthy catering guidelines for hospitals are being developed by the health promotion unit of my Department as part of the implementation of key departmental strategies, Building Healthier Hearts, the National Health Promotion Strategy 2000-2005 and Quality and Fairness â A Health System for You....
- Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: The provision of chiropody services to eligible persons in the Shannon health centre, Shannon, County Clare, is a matter for the Mid-Western Health Board. My Department has asked the chief executive officer to investigate this matter and reply direct to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Drug Treatment Services: Drug Treatment Services (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: The provision of drug treatment service is the statutory responsibility of the health boards in the first instance, in this instance, the Northern Area Health Board of the Eastern Regional Health Authority. I have been advised by the Eastern Regional Health Authority that drug treatment services in the Dublin 15 area are available at Mountview health centre, Corduff health centre and...
- Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: The provision of physiotherapy services, and any matters relating to such provision, within its functional area, is a matter for the relevant health board or the Eastern Regional Health Authority, ERHA. In the case of County Donegal, this responsibility lies with the North Western Health Board. In the circumstances, my Department has requested the chief executive officer of the North Western...
- Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy will be aware, the provision of health services in County Mayo is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the Western Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the board to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply direct to him as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: It is considered essential that specialist dentist in orthodontics training programmes meet internationally recognised standards. The Dentists Act 1985 provides for the establishment of the Dental Council which shall provide for the registration and control of persons engaged in the practice of dentistry. Under the Act, the Dental Council shall also provide for other matters relating to the...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: The National Health Promotion Strategy 2000-2005 recognises that mental health is equally important as physical health to the overall well being of a person and poor mental health has a significant impact on a person's quality of life and their contribution to society. For that reason, mental health is a resource that needs to be protected and promoted. Mental health promotion targets the...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: There is significant international evidence linking best outcome in breast surgery to multi-disciplinary care, adequate throughput and support services in the various modalities of cancer care. It is my Department's view that all women, regardless of location, who require breast surgery should receive treatment and follow up that ensures best patient outcome. BreastCheck, the national breast...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: The latest information available on medical card coverage is that for September 2004. There were 768,895 cards covering 1,151,106 persons, or 29.39% of the population, in existence at that time. Information on the numbers of discretionary medical cards, that is persons whose income exceeds the guidelines, but who have been granted medical cards, is not routinely kept by my Department. The...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: Health board chief executive officers have discretion in regard to the issuing of medical cards and a range of income sources can be excluded by the health boards when assessing medical card eligibility. Despite someone having an income that exceeds the guidelines, a medical card may still be awarded if the chief executive officer considers that a person's medical needs or other circumstances...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: The South Eastern Health Board has submitted a draft planning brief to my Department for capital developments at Waterford Regional Hospital which includes the provision of a new oncology and haematology department. My Department is considering this proposal in the context of the capital investment framework 2004-08. In regard to the overall development of cancer services in the south eastern...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Oct 2004)
Mary Harney: My predecessor, the Minister, Deputy Martin, met officials of the North Eastern Health Board and medical representatives of the Cavan-Monaghan hospital group on 28 September last. The Minister was briefed on progress relating to the reconfiguration of hospital services across the group, as follows. The board proposes to recruit five additional non-consultant hospital doctors to facilitate the...