Results 6,021-6,040 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Apr 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 issue a reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Apr 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 issue a reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (25 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: The community welfare service of the Health Service Executive administers the supplementary welfare scheme on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. The Deputy's question relates to a recent decision to transfer this scheme, together with associated resources, to the Department of Social and Family Affairs. This decision means that the staff concerned will transfer from the...
- Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (25 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: Statistics on cancer incidences are collated by the National Cancer Registry. My Department has asked the director of the registry to examine this matter and to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Apr 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 issue a reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Apr 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 issue a reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 Apr 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 issue a reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Apr 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 issue a reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: The review of acute hospital services in the mid-west region is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to reply directly to the Deputy on the issues raised.
- Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (25 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: The charging for long-stay care under the Health (Amendment) Act 2005 is implemented by way of the Health (Charges for In-Patient Services) Regulations 2005. These regulations were signed on 14 June 2005. They reinstated charges for inpatient services and provided for the levying of a charge in respect of the maintenance of persons in receipt of inpatient services. The regulations were...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Apr 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 to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Capital Programme: Health Capital Programme (25 Apr 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 Apr 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 (25 Apr 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 Service Staff: Health Service Staff (25 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: I understand the Deputy is referring to the establishment of a new school of podiatry. In my reply to the question to which the Deputy referred, I indicated that officials from this Department had met with the Department of Education and Science on two occasions and that my Department was awaiting a response from the Health Service Executive, HSE, regarding the manner in which clinical...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (25 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: I have not issued a directive to the Health Service Executive, HSE, to deal with physical assaults on the nursing profession. However, I am aware that the HSE recently established a working group to examine issues of this nature regarding all health care staff. My Department is represented on this group which aims to develop national policies for the health services on staff training, support...
- Written Answers — Death Certificates: Death Certificates (25 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: An tArd-Chláraitheoir, the Registrar-General, is the person with statutory responsibility for the administration of the civil registration system in Ireland, including the registration of deaths. My Department has made inquiries with the Ard-Chláraitheoir and the position is as follows: the provisions governing the registration of deaths are set out in Part 5 of the Civil Registration Act...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (25 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to human resource management within the Health Service Executive. As this 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 it investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy. A comprehensive collective agreement between health employers and...
- Written Answers — Health Service Funding: Health Service Funding (25 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: The Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services 2006 outlines the amount of funding available to the Health Vote group for the 2005 and the estimate for 2006. The gross total, including capital, available to my Department and the Health Service Executive in 2005 was â¬11,872.218 million. The Office of the Minister for Children under the Minister of State with responsibility for children was...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (25 Apr 2006)
Mary Harney: Tackling the current difficulties with accident and emergency departments is the Government's top priority in health. The service provided to some patients in accident and emergency departments is unacceptable and must be improved. Our objectives are to reduce the numbers waiting for admission, the time spent waiting for admission, and the turnaround time for those who can be treated in...