Results 6,641-6,660 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: On 7 April 2006, in line with commitments I gave during the debate on the Health Act 2004, I published, for consultation purposes, the draft heads and general scheme of a Bill providing for the establishment of the health information and quality authority, HIQA. Included in the scheme is provision for the establishment of the office of the chief inspector of social services within HIQA. The...
- Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy misunderstands the situation. I have been in the House for 25 years and was in the Seanad for four years before that. I mention that because there has never been a time when more legislation in the area of health was passed or in the pipeline than in the past couple of years. Legislation in the Department of Health and Children is getting much greater attention and priority because...
- Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: I said in my response that I hope to have the legislation in the autumn session but I want to have robust legislation. We have spent some considerable time during the past year working on appropriate standards and looking at best international practice in this area. We want appropriate standards that can be enforced so that when inspectors inspect places where older people and others reside,...
- Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: The inspection of private nursing homes is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990. The 1990 Act provides for the registration and procedures for attaching conditions to the registration of private nursing homes and for de-registering homes. The Nursing Homes (Care and Welfare) Regulations 1993 set out the standards to which private nursing...
- Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: I do not accept the Deputy's assertion. In Ireland, the majority of nursing homes in the public and private sector are of the highest possible standards. Those that have and cause problems are a tiny minority but, even if it is only one, that is not good enough. I share the Deputy's view that older frail people are among the most vulnerable in society, many of whom suffer from illnesses of...
- Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: We have provided â¬110 million this year, which is â¬150 million in a full year, towards additional supports for the elderly, including the provision of specific services in the community, because community services are not just about home care packages but putting in place therapists and others who can support people living in the community. Chiropody is an important service for diabetics....
- Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: What people are concerned about is a bed, whether it be publicly funded or privately provided. They want high-quality care in a residential setting regardless of who provides it. That is the challenge for us, to ensure we support that.
- Hospital Services. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: Following the death of Mr. Patrick Walsh in Monaghan hospital on 14 October 2005, the Health Service Executive commissioned Mr. Declan Carey, a consultant surgeon at Belfast City Hospital, and an honorary senior lecturer at Queen's University, and Professor John Monson, professor of surgery, University of Hull, to carry out an independent and external review. The HSE has advised my Department...
- Hospital Services. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: No, I have not received it.
- Hospital Services. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: I confirm I have not received the report. I understand it has been completed in recent weeks. The process is that if one is drawing any adverse conclusions about any individual, individuals or institution, they must be given an opportunity to respond, and that response has to be included before the report can be given to anybody, under natural justice and so on. For example, with regard to...
- Hospital Services. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: If we all knew why the late Pat Joe Walsh died, we would not have needed a report in the first place. The report was written by two very eminent independent clinicians, one from Northern Ireland and one from the UK. We sought people from outside the jurisdiction to get an objective assessment of what happened on that famous night. If we had known all the answers we would not have needed to do...
- Hospital Services. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: It does.
- Hospital Services. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: It does. To provide the range of acute services at the level of developmentââ
- Hospital Services. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy knows what happened in Northern Ireland when his party colleague had responsibility for health services. Let us be fair on this matter. The HSE commissioned an independent report into acute hospital services in the north east. The report is to hand and it will be published in due course.
- Health Services. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: I am aware of the development proposals of the former Western Health Board for new and refurbished health facilities on the site of the former Grove Hospital in Tuam. This project has become known as the Tuam health campus. This site was acquired from the Bon Secours Order some years back and while a development control plan was prepared, this has not yet been advanced due to more urgent...
- Health Services. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: I assume the project manager is someone from within the HSE. That would be normal. Deputy McHugh asked about the function of the project manager. As he will be aware because he is familiar with this, it is an eight acre site and the original plan in 2002 was to use all of the site. We believe it will not be necessary to use all the site and I hope some of the site can be disposed of to...
- Health Services. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: Yes. Clearly, whatever services are provided there will be for all patients. There will be no question of it being restricted to private patients. However, it may well be that local general practitioners, in conjunction with the HSE or others, may decide to provide a primary care facility there. There may be an interest in using the current tax breaks to provide the capital costs of the...
- Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: The inspection of private nursing homes is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990. The 1990 Act provides for the registration of private nursing homes and for procedures for attaching conditions to the registration and de-registration of nursing homes. The Nursing Homes (Care and Welfare) Regulations 1993 set out the standards to which...
- Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: The intention is to publish the inspection reports from mid-July. I am not certain what form the publication will take. I will discuss that with the HSE but it would be common practice to have it on the Internet. I will certainly ensure that happens because it is more convenient from the point of view of families and the public and the perspective of the HSE. When the HSE purchases nursing...
- Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: Yes. As a matter of routine, when somebody is inquiring about a nursing home or seeking to place a relative in a nursing home, he or she should be able to find out the track record of that nursing home and, clearly, publication of the inspection reports would greatly assist that. We must also increase the standards and make sure they are monitored on a consistent and thorough basis.