Results 7,461-7,480 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Co-operatives: General Practitioner Co-operatives (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: GPs who hold General Medical Services Scheme contracts for service with the Health Service Executive (HSE) are self-employed practitioners who undertake to provide general practitioner services for their assigned patients for a total of 40 hours, to cover surgery and domiciliary visits, on 5 or more days per week, as agreed with the Executive. They are also obliged to put in place...
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Co-operatives: General Practitioner Co-operatives (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: I have been informed by the Health Service Executive (HSE) that it established a Task Force in June, 2006 to oversee the development of the out-of-hours general practitioner service for North Dublin city and county. The HSE has indicated that work to bring this service into operation is proceeding, with a view to it commencing in the coming weeks. Rollout will proceed thereafter on a phased...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: Information supplied to my Department by the Health Service Executive (HSE) indicates that as at 1st September 2006 there were 29,175 persons holding a GP visit card. Legislation to enable the introduction of GP visit cards was enacted in March 2005. Negotiations took place under the auspices of the Labour Relations Commission with the Irish Medical Organisation in order to facilitate the...
- Written Answers — Health Service Systems: Health Service Systems (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of the 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 Health Service Executive to have the matter investigated and to provide the details requested directly to the Deputy...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 166 and 170 together. As part of the Budget Day announcement last December on the provision of â¬150 million in a full year for older people and palliative care, a total of â¬13 million, â¬9 million this year, and a further â¬4 million next year was committed to statutory and voluntary providers of palliative care. This is the largest incremental increase...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: Negotiations recommenced on the 26th January 2006 between the HSE-Employers Agency/ Departments of Health and Children and Finance and the IHCA and IMO on a new contract of employment for Hospital Consultants. A paper outlining the employer's proposals for a new dedicated Public Hospital Consultants contract was presented to the medical organisations at this meeting but they refused to...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: A new Consultants' Contract is a key element of the Government's health reform programme. The HSE-Employers Agency has been attempting to restart the stalled negotiations with the medical organisations for some time. Contact is being maintained with the Chairman, Mark Connaughton, S.C., in an effort to find a basis for a resumption of negotiations. Meanwhile, the initiative to have private...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: In 2001, the year of the publication of Health Strategy, the average number of in-patient beds and day places available for treatment of patients in the 53 public acute hospitals was 12,145. At the end of 2005, this figure had increased by 1204 to a total of 13,349, involving an additional 724 in-patient beds and 480 day places. In addition, a further 450 acute beds/day places are in...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: In reporting on expenditure to the end of August, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has continued to indicate some concerns regarding emerging trends in major acute hospitals and Demand Led Schemes. The management of expenditure against budget is a matter for the HSE and the Chief Executive has informed me that he is planning to manage the expenditure within the overall Vote.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of the 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 Health Service Executive to have the issues raised investigated and to provide the details requested directly to the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: As outlined in my responses to the Deputy's previous questions on the matter, responsibility for the establishment of a school of podiatry, including its location, will be a matter, in the final instance, for the Department of Education and Science. However, as the Deputy was previously advised, the delivery of clinical training, which is a significant core component of the course, has been...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: The draft Heads of the Medical Practitioners Bill were circulated on 18th July 2006 in order to allow for interested parties to make comments on the legislative proposals. The closing date for receipt of these comments was 15th September 2006 and officials in my Department are now analysing the submissions which have been received. It is my intention to publish the Bill during this session....
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Sep 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. However, as the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive (HSE), which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the Executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for audiology services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Chief Officers of the HSE...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194, 205, 808, 812 and 813 together. Tackling the problems in A & E departments is the Government's top priority in health. 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 A & E and do not require admission. A & E services are improving around the...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: Emergency ambulance services in the greater Dublin area are provided by both the Health Service Executive (HSE) and Dublin City Council through Dublin Fire Brigade. The HSE has advised that the review of Command and Control arrangements, referred to by the Deputy, has been undertaken by a group comprising of representatives from the HSE and Dublin City Council. My Department is advised that...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: I wish to see significant improvement in the level of services available to persons with cystic fibrosis and, in this context, additional revenue funding of â¬4.78m was allocated in 2006 specifically for the development of services in this area. I am aware of the current deficits which are widely acknowledged and which have been identified most notably in the Pollock Report, and by the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Sep 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: It is a matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE) to deploy its staff to maximum effect within the approved employment ceiling. I understand from the HSE that the operational needs of a service are assessed on an ongoing basis by the appropriate line manager. Any absences arising, whether planned or otherwise, are considered within this context and arrangements are put in place where it...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Sep 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...