Results 7,581-7,600 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health 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.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: My Department has made enquiries from the Health Service Executive and I understand a reply issued to the Deputy in this case on 20 July 2006.
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: I wish to see the Irish Cervical Screening Programme (ICSP) rolled out nationally by 2008, based on an affordable model and in line with international best practice. Significant preparatory work is well underway involving the introduction of new and improved cervical tests, improved quality assurance training and the preparation of a national population register. An additional â¬9m is...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health 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 respond directly to the Deputy in relation to the matter raised.
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: Temporary District Medical Officer posts were not superannuable. In September 1999, following agreement between my Department and the IMO an ex-gratia payment of £1,000 (â¬1,270) was to be made to temporary District Medical Officers. I understand that changes made on a retrospective basis in respect of persons who previously held temporary public service posts may, subject to specific...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy the Health Service Personnel Census collects information on numbers employed and does not gather information on when qualifications were obtained. As the Deputy's question relates to human resource management issues which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004, the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive has been...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: In response to concerns regarding labour shortages, my Department commissioned a report from Dr. Peter Bacon and Associates on current and future supply and demand conditions to 2015 in the labour market for speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists. The report was published in 2001 and arising from its recommendations an additional physiotherapy course...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Health Repayment Scheme, enquiries relating to the scheme are referred to the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive. My Department has asked the HSE to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
- 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.
- 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. 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 (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: My Department understands that the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Health Service Executive (HSE) issued a response to the Deputy on 15th May in relation to the information requested. The HSE advised the Deputy that Clostridium Difficile is not a notifiable disease and therefore national data is not gathered on numbers of cases. The HSE further advised the Deputy that it is...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (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.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: I presume the Deputy is referring to the small number of instances whereby a contribution was paid on behalf of a fully eligible person for publicly funded long stay residential care by a close family member. Under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006, a living spouse or living child of a relevant person who has paid, on behalf of the relevant person, the whole or part of the recoverable...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: The Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 was signed by the President on 23 June 2006 and the legislative provisions of the Act came into effect on 30 June 2006. The repayment scheme was launched publicly by the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the scheme administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald on 14 August 2006. All those fully eligible persons who were wrongly charged for publicly funded long...
- 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. My Department has been advised that the Executive issued a reply directly to the Deputy in relation to this case on the 15th September 2006.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (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.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health 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 respond directly to the Deputy in relation to the matter raised.
- Written Answers — Census of Population: Census of Population (27 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: The Census 2006 Preliminary Report was published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in July of this year just three months after the Census was taken on the night of 23rd April, 2006. This represents very timely access to the provisional results, and my Department uses this information for a wide variety of purposes to inform policy and planning and to evaluate population health. It...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (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.
- 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. 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.