Results 7,721-7,740 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: My Department received an application for a grant from the Health and Children allocation of National Lottery funds from the organisations referred to. There is a protocol in my Department for processing applications for National Lottery grants. When a completed application form is received in my Department it is registered in the Finance Unit and forwarded to the relevant Service Division...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (3 Oct 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 Services: Health Services (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question regarding the way that children are assessed and deemed eligible for orthodontic treatment 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...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (3 Oct 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 — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (3 Oct 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 — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (3 Oct 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: I am informed by the Health Service Executive that a response issued to the Deputy on 2nd October 2006.
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: As part of the Estimates for health services in 2006, additional funding of â¬3m was allocated specifically for the further development of neurology and neurophysiology services. This funding was provided to allow the Health Service Executive to further progress the implementation of the recommendations made by the former Comhairle na nOspidéal in respect of these services. My Department...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: In considering the Report of the Task Force, complex legal and financial issues emerged in relation to aspects of the proposed scheme and their implications for the health service and the wider public service. As a result the Government decided in July 2005 not to introduce a "no fault" compensation scheme for psychiatric nurses as outlined in the Task Force Report. I confirmed this...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: The provision of private care in public acute hospitals is long standing feature of the Irish health care system. Some 2,500 beds in public hospitals are designated as private and semi-private. The 80:20 ratio to which the Deputy refers is an average across the entire acute system. The percentage of beds designated as private varies between individual hospitals; for example, there is a...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: There is no ban on recruitment of staff in the public health service. It is a matter for the Health Service Executive, as part of its management of its employment ceiling, to determine the appropriate staffing mix required to deliver its service plan priorities. I have consistently emphasised the importance of prioritising the filling of front line vacancies in complying with approved...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Oct 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 — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) was established to expedite the provision of treatment for patients on public hospital waiting lists who have been waiting longest for surgery. I have no plans to expand the remit of the NTPF to the type of treatment referred to by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: 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 country. Compared to this time last year, the average number of patients in...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: Under Section 48 of the Health Act, 1970, an applicant for a medical card may be required to make a declaration in such form as the Health Board considers appropriate in relation to his/her means. Section 59 of the Health Act, 2004 provided that functions which were the functions of a specified body, including a health board, transfer to the Health Service Executive. Furthermore, section 66...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Oct 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 (4 Oct 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 — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (4 Oct 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. A national advertising campaign and a helpline also commenced on this date. The...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: The GP visit card initiative was introduced as a graduated benefit so that people on moderate incomes, particularly parents of young children, who do not qualify for a medical card would not be deterred on cost grounds from visiting their GP. Since the introduction of the GP Visit Card, the HSE has conducted two national media advertising campaigns to promote the benefit. The Executive has...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Oct 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.