Results 8,201-8,220 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Nov 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 (8 Nov 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212, 213 and 215 together. The Government is committed to making the full range of cancer services available and accessible to cancer patients throughout Ireland. Government policy is to achieve best outcomes for patients based on all aspects of cancer care, surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy delivered by multi-disciplinary teams based around major...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: The National Cancer Forum did not make any such recommendation. It did make a recommendation however that the National Radiation Oncology Plan agreed by Government last year should be implemented.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Nov 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 — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (9 Nov 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 (9 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: The establishment of the HSE is one of the largest Public Service Reform Initiatives ever undertaken by the State and it will take time for all of the elements involved in such a complex undertaking to be finalised. I know, however, that the HSE is committed to actively involving consumers, amongst others, in service design, planning and delivery. I am confident that initiatives such as its...
- Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (9 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: Dr. Deirdre Madden, a distinguished expert on medical law, was appointed by Government in May 2005 to provide a report on key issues relating to post-mortem practice and procedures and her report on Post-Mortem Practice and Procedures was published on 18 January this year. Considerable progress has already been made by the HSE in implementing the recommendations of the Madden Report in...
- Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (9 Nov 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 Services: Hospital Services (9 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128, 133 and 134 together. 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. 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...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Nov 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 (HSE) under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department referred your question to the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive on 18 October 2006 to arrange to have this case investigated and to have a reply issued...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (9 Nov 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: The management of out-patient waiting lists is a matter for the HSE/National Hospitals Office and the individual hospitals concerned. However, in 2005, I asked the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to examine the position with a view to further assessing the needs of patients waiting longest on out-patient waiting lists and the most appropriate clinical pathways and protocols required...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (9 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated and I will forward it to the Deputy within the next few days.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: There is no statutory obligation on the Health Service Executive (HSE) to provide chiropody services to GMS patients; however, in practice, arrangements are already in place to provide these services. Before the establishment of the HSE the nature of the arrangements for chiropody and the level of service provided was a matter for individual health boards and so a degree of variation in...
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (9 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: The 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 Services: Hospital Services (9 Nov 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 — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (9 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: The MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella and, in accordance with the recommendations of the Immunisation Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, can be administered to children between 12-15 months of age. A vaccine uptake rate of 95% is required in order to protect children from the diseases concerned and to stop the spread of the diseases in the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Nov 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 Staff: Hospital Staff (9 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: The current consultant contract dates from 1997. The basic salary for a hospital consultant currently ranges from â¬139,551 (Category 2 in HSE Eastern Regional Area) up to â¬181,478 (Geographical Wholetime Consultant without Fees). Consultants are contracted to work for 39 hours per week comprising 11 three-hour clinical sessions and two three-hour administrative sessions. Talks on a new...