Results 8,321-8,340 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (21 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 — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (21 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: I did not make such a statement, and there are no proposals to withdraw medical services in June 2007 from 26 accident and emergency departments. The policy of the Government is to ensure the provision of safe, high-quality services that achieve the best possible outcomes for patients. Patient safety and quality must be paramount and must be the key drivers in configuring acute hospital...
- Written Answers — Health Service Statistics: Health Service Statistics (22 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: Population data for the each of the four Health Service Executive (HSE) regions are provided in the following table. Population of Each of the Health Service Executive Regions for Census Years 2002 and 2006 HSE Region 2002 2006* Dublin/Mid-Leinster# 1,139,870 1,215,711 Dublin/North-East# 831,899 927,525 Southern 1,003,972 1,080,999 Western 941,462 1,010,690 Ireland 3,917,203 4,234,925...
- Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (22 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 have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Centres: Health Centres (22 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive has operational and funding responsibility for health centres, it is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. 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 (22 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: Whereas there is no statutory obligation on the Health Service Executive (HSE) to provide chiropody services to GMS patients; 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 Staff: Health Service Staff (22 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: I was recently made aware that an issue has arisen around the availability of employment opportunities for recently qualified physiotherapists and I have asked the HSE to give the matter its urgent attention. Let me say at the outset that it is a matter for the Health Service Executive, as part of the management of its employment ceiling, to determine the appropriate staffing mix required to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 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 — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (22 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: The management of patient waiting lists is a matter for the National Hospitals Office of the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the individual hospitals concerned. However, in general, patients waiting more than three months on a surgical waiting list may qualify for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). The NTPF deals with representations from Deputies on behalf of...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: Medical cards are made available to persons and their dependants who would otherwise experience undue hardship in meeting the cost of General Practitioner (GP) services. In 2005 the GP visit card was introduced as a graduated benefit so that people on lower incomes, particularly parents of young children, who do not qualify for a medical card would not be deterred on cost grounds from...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: Medical cards are made available to persons and their dependants who would otherwise experience undue hardship in meeting the cost of General Practitioner (GP) services. In 2005 the GP visit card was introduced as a graduated benefit so that people on lower incomes, particularly parents of young children, who do not qualify for a medical card would not be deterred on cost grounds from...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: I have received representations concerning the transfer of radiation oncology services from St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar to St. James's Hospital, Dublin. The decision to transfer this resource was taken by the Government in the context of its consideration of the National Plan for Radiation Oncology Services. The decision is based on expert advice and is designed to ensure that radiation...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: Responsibility for the collation and publication of waiting list information falls within the remit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). The NTPF maintains public hospital waiting lists and waiting times nationally on a database, the Patient Treatment Register. My Department has, therefore, asked the Chief Executive of the NTPF to reply to the Deputy directly in relation to the...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (22 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 to 266, inclusive, together. Over 120,000 people work full-time or part-time in our public health services. In recent years, the Government's ongoing high level of investment in health has achieved and maintained significant increases in the number of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals employed in the public health services. The...
- Written Answers — Clinical Indemnity Scheme: Clinical Indemnity Scheme (22 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: As the Clinical Indemnity Scheme (CIS) has been established on the principle of "enterprise liability", individual clinical practitioners are not required to register with the scheme. Their work in the public health service is covered by the scheme by virtue of the fact that personal injury claims against the agencies which employ them are covered by the CIS. For this reason the State...
- Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (22 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: My Department is advised by the Health Service Executive that a reply has issued to the Deputy in relation to this matter.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: Autism is a common developmental disorder but can be difficult to diagnose in young children. Autism is a spectrum of disorders characterised by deficits in social skills, communication and behaviour. Developmental surveillance is ongoing from infancy through school age or at any age if concerns are raised. A number of developmental screening tools are available to this end. Children...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 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. 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. (22 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: The Irish Osteoporosis Society (IOS) received funding from the Health Service Executive of â¬130,000 in 2005. The IOS sought further funding of â¬128,000 during 2006. Following a series of meetings and checking of documentation, the HSE provided this amount to the IOS on the 22nd of September 2006. The Health Service Executive has informed my Department that the IOS have not formally...