Results 11,241-11,260 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Seanad: Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Sep 2007)
Mary Harney: Sometimes, we let our perceptions and ideologies get in the way of facts. While I understand people supporting public medicine, some state that there is a special place in their hearts for an insurance company that happens to be owned by the State and the guarantees it provides to patients. If one has private health insurance, one has preferential access to diagnostics and facilities paid...
- Seanad: Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Sep 2007)
Mary Harney: I do not believe that. When a hospital is available it encourages customers and Athlone citizens go to their general practitioners. Many people who visit accident and emergency units should go to their GPs but it is a chicken and egg situation. GP services in some areas are patchy and that is among the things we are trying to change. I am not in a position to encourage people to open a...
- Seanad: Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Sep 2007)
Mary Harney: If the Senator was in the Dáil last night listening to my so-called privatisation agenda she would smile at that suggestion. I was in Sweden for St. Patrick's day this year and one of the places I visited was a hospital in Stockholm. Believe it or not, a socialist Government in Sweden brought in a private company to run its biggest hospital, St. Görans, a number of years ago. If I even...
- Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: Joe Sherlock was in every sense an old-fashioned gentleman. The few women here know that he stood back if there was a lady present. That is not very common nowadays, certainly not in this House. He was a terrific campaigner for Mallow. Almost every time I met him after becoming Minister for Health and Children he raised something to do with Mallow Hospital. After the hospital had come...
- Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: It has never had that.
- Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: Is the Deputy sure he lives in Tallaght?
- Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: Nobody knew the Deputy lived in Tallaght until now.
- Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: Nurses do not feel more strongly about any other issue.
- Health Services: Motion. (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I will deal with the matter tomorrow.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The transfer of services from St. Luke's Hospital to new facilities at St. James's Hospital is not due to take place for a number of years. In the meantime, two additional linear accelerators will be commissioned at St. Luke's in early 2008 and two replacement linear accelerators will be commissioned later in 2008. These will provide much needed interim capacity pending the roll out of the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Repayment Scheme and the information sought by the Deputy relates to matters within the area of responsibility of the Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: 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 healthcare professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of such...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald. The HSE has indicated that the scheme is progressing as speedily as possible and every effort is being made to make repayments. The HSE has indicated that the delays in making repayments under the scheme have been due to legal and...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Oct 2007)
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 moderate and lower incomes, particularly parents of young children, who do not qualify for a medical card would not be deterred on cost grounds...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I wish to confirm that the Health Service Executive remains committed to the Shipsey process.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Repayment Scheme and the information sought by the Deputy relates to matters within the area of responsibility of the Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Repayment Scheme and the information sought by the Deputy relates to matters within the area of responsibility of the Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 provides a clear legal framework to repay recoverable health charges for publicly funded long term residential care. All those fully eligible persons who were wrongly charged and are alive will have their charges repaid in full. The estates of all those fully eligible persons who were wrongly charged for publicly funded long term residential care and...