Results 11,601-11,620 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to human resource management issues within the Health Service Executive which, under the Health Act 2004, is a matter in the first instance for the Executive. I am advised by the Executive that all aspects of its recruitment and selection processes are based on the principle of assessing the skills, qualities and attributes of applicants against those which have...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I take it that the Deputy is referring to civil servants involved in the Government's Decentralisation Programme. As the Deputy will be aware my Department is not one of the Departments scheduled for decentralisation under the Government's Decentralisation Programme. To date forty seven civil servants have transferred to decentralising Departments from my Department. Further details in...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Oct 2007)
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 the specific matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Oct 2007)
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 the specific matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (18 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (18 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: Almost 130,000 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 numbers 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...
- Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (18 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The National Childcare Investment Programme is a key element of the Social Inclusion Priority of the National Development Plan 2007 -2013. The Programme aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality childcare supports and services for families, which are grounded in an understanding of local needs. The Programme has an overall budget of â¬575 million over five years...
- Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (18 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 143 together. The Government's sustained high level of investment in healthcare has enabled the completion and commissioning of numerous new facilities in both the acute and the non-acute sectors. This year, overall capital funding of â¬546 million has been provided to the Health Service Executive. Responsibility for the planning and management of...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Oct 2007)
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 (18 Oct 2007)
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 Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (18 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 provides that applications for repayments to Wards of Court can be made by the Registrar of the Wards of Court or the relevant County Registrar as the Circuit Court has concurrent jurisdiction in wardship matters. The scheme administrator, the Health Service Executive and officials from my Department met with the Registrar of the Wards of Court in...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (18 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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (18 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...
- Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (23 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I also express my sympathy to Ita and her five children on John's sad passing, to her son, John, and her daughters, Claire, Siobhán, Lucy and Maria, to his brothers, sisters and grandchildren and to his nephew, Senator Diarmuid Wilson. I first got to know John Wilson before I entered this House in 1974, when he was president of the Trinity College Fianna Fáil cumann. He took a keen...
- Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (23 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: He certainly was a great teacher, a great university lecturer and, as we know, a great sportsperson. The last time I saw him was in his role as head of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains and he played a very important role in that regard. It was welcome that, in recent years, he was able to play such a strong public service role because John Wilson, above all...
- Written Answers — Child Care Provision: Child Care Provision (23 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 181 and 183 together. There is a variety of childcare services in Ireland including centre-based and home-based care. The fees in the latter sector are harder to gauge. However, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) Quarterly National Household Survey measures the average weekly prices in the Childcare sector as a whole and provides a useful source of data. The...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (23 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185, 253, 262 and 263 together. Pharmacists have not withdrawn from the GMS and community drug schemes and I would not accept that there is any basis for community pharmacists threatening to withdraw from these schemes. In the Dublin area and also in the HSE North East some 180 pharmacists have withdrawn from supplying methadone to patients with threatened...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (23 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to a human resource issue within the Health Service Executive. As this is a matter for the Executive under the Health Act, 2004, 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 (23 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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 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...