Results 11,761-11,780 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I understand that the newly-opened care home in Balrothery is a private facility and that the Beaumont Convalescent Home (now known as "Rockfield") is run by a voluntary body. Therefore, I must advise the Deputy that the issue of when these homes were scheduled to open is a matter for the individual home. Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Nov 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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Community Pharmacy Services: Community Pharmacy Services (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: Community pharmacists are reimbursed for dispensing under the GMS and community drugs schemes under the terms of the Community Pharmacy Contractor Agreement with the Health Service Executive (HSE). The following reimbursement rates apply for dispensing under these schemes: GMS Medical Card â dispensing fee ranging from â¬3.27-â¬18.83 per item. Drug Payment, Long Term Illness, Hepatitis C...
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Nov 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 — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The scheme of performance-related awards in the civil service applies to Deputy and Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades. It does not apply to Secretaries General. Details of awards to individual officers under the performance related scheme are not disclosed on the basis that they are confidential to the officer concerned. As shown in the Committee for Performance Awards Report for...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy may be aware, an additional sum of â¬75m for revenue purposes was provided by the Health Service Executive for Disability Services in the 2007 Budget. This sum incorporates the 2007 element of the Government's multi-annual investment programme for the National Disability Strategy. This Strategy is committed to enhancing the level and range of multi-disciplinary support...
- Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I presume the correspondence which the Deputy's question refers to is in regard to the Long Term Illness Scheme. Under the 1970 Health Act, the Health Service Executive may arrange for the supply, without charge, of drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances to people with a specified condition, for the treatment of that condition, through the Long Term Illness Scheme (LTI). The...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: As the management and delivery of health and personal social services, including related budgetary issues, are the responsibility of the Health Service 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 — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (6 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: While there is no specific provision in Irish statute law which makes forced marriage an offence, there are a number of measures which aim to ensure that marriage is entered into voluntarily and with full knowledge and consent. The statutory provisions governing notice of intention to marry, solemnisation and registration of marriage are contained in the Civil Registration Act 2004. Section...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (6 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: Neither myself, nor my Department have received the report referred to by the Deputy. Therefore since the rest of the question refers to operational issues and operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. The Executive is the appropriate body to consider the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Nov 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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (6 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: At present, medical cards are granted primarily on the basis of means and individual circumstances. Under the Health Act, 2004, determination of eligibility for medical cards is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. Persons aged seventy years and over are automatically entitled to a medical card, irrespective of means. The HSE has discretion, in cases of exceptional need, to...
- Written Answers — Drugs Reimbursement Arrangements: Drugs Reimbursement Arrangements (6 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I have previously outlined in detail to the Oireachtas the legal provisions under competition law which prevent the HSE from negotiating with the Irish Pharmaceutical Union (IPU) on fees, prices or margins for their members. When it became clear that the HSE could not negotiate with pharmacists or wholesalers on fees or margins, a detailed, fair and transparent consultation process,...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (6 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administeringthe health repayment scheme in conjunctionwith the appointed scheme administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald. The HSE has informed my Department that the Data Protection laws governing the repayment process are particularly strict and are primarily aimed at protecting the privacy and rights of all applicants. Therefore the...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (6 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: As already stated in the response provided to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 10 October 2007, sanction for payment of pay increases due under the final phase of the previous Social Partnership Agreement, Sustaining Progress, and the first and second phase of the current Social Partnership Agreement, Towards 2016, was withheld in relation to ambulance personnel, HSE West, members of SIPTU,...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (6 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG/ McCann Fitzgerald. The HSE has informed my Department that since the commencement of the scheme over 30,000 claims have been received and to date 4,353 payments totalling over â¬86.7 million have issued. 6,590 offers of repayment,...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (6 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for arranging for the provision of general practitioner services to persons covered by the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme and persons who qualify for a GP visit card. The...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (6 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: BreastCheck commenced the screening process in the Southern region in October. I have allocated additional revenue funding of â¬8 million to the National Cancer Screening Service for this year to meet the additional costs involved in national roll-out. The full complement of 111 staff for roll-out has been approved. I have also made available an additional â¬26.7 million capital funding...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Nov 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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...