Results 12,441-12,460 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (5 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is as follows: Year Amount of waste generated 2005 129,678 Kgs 2006 173,593 Kgs 2007 to date 140,807 Kgs
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (5 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is as follows: Year Percentage of waste recycled % 2005 40.00 2006 48.50 2007 51.07
- Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (5 Dec 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 — Health Services: Health Services (5 Dec 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 question raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Dec 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Dec 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 (5 Dec 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The Primary Care Strategy aims to increase health service capacity through the development of services in the community to give people direct access to integrated multidisciplinary teams of general practitioners, nurses, home helps, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and others. It has been estimated that up to 95% of people's health and social services needs can be properly met...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (5 Dec 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 — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (5 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: Visiting patients in hospital is an integral part of every day health service life and is something that can be beneficial to the patients, their families and friends. However, the growing threat of hospital infections, from MRSA or vomiting bugs, has necessitated the drawing up of more restrictive visiting guidelines. It is difficult to find evidence of the clinical effectiveness of any...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Dec 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 question raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: I am aware of concerns raised regarding services pressures at the Maternity Unit at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise arising from a significant increase in activity at the unit. The Health Service Executive informed my Department that it is fully committed to upgrading facilities in the Maternity Unit at the Hospital. In this regard, the Executive advised that â¬3m capital funding...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (5 Dec 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 — Electromagnetic Field Levels: Electromagnetic Field Levels (5 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The consensus of scientific opinion to date regarding possible adverse health effects from electromagnetic fields (EMF) exposure is that there is no evidence of a causal relationship between such exposure and ill health. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has assessed the many reviews carried out in this area and has indicated that exposures below the limits recommended by the International...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Dec 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...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Dec 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 particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (5 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: My Department has made inquiries of the Health Service Executive which administers the Local Government Superannuation Scheme of which the employee in question is a member. The HSE have informed my Department that the employee's file has been reviewed under the terms of circular letter 23/2005 (Public Service Reform, Revised arrangements for part-time Public Health Service Employees). The...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Dec 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 particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (6 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: With regard to the pricing of health insurance, it is a matter for the insurer to determine the appropriate premium. Community rated health insurance in Ireland is significantly cheaper than comparable cover elsewhere particularly for vulnerable groups such as older people. The Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007, currently before the Oireachtas, provides for the removal of the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (6 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: In 2001 at the request of the then Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Micheál Martin, Ms Maureen Lynott carried out a review of the circumstances surrounding the employment of a person to a particular locum psychiatrist position in the Irish Public Health Service. This review was completed in February 2002. Ms Lynott's report made a number of recommendations regarding inter-agency...