Results 12,501-12,520 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: My Department's official spend on entertainment, including State Receptions and other Official Functions is set out below: Year Cost ⬠1997 182,050 1998 191,826 1999 191,256 2000 214,308 2001 229,642 2002 343,973 2003 426,914 2004 361,039 2005 470,527 2006 438,857 2007 337,678
- Written Answers — Government Information Services: Government Information Services (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The Government Information Service provides my Department with summary news updates, covering all major news items, throughout the day. My Department's Press Office internally circulates the summaries of the 8.00 a.m. and 9.00 a.m. news programmes and Morning Ireland headlines, by email to senior managers. My Special Advisor in the media area discusses health related items in the news...
- Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: My press adviser accompanies me on most official engagements.
- Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The information requested is being collated in my Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The information requested is being collated in my Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Departmental Communications: Departmental Communications (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: My Department's intranet carries news feeds and press cuttings which are available to all staff. The information is accessed using standard browsing technology. The data in relation to news feeds is automatically gathered using standard technology such as RSS feeds (really simple syndication) and these are updated several times during the day. The intranet is maintained by the Internal...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: I have the use of one mobile telephone which has been supplied to me by my Department. Since taking up Office as Minister for Health and Children the following costs have been incurred: Year Cost â'¬ 2004 648 2005 5,749 2006 5,845 2007 4,773
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: Advisers and other staff appointed by me are supplied with mobile telephones and other items of equipment necessary for the performance of their duties. This equipment remains the property of my Department. The costs in respect of these items since I became Minister for Health and Children, are set out below:- Year Mobile Phone Annual Cost Purchase Cost of IT Equipment â'¬ â'¬ 2004...
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: I take it that the Deputy is referring to the Value for Money and Policy Review Assessment of the Allocation and Utilisation of Funding in Acute Hospitals. Hospital Network 2 (Southern Area Group) is being used as the model for this exercise which will, however, have wider national relevance. The consultants were asked to provide a systemic analysis of the allocation and utilisation of...
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The Value for Money (VFM) Review of Long Stay Residential Care for Adults within the Mental Health Services is due to be completed by the end of December, 2008. The Review Steering Group is chaired by a representative of the HSE and the Steering Group membership is composed of senior officials from the HSE, the Department of Finance, the Department of Health and Children and an Independent...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (11 Dec 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...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The HSE has informed my Department that since the commencement of the scheme over 32,000 claims have been received and to date 5,007 payments totalling over â¬99.03m have issued. 8,015 offers of repayment, totalling over â¬155.5m, have been made. The scheme is administered by the Health Service Executive in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald....
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 to 271, inclusive, together. 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...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 and 275 together. Talks on a new contract commenced on 24th November 2005 under the independent chairmanship of Mr Mark Connaughton SC. Bi-lateral talks took place over the summer and full plenary talks resumed on 4th September 2007. The Chairman presented his final report on the consultant discussions to the parties on 4th October 2007. On 9 October I...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 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 (11 Dec 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 — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 276, 278 and 279 together. Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the HSE under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Subject to overall parameters set by Government, the Health Service Executive has the responsibility...
- Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: I can assure the Deputy that tackling Health Care Associated Infections (HCAIs), including MRSA continues to be a priority for the government and for the Health Service Executive (HSE). The HSE launched a National Infection Control Action Plan in March 2007. An Infection Control Steering Group, chaired by Dr. Pat Doorley, National Director (Population Health) is responsible for overseeing...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The Board of the Health Service Executive approved preferred bidders for the following six co-located hospital sites at its July meeting: Waterford Regional Hospital; Cork University Hospital; Limerick Regional Hospital; Sligo General Hospital; Beaumont Hospital; St. James's Hospital. Since then the hospitals and the preferred bidders have been working towards finalising the Project...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The current pause on the recruitment of additional staff is a temporary measure initiated as part of the Health Service Executive financial break-even plan. There is no recruitment ban in place in the HSE. Of course, in any instance where a critical or essential vacancy arises it may be filled through redeployment of existing staff by the Line Manager or re-assignment of responsibilities...