Results 12,961-12,980 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I would like to assure the Deputy that tackling all Health Care Associated Infections (HCAIs), including MRSA and C Difficile, continues to be a priority for the government and for the Health Service Executive (HSE). MRSA is not a notifiable disease. However, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre of the HSE collects data on MRSA. In 2007, 43 Irish laboratories serving 64 acute...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: Subject to overall parameters set by Government, the Health Service Executive has the responsibility for determining the composition of its staffing complement. In that regard, it is a matter for the Executive to manage and deploy its human resources to best meet the requirements of its Annual Service Plan for the delivery of health and personal social services to the public. The Executive...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: Over 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 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 — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2008)
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 Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: There are approximately 1,100 people with cystic fibrosis living in the Republic of Ireland. Approximately 45% are adults and 55% are children. I have identified the enhancement of services to persons with cystic fibrosis as a key priority. Development funding of â¬4.78m was provided in 2006 and a further â¬2m was provided to the Health Service Executive (HSE) to facilitate the...
- Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available within my Department in the format requested. In relation to EU funding which may have been received by the HSE or the former health boards over the period in question, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Health Service Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (5 Feb 2008)
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 Scheme provides a mechanism to repay recoverable health charges for publicly funded long stay residential care. Repayments include both the actual charge paid and an amount to take account of inflation (using...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: Over 36,000 applications for living and deceased patients have been received under the Health Repayment Scheme. Over 16,500 of the claims received by the Scheme Administrator have been concluded, which includes over 9,650 offers of repayment totalling more than â¬182 million. Further offers continue to be issued every week. Of the 9,650 offers made, almost 7,200 payments in the sum of...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The management of out-patient waiting lists is a matter for the Health Service Executive and the individual hospitals concerned. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The management of out-patient waiting lists is a matter for the Health Service Executive and the individual hospitals concerned. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to...
- Written Answers — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 318 and 319 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, including cleaning costs, has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: As the processing of Parliamentary Questions is undertaken as part of the normal day to day work of individual sections within the Department, it is not possible to isolate the administration costs of processing Parliamentary Questions from the overall administrative costs of the Department. For the Deputy's information, in 2007 the Ministers of State and I answered a total of 4,849...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Repayment Scheme commenced in August 2006 with a national public information campaign designed to raise awareness about the Scheme and how potential applicants should go about applying for repayment. At the time of the launch, based on records held by the HSE, it was estimated that potentially around 70,000 people may be eligible to submit an application. Over 36,000 applications...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (5 Feb 2008)
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. Over 36,000 applications for living and deceased patients have been received by the Health Repayment Scheme. Over 16,500 of the claims received by the Scheme Administrator have been concluded, which includes over...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: Over 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 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 — Pharmacy Services: Pharmacy Services (6 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 168, 175 and 182 together. At a meeting between the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union (IPU) under Mr Bill Shipsey SC on 5 December 2007, a process was proposed to the IPU to (i) address their immediate concerns regarding the alleged impact of the proposed revised wholesaler arrangements on GMS-dependent pharmacies and (ii) to...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (6 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The Primary Care Strategy aims to develop services in the community to give people direct access to integrated multi-disciplinary 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 within a primary care setting and the establishment of...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Feb 2008)
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 — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (6 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 173 together. 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 issues...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (6 Feb 2008)
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. These recoverable health charges are charges which were imposed on persons with full eligibility under the Health (Charges for In-Patient Services) Regulations 1976 as amended in 1987 or charges for in-patient services only, raised under...