Results 13,621-13,640 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: I will clarify. She received that letter last December, notââ
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: There is still no record.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Deputy Shatter's colleagues took us to court.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Deputy Shatter is being very selective. Mr. John Fitzgerald said 21 November.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Deputy Shatter is misrepresenting the facts.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Deputy Shatter is misrepresenting Mr. Fitzgerald's remarks.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Does Deputy Shatter support the plan now?
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: To answer Deputy à Caoláin's question, there is no plan or discussion about changing the structure of the HSE. I do not go around my Department and ask every official whether they spoke to a journalist. I have the height of regard for the journalist in question, Dr. Muiris Houston. There is no plan at management or political level to return to the old health board system with 273 people...
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: I will answer when I have the opportunity.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Deputy O'Sullivan asked a number of questions. I understand the system for dealing with letters in my office has been in place for a considerable number of years and long preceded my arrival and that of my three or four immediate predecessors. Letters addressed personally to the Minister go to the Minister's office. As I indicated to the joint committee last week, the Department receives...
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: ââon foot of a request from the Midland Health Board in November 2002, subject to conditions such as triple assessment. On the new procedure in place, letters fall into different categories and, as is the case with referral letters from doctors to hospitals, serious safety issues will arise. As Minister for Health and Children, safety must be a priority for me. This is the reason for...
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Yes.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Yes. I am not aware of having received a letter which did not result in appropriate follow-up. If, however, somebody produces such a letter, I will put up my hands. A computer reminder is issued in the first instance. I also have such an electronic means of issuing reminders in my constituency office. While it is possible issues arise concerning the speed at which we respond from time to...
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Professor Keane is assessing capacity in the eight centres. This is the area in which he has been allocated a sum of â¬5.8 million, two thirds of which will go to hospitals outside Dublin. None of the eight centres has the capacity and all of them need more specialists. The issue is not only one of providing additional money. This year an additional â¬35 million has been provided. It is...
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Additional resources are available and we need to recruit more consultants. One of the reasons it has taken so long to reach agreement on the consultants' contract is the requirement to have a one-for-all approach to diagnosis and appropriate access for all patients.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: I am not capable or competent to decide whether the appropriate resources are in place in Limerick, Cork, Waterford or elsewhere. Professor Keane has been to all eight places and is carrying out an assessment and making the investment, which has amounted to â¬5.8 million to date. On the point raised by Deputy Reilly, I have spoken to Professor Keane. He has had discussions with Dr....
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: I am sorry, Deputy. It is not a question of negotiation. I know the Deputy is a former president of the Irish Medical Organisation but this is about best practice clinically.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: We have 2,500 general practitioners and 2,500 breast cancer cases a year. On average, therefore, they deal with one each. There are protocols internationally, well documented in Canada and elsewhere, of how general practitioners refer to surgeons and clinicians.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Is the Deputy telling me the Irish College of General Practitioners will not agree to a new protocol?
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: I am sorry, Deputy.