Results 13,821-13,840 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (2 Apr 2008)
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. 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...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (2 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The main supports the Government makes available to parents to assist them with their childcare costs are Child Benefit and the Early Childcare Supplement (ECS). The latter payment is the responsibility of my Office, and it alone is expected to amount to expenditure of over â¬500m in 2008. The ECS increased from â¬1,000 per annum to â¬1,100 per annum in the December 2007 Budget. Both...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The decisions of the Health Service Executive (HSE) in relation to the designation of four managed cancer control networks and eight cancer centres will be implemented on a managed and phased basis. The HSE has designated University College Hospital Galway and Limerick Regional Hospital as the two cancer centres in the Managed Cancer Control Network for HSE Western Region, which includes...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (2 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The names of the bodies, organisations and committees requested by the Deputy are as follows: Commission of Investigation into Leas Cross Nursing Home Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance Commission to establish how a 35 hour week for nurses and midwifes can be achieved Health and Social Care Professionals Council Health Information and Quality Authority Independent Body on...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (2 Apr 2008)
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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Apr 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (2 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services, including ambulance 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...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (2 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services, including ambulance 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...
- Written Answers — Departmental Travel: Departmental Travel (2 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: In all instances, from 2002 to date, when my Department may have availed of helicopters for official Department business, arrangements were made through the Executive Branch of the Department of Defence. The additional information sought by the Deputy is currently being collated by the Department of Defence and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Apr 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 (2 Apr 2008)
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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The law provides that persons aged 70 years or more are required to undergo a medical review for driving licence renewal purposes. This requirement is one which is determined by the Minister for Transport and is therefore outside my remit. In making arrangements for the provision of publicly funded GP services under the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme, an agreement was negotiated...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The Group is continuing with its consideration of this matter, and is consulting with a number of representative bodies and individuals. I look forward to receiving its final recommendations shortly.
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the funding, 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 — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I understand from the Health Service Executive (HSE), that owing to regulatory difficulties being experienced by the manufacturer of the BCG vaccine, there was a shortage of the vaccine throughout the country from late 2007. This was a Europe wide problem as the manufacturer in question is the only company which supplies the vaccine to the European Market. Unfortunately, it is not possible to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Apr 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 HSE has informed my Department that a reply issued to the Deputy on 12th March 2008.
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 70 together. The reduction in the wholesale mark-up paid on the price of drugs and medicines under the GMS and community drugs schemes is part of a process aimed at reforming all aspects of the drugs supply chain from the manufacturer to the patient. The existing wholesale mark-up in the range of 15% to 17.6% is neither reasonable nor sustainable. The...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of appointments to State boards, bodies or committees made since July 2007, along with the requested information on current and future vacancies, is set out in the following tables. Information is respect of the publication of names in Iris Oifigiúil has been requested from the relevant areas of my Department and will be forwarded directly...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Regulation of the nursing and midwifery professions, including the setting of requirements and standards in relation to the education programmes for registration, is the statutory responsibility of An Bord Altranais. The Board is a broadly representative body. The twenty nine members include seventeen elected by nurses who are representative of all the divisions of the register. In November...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The HSE's Winter Initiative is specifically aimed at addressing the particular challenges to the Health System during the Winter Months and a range of initiatives developed across the system is focusing on internal processes within hospitals and the ability of both hospitals and community to provide integrated services to enable appropriate placing of patients in hospitals and community...