Results 14,021-14,040 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Apr 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 — Health Services: Health Services (17 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: At present there is no legislation in Ireland governing laser eye treatment. However, the involvement of medical practitioners in this practice is subject to the provisions of the Medical Practitioners Act and the Medical Council's guidelines.
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (17 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: The roll out of a national cervical screening programme is the most efficient population approach to preventing and controlling cervical cancer. The National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) is planning to roll out such a programme on a national basis around the middle of this year. Women aged 25 to 44 years old will be screened every 3 years; women aged 45 to 60 will be screened every 5...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Apr 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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (17 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 (17 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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 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 — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (17 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: All nursing staff, both Irish and non-Irish national, working in public hospitals and employed by the Public Health Service are paid in accordance with the official salary scales. Where nurses are, however, working under contract for private nursing employment agencies the rate of remuneration would be a matter between those nurses and the agencies involved. However, I understand that the...
- Written Answers — Community Pharmacy Services: Community Pharmacy Services (17 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I would point out that the Government and the Health Service Executive (HSE) recognise the Irish Pharmaceutical Union (IPU) as the representative body for its members. I have previously outlined in detail to the House the legal provisions under Competition Law which prevent the HSE from negotiating with the IPU on fees, prices or margins for their members. When it became clear that the HSE...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (17 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 — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (17 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I consider the findings of this review into an outbreak of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) at the Midwestern Regional Hospital, Ennis to be a serious matter and I would like to express my sympathy to any patient and/or family who has been affected by the outbreak. I would like to assure the Deputy that tackling all Health Care Associated Infections (HCAIs), including C. difficile...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (17 Apr 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...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: It is marked against proper standards since last October.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Deputy Kenny marched againstââ
- Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: What about Deputy Kenny only five months ago?
- Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I wish to share time with the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Jimmy Devins.
- Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all the words after "Dáil Ãireann"and substitute the following: acknowledges the substantial resources, â¬14.931 billion, provided by the Exchequer for the HSE to provide health and personal social services; recognises that this is an increase of over â¬1.1 billion over the funding provided in 2007; supports the Government's position in prioritising and...
- Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I welcome the opportunity this debate provides to put on the record of the House the Government's commitment and plans for rehabilitation and other services. There will always be new health services we will want to provide faster, and in better facilities. Advances in medical science alone will ensure that. As a people, I have no doubt we will also strive for constant improvement in the...
- Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: Rehabilitation is a core element of health services. It is fundamentally about enabling and supporting individuals to recover or adjust during this time, achieve their full potential and, where possible, to live full and active lives. Increased trauma survival, especially in the area of stroke, road traffic accidents and occupational accidents, has increased the need for rehabilitation. An...
- Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)
Mary Harney: I have met the doctors in the west but we need to develop what we have first. The report identified a need for additional investment in neurosurgical services and the planning and commissioning of such services on a national basis. The Health Service Executive has invested in the expansion of the service at Beaumont Hospital in recent years. For example, in 2006 additional funding of...