Results 14,421-14,440 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Written Answers — Alcohol Consumption: Alcohol Consumption (8 May 2008)

Mary Harney: Earlier this year the Health Service Executive obtained provisional alcohol consumption data from the Revenue Commissioners which indicated an increase of 2.7% in per capita alcohol consumption for 2007 compared to 2006. The 2006 Census population figure was used in this calculation. The Central Statistics Office recently released its population estimate for 2007 which showed an increase on...

Written Answers — Medical Research: Medical Research (8 May 2008)

Mary Harney: The report referred to by the Deputy has just been received by my Department and it is currently being examined and considered.

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (8 May 2008)

Mary Harney: The Report referred to by the Deputy, Social Health Insurance: Further Options for Ireland, was published by the Adelaide Hospital Society on 16 April 2008 as a contribution to the debate on the health care system in Ireland. As part of its examination, the report looks at the supply of General Practitioners and other medical professionals in Ireland. My Department is currently considering...

Written Answers — Disease Screening Programme: Disease Screening Programme (8 May 2008)

Mary Harney: Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia in Ireland. It is characterised by progressive, and almost always, irreversible decline in mental functioning. The condition has no single cause and, as yet, no single cure. It has a life changing physical, emotional and mental impact on the affected person and their primary carer and family. It is largely, but not exclusively, a...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (8 May 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. The Executive, therefore, is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (8 May 2008)

Mary Harney: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to have delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services in a safe and secure setting. The Executive is therefore the appropriate body to consider the matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to...

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (8 May 2008)

Mary Harney: Payments to General Practitioners (GPs) under the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme are made by the Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) section of the Health Service Executive (HSE). This includes payments in respect of the Rural Practice Allowance. My Department has, therefore, requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to address this matter and to...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (8 May 2008)

Mary Harney: As part of the Multi-Annual Investment Programme 2006-2009 under the Disability Strategy, the Government provided the Health Service Executive with an additional €75m in both 2006 and 2007. This funding included monies to provide new and enhanced services for people with disabilities, to implement Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005, which came into effect on June 1st 2007 for the under 5's...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 May 2008)

Mary Harney: I attended a meeting with this group in February of this year during which facilities for patients with cystic fibrosis at Temple Street and Beaumont Hospitals were discussed. A detailed proposal in this regard is due to be submitted, on behalf of the group, to the Health Service Executive for consideration.

Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (8 May 2008)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216 and 222 together. Data on surgical cancer procedures is collated by the Hospital In-patient Enquiry System (HIPE). The information is supplied by all public hospitals to the Economic and Social Research Institute. The HIPE system collects information on all discharges and deaths. The HIPE analysis counts every occurrence of those procedures where the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 May 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. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (8 May 2008)

Mary Harney: The Government's sustained high level of investment in health care has enabled the completion and commissioning of numerous new facilities in both the acute and the non-acute sectors. This year, overall capital funding of approximately €594m has been provided to the Health Service Executive. In drawing up its Capital Plan the Health Service Executive is required to prioritise the capital...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (8 May 2008)

Mary Harney: Commissioner Hammarberg's Report recommended inter alia that adequately resourced separate facilities and services be provided for minor psychiatric patients, and that early intervention at a local level should be made possible for such children. The response to that recommendation in the report indicated that: "Government policy for the development of Child and Adolescent Mental Health...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (8 May 2008)

Mary Harney: A cost benefit analysis of the new national forensic mental health facility at Thornton Hall, Co. Dublin is currently being undertaken, and the results are expected shortly.

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (8 May 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. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated...

Written Answers — Medical Qualifications: Medical Qualifications (8 May 2008)

Mary Harney: I presume the Deputy is referring to the application which was the subject of earlier questions on 7 February and 17 April 2008 on the recognition of professional qualifications. The Academy of Medical Laboratory Science (AMLS) is the competent authority for the implementation of the EU Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications in medical laboratory science. I am advised by...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (8 May 2008)

Mary Harney: The Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office is an independent office established to provide an appeals service to those who wish to appeal the decision of the Scheme Administrator under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006. The Appeals Office has informed my Department that up to 2 May 2008 the Health Repayment Scheme Appeals Office had received 650 completed appeal forms from claimants...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 May 2008)

Mary Harney: As the Deputy will be aware my Department is not one of the Departments scheduled for decentralisation under the Government's Decentralisation Programme. To date fifty-four civil servants have transferred to decentralising Departments from my Department. Further details in respect of the transfer of these officers are available from the decentralising Departments.

Written Answers — Positive Ageing Strategy: Positive Ageing Strategy (13 May 2008)

Mary Harney: As the Deputy may be aware the new Office for Older People was established on 30th January 2008. The resources of the new Office, which is currently staffed by officials from the Department of Health and Children, will be strengthened by the addition of staff of the National Council on Ageing and Older People. Legislation to disestablish the Council is being prepared. A key function of the...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (13 May 2008)

Mary Harney: The Slán Abhaile Scheme, now known as the Home Care Package Programme, formally commenced in 2006, following a pilot programme in 2005. Home Care Packages are an additional support over and above existing mainstream community services and are used to maintain an older person at home via additional supports and therapy services. They are designed to be flexible and are particularly targeted...