Results 14,581-14,600 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 May 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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (15 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 matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (15 May 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 — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (15 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The Medical Laboratory Scientists Association (MLSA) has requested a meeting with me to discuss their concerns about the future of public cytology laboratories, following the recent decision by the National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) to opt for a preferred bidder from the United States. I understand that the Association is in discussion with both the Health Service Executive (HSE) and...
- Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (15 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated within my Department and will be forwarded as soon as it becomes available.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (15 May 2008)
Mary Harney: Almost 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 numbers 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...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (15 May 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 — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (15 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 â¬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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (15 May 2008)
Mary Harney: Persons and their dependants who would otherwise experience undue hardship in meeting the cost of General Practitioner (GP) services qualify for a medical card, which entitles them to a range of health services free of charge. In 2005, the GP visit card was introduced as a graduated benefit so that people on moderate and lower incomes, particularly parents of young children, who did not...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (15 May 2008)
Mary Harney: Persons and their dependants who would otherwise experience undue hardship in meeting the cost of General Practitioner (GP) services qualify for a medical card, which entitles them to a range of health services free of charge. In 2005, the GP visit card was introduced as a graduated benefit so that people on moderate and lower incomes, particularly parents of young children, who did not...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 May 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. The Deputy will appreciate that the scheduling of appointments is a matter for the Consultant concerned and is determined on the basis of medical priority. In the...
- Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Ãireann" and substitute the following: "âstrongly supports the National Cancer Control Programme which aims to ensure that all patients have the best possible outcome from their diagnosis and treatment, regardless of where they live; notes that the programme was developed on the basis of extensive international evidence which shows...
- Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The second evidence is domestic evidence in Ireland. The National Cancer Registry of Ireland, a new organisation established in the early 1990s, has produced two reports on breast cancer, one for the period 1994 -97 and one for the period 1998-2001. Those two reports show that women treated in specialist centres in Dublin have a survival rate that is 25% better than women treated elsewhere...
- Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)
Mary Harney: There is more analysis coming from the National Cancer Registry of Ireland in the autumn. I understand it is currently collating its report. The advice available to me is that the pattern will continue. Either we can ignore that or we can do something about it. I believe this debate is about the truth. If we are sick and go to our doctor we want the right diagnosis and a good prognosis...
- Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I have been asked about satellite centres in places like Letterkenny. The reason for the advice to create a satellite centre in Letterkenny is that we are conscious that Donegal is the most peripheral part of Ireland. If it was not for the political divide on the island we know what the obvious solution would be. We have been in discussion with the authorities in Northern Ireland on...
- Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)
Mary Harney: In 2006 â sorry, it is 2007, 30 women from Mayo out of total of 70 had their treatment in Galway or Dublin. Of those, 27 went to Galway and three patients went to Dublin.
- Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)
Mary Harney: In 2006, 57 surgical procedures were carried out in Sligo. A total of 44 patients from Sligo got breast cancer, 21 patients from Leitrim got breast cancer and 65 patients from Donegal got breast cancer. Those are the data on which we depend. It is not a debate about numbers; it is a debate about quality.
- Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I agree with Deputy Reilly that the ESRI depends on the information given by hospitals. The information I am outlining was given by the hospital last year and the previous year.
- Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)
Mary Harney: There is a difference between those who have a biopsy and those who have chemotherapy.
- Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)
Mary Harney: We are talking about women who had mastectomies or lumpectomies, who had surgical procedures. We are not talking about women who had their surgery in one year and their chemotherapy in another year.