Results 14,721-14,740 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (27 May 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. Since the launch of the Health Repayment Scheme in August 2006, the HSE has informed my Department that it has undertaken extensive national and local media communication campaigns to ensure that potential...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (27 May 2008)
Mary Harney: Following the publication of the Lourdes Hospital Inquiry Report additional funding of â¬3m was allocated to the Health Service Executive in respect of patient safety and risk management measures nationally. The funding was targeted specifically at implementing the findings of the Inquiry Report and the Madden Report on Post Mortem Practice and Procedures. The Health Service Executive is...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 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 — Palliative Care: Palliative Care (27 May 2008)
Mary Harney: Under the Health Act 2004, the management and delivery of health and personal social services is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have these matters investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services Expenditure: Health Services Expenditure (27 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 — Health Services Expenditure: Health Services Expenditure (27 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy will be aware that the Health Service Executive must live within its overall allocation from the Oireachtas each year. Under the Programme for Government, the Government has committed to removing the regional disparities in the provision and funding of palliative care, and to ensuring that the needs of all those who require palliative care are met. The Department of Health and...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 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. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The specific questions raised by the Deputy relate to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the HSE under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this regard.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 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 — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (28 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. 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 — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (28 May 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 Services: Health Services (28 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 matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Health Care Associated Infections: Health Care Associated Infections (28 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I consider the findings of the recent report of the review carried out by the HSE into an outbreak of C. difficile at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Ennis to be a serious matter and I would like to express my sympathy to any patient and/or family who was affected by the outbreak. I have been informed by the HSE that most of the recommendations in the report have already been implemented...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (28 May 2008)
Mary Harney: Following a previous question on this matter from the Deputy on the 8th April, 2008, my Department requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Health Service Executive (HSE) to arrange to address the operational aspects of this particular case and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy. My Department has made inquiries of the HSE regarding the status of its reply and I...
- Written Answers — Health Care Associated Infections: Health Care Associated Infections (28 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I would like to assure the Deputy that tackling Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAIs), including Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), continues to be a priority for the Government and for the Health Service Executive (HSE). I assume the recommendations that the Deputy is referring to are the Guidelines for the Surveillance, Management and Control of C. difficile-associated disease which...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 May 2008)
Mary Harney: One of the key challenges facing the health service is the need to ensure that services are planned and provided in line with the clinical need of the patient. A number of experimental initiatives have been put in place by the Health Service Executive with a view to providing care in community based rather than hospital based settings where clinically appropriate. The Hospital in the Home...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (28 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The "100 +" Scheme was introduced by the Health Service Executive to reward hospitals where the Emergency Department met performance targets. Phase 1 of the Scheme was announced last year and involved the approval of 60 consultant posts across 24 hospitals. The additional consultants were approved across a range of specialties including emergency medicine, radiology, general medicine,...