Results 16,181-16,200 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Cancer Vaccine: Statements (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy wants to have an answer to his question or he does not. The priority is to pick up today, through screening, those women who are prone to cervical cancer and then to provide quality assured treatment. That is what we are doing and that is why an extra â¬50 million is going into cancer next year, notwithstanding the economic circumstances. That is a fact. We cannot do...
- Cancer Vaccine: Statements (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I have a number of comments to make. I will not respond to the question about whether I care that people die. If I did not care, I would not bother to organise these services. It would be much easier not to face as I do, in this House and around the country, any opposition to the re-organisation of services. This is being done for only one reason, namely, to deliver better treatments for...
- Cancer Vaccine: Statements (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: ââwith better results. The second point concerns the screening programme. We know this programme will pick up women who have cancer and afford them the opportunity to be treated. If it is to be a choice between picking up those who actually have the cancer today and offering them treatment, or putting in place something that will prevent the cancer developing in ten or so years, I must...
- Cancer Vaccine: Statements (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I am sorry but that is the choice. It is a choice that I face along with many of my ministerial colleagues throughout the rest of the world, including those in the European Union. Does Deputy Reilly believe that these Ministers spoke lightly when they said they would not introduce the vaccine this year? Of course they did not. Third, I will address the question of the 12-month-old daughter...
- Cancer Vaccine: Statements (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: With regard to Deputy Reilly's point about Boston or Berlin, the Swedish Government has not introduced this vaccine and I do not believe it could be put into the Boston schools of economics or politics. Several other Ministries have not done so either, for the many reasons we face here. Clinical choices must be made based on the best clinical advice when there is public money to spend. ...
- Cancer Vaccine: Statements (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The resources have not been provided for it for 2009, in respect of what was allocated in the recent budget and confirmed to the HSE. We have not provided new money for this programme because we do not have it.
- Cancer Vaccine: Statements (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I could make choices and decide not to proceed with the â¬10 million for speech therapists for children who have terrible language problems.
- Cancer Vaccine: Statements (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: These are the type of choices one would have to make in health. While the cervical cancer vaccination programme cannot proceed in 2009, I hope it will proceed as soon as possible thereafter.
- Cancer Vaccine: Statements (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's GP colleagues up there are paid much less than down here.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 119 and 120 together. The following table details the number of staff employed in my constituency office and those of the Ministers of State in my Department. The table gives a breakdown of the number of staff located in Hawkins House and each of the individual constituency offices. Minister/Minister of State No. of staff located in Hawkins House...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Nov 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 issues raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I have identified the need to improve services for persons with cystic fibrosis as a priority in the Estimates process over recent years. Since 2006, additional revenue funding of â¬6.78m has been allocated to the Health Service Executive (HSE) to develop services for patients with cystic fibrosis. The HSE has advised that 44 additional staff dealing with cystic fibrosis have been appointed...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 Nov 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 health care professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Services: Pharmacy Services (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) have reinstated the previous level of payment to pharmacists from October 2008 forward. The question of outstanding payments for the period March to September 2008 is under consideration by the HSE.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Following the recent Government decision to withdraw automatic entitlement to a medical card for persons aged 70 and over and to raise the means assessment threshold for persons in that age cohort, it is estimated that approximately 5% (20,000) of persons aged 70 and over will no longer qualify for a medical card. Persons whose income is above the threshold and whose circumstances are such...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Regulation (EC) 1408/71 provides, inter alia, that people who are insured with or covered by the health care system of one member state may access health care in the public system of another member state in certain circumstances. Article 22 (1) (c) of the Regulation governs the referral of patients for public health services to another member state. In accordance with this article, a person...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: With effect from the 1st January, 2009 the new income thresholds for entitlement to a medical card for persons aged 70 or over are â¬700 (gross) per week for a single person and â¬1,400 (gross) per week for a couple. Gross income refers to income before tax and PRSI deductions.
- Written Answers — Hospital Hygiene Standards: Hospital Hygiene Standards (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Achieving and maintaining the highest possible standards of hygiene in our hospitals and health care facilities generally is a priority for this Government and for the Health Service Executive (HSE). Hygiene and infection control measures are key to the prevention of the spread of Healthcare Associated Infections in our hospital system. I am informed that as part of the standard infection...
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Co-operatives: General Practitioner Co-operatives (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Out of hours co-operatives allow general practitioners to put in place arrangements to provide services to their patients, while their surgeries are closed in the evenings, on weekends and bank holidays. The development of GP co-operatives is in line with the overall health service policy of strengthening primary care services and ensuring that to the greatest extent possible, people's care...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The specific question raised by the Deputy relates 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.