Results 16,241-16,260 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: At present, medical cards are granted primarily on the basis of means and individual circumstances. Under the Health Act, 2004, determination of eligibility for medical cards is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. The HSE has discretion, in cases of exceptional need, to provide assistance to individuals where undue hardship would otherwise be caused. I have no plans to provide...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Subject to overall parameters set by Government, the Health Service Executive has the responsibility for determining the composition of its staffing complement. In that regard, 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 Executive...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (11 Nov 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (11 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy will be aware, public procurement rules do not specify the number of copies of tender documents to be submitted and they permit contracting authorities to require the submission of tenders solely by electronic means. The e-tenders website provides this facility and this was utilised in a recent competition carried out by my Department. My Department is committed to increasing...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (11 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive, with the support of my Department, agreed with the Irish Pharmacy Union on 28th April 2008 to address a number of matters including engagement on a new substantive contract and payment of outstanding general round increases. Progress has been made in relation to the general round increases. Engagement on a new contract was deferred pending the judgment of the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (11 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 297 to 301, inclusive, together. The Health Service Executive recently published the Report of the Review of Chest X-Rays and CT Scans reported by a locum consultant radiologist at Louth/Meath Hospitals from August 2006 to August 2007. The Review found that nine patients in Drogheda and Navan hospitals had their diagnosis of lung cancer delayed as a result of...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (11 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I am aware that there has been increased pressure on the Emergency Department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda recently. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has been working to put in place a range of measures to alleviate these pressures. At hospital level some planned activity has been re-scheduled and there has been a particular focus on improving the discharge planning process...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Nov 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 — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (11 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Since 2007, my Department paid a total of â¬3,353 in respect of my air travel. No payments were made by my Department in respect of my travel by bus or rail. In October 2006, I travelled to Chicago to visit a paediatric hospital. The cost of the air travel was â¬3,139. In September 2008 I travelled from Paris where I attended the EU Council of Ministers informal meeting. The cost of the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (11 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The information requested is being collated in my Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Staff at Beaumont Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda have been working closely together over the past two months to ensure that the transition of symptomatic breast cancer services operates safely and without any disruption of service. A final date for the completion of the transition of the service has not been set as all of the radiology resources are not yet in place on...
- Written Answers — Long-term Illness Scheme: Long-term Illness Scheme (11 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Under the 1970 Health Act, the Health Service Executive may arrange for the supply, without charge, of drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances to people with a specified condition, for the treatment of that condition, through the Long Term Illness Scheme (LTI). The LTI does not cover GP fees or hospital co-payments. The conditions are: mental handicap, mental illness (for people...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (11 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: For many years Dublin City Council, through Dublin Fire Brigade, has provided the emergency ambulance service in Dublin City on behalf of the statutory health authorities. The relevant authority since 2005 is the Health Service Executive. The HSE provides mainly the non-emergency patient transport in the Dublin area under the auspices of its National Ambulance Service. I am committed to...
- Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (11 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Following the reduction in pharmaceutical reimbursement prices on 1 March 2008, claims made by patients to Health Service Executive (HSE) local health offices were paid at the new lower reimbursement rate. I understand that payment of some claims was delayed because the pharmacy had charged the patient at the higher price, not the lower reimbursement price. Following a recent High Court...
- Written Answers — National Centre for Medical Genetics: National Centre for Medical Genetics (11 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I received correspondence from the Genetic and Inherited Disorders Organisation which was referred by my Department to the Health Service Executive for examination and direct reply. I understand that a reply issued to the Organisation from the Executive. The National Centre for Medical Genetics seeks to provide a comprehensive service for all patients and families in the Republic of...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (11 Nov 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.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The last Labour Party Minister for Health ran out of the Department.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: If one reads Fergus Finlay's book, one will know that is what happened.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: He could not wait to get out.
- Vaccination Programme: Motion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I am listening.