Results 16,341-16,360 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (19 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 and 147 together. The Deputies specific questions in relation to the roll out of BreastCheck to Counties Clare and Donegal are the responsibility of the National Cancer Screening Service. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Chief Executive Officer of the Service to respond directly to the Deputies in this regard.
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (19 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 134 and 135 together. 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, including ambulance services, has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 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 — Health Services: Health Services (19 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 — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (19 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The aim of the acute hospital co-location initiative is to make available approximately 1,000 additional public acute hospital beds for public patients by transferring private activity, with some limited exceptions, from public acute hospitals to co-located private hospitals. The policy direction on the acute hospital co location initiative which issued to the HSE in July 2005 did not...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 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. Therefore the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested that the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive investigate the matter and issue a...
- Written Answers — Private Health Insurance: Private Health Insurance (19 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: A primary objective of Government policy in health insurance is that it should be affordable for the broadest possible cross section of the community including older people and those who suffer ill-health. This policy objective has been implemented through a substantial body of primary and secondary legislation providing for open enrolment, community rating and lifetime cover. Following the...
- Written Answers — State Property: State Property (19 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Information on the annual rental expenditure on leased and rented property for 2003 and 2004 was held by the former Health Boards and the Eastern Regional Authority. 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...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (19 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: As I have already indicated, I accept fully the expert advice provided to me in support of the introduction of such a programme. However, I also have a responsibility as Minister to consider this and many other competing priorities within the overall resources available to the health services. Some initial planning and preparatory work on the introduction of such a programme was carried out...
- Written Answers — Illegal Substances: Illegal Substances (19 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the sale of products associated with the consumption of illegal drugs and whether current legislation is deficient in this regard. I am aware that a range of substances often referred to by the generic term 'legal highs', which mimic or cause effects similar to illicit substances, are available in so-called 'head shops' and are currently not scheduled under...
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's colleagues were there. Deputy Deirdre Clune was there.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Is Deputy Bannon against private hospitals?
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: How many 80 year olds wantââ
- Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (20 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: Legal advice which I obtained in 2004 strongly indicated that Female Genital Mutilation would constitute an offence under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. In September 2006, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child(UNCRC) in its concluding observations on Ireland's second periodic report urged Ireland to continue its efforts to end the practice of Female Genital...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 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 healthcare professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (20 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: The entitlement of an individual to services under the Health (Amendment) Act, l996 is bound by the definition of eligibility inserted in that Act by section 6 of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2006. This requires a positive diagnostic test for applications received after the specified date. Under the terms of the legislation, a person is only entitled to a Health...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (20 Nov 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 — Departmental Facilities: Departmental Facilities (20 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: As explained in my response to the Deputy of 2nd April 2008, car parking spaces in Hawkins House do not involve any rental costs. Rental costs arising from other locations are paid directly by the Office of Public Works. The attached table, which is updated, lists the number of car park spaces available to my Department in Dublin, along with costs where relevant. No. of Car Spaces ...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 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.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Nov 2008)
Mary Harney: There is currently a bus service funded by the Health Service Executive to transport Sligo patients attending for radiotherapy treatment and other clinics at Galway University Hospital. An application was received by my Department from the Friends of Sligo Hospital for a National Lottery grant to assist with the purchase of a new bus. In September 2008 I approved a grant of â¬170,000 from...