Results 17,181-17,200 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (10 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 196 together. As this is a service issue it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: The Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 provides for the establishment of a system of statutory registration for 12 health and social care professionals, including physiotherapists. This new system of statutory registration will apply to the 12 professions regardless of whether they work in the public or private sector or are self-employed and is the first time that fitness to...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: Under the Health Act 2008, automatic entitlement to a medical card for persons aged 70 or over ceased on 31 December 2008, and with effect from 1 January 2009, the income thresholds for entitlement to a medical card for those aged 70 or over is â¬700 (gross) per week (â¬36,500 per year) for a single person and â¬1,400 (gross) per week (â¬73,000 per year) for a couple. Under the over 70s...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. Patients waiting more than three months on a surgical waiting list may qualify for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. It is open to the person in question or anyone acting on their behalf to contact the Fund directly in relation to their case.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 188 together. The decision to locate BreastCheck in the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital was made by the National Breast Screening Board in early 2002 as part of the planning for the national extension of BreastCheck. Following a decision to site regional units in Cork and Galway, the Board engaged with the former Southern Health Board (SHB). On the...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: The management of out-patient waiting lists is a matter for the HSE and the individual hospitals concerned. I have, therefore, referred the Deputy's question to the Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (11 Feb 2009)
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 commencement of the scheme almost 35,000 applications have been received by the Scheme Administrator. Over 33,000 of these applications have been concluded which has resulted in excess of 19,500 offers...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: In drawing up its capital programme, the Health Service Executive is required to prioritise the capital infrastructure projects to be progressed within its overall capital funding allocation under the National Development Plan, taking account of the NDP targets for division of capital investment between the Acute and Primary, Community and Continuing Care programmes. The Executive is...
- Written Answers — Nursing Education: Nursing Education (12 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: The O.E.C.D. Public Management Review: IRELAND â Towards an Integrated Public Service (2008) in its case study: Reconfiguration of the Health Services notesâ "One statistical characteristic of Ireland is its very large number of practising nurses (15.2 per 1,000), which is twice the OECD average, just below Norway (15.4) but much higher than UK (9.1) or France (7.7). The number of nurses...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. Hospital Services.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services, including the treatment of patients under the Treatment Abroad scheme, is a matter for the Health Service Executive. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the...
- Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (12 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: The number of Freedom of Information cases received in my Department per month, for the years 2007 and 2008, are set out below: 2007 2008 Jan 16 11 Feb 14 24 March 12 19 April 9 19 May 5 20 June 12 17 July 17 12 Aug 10 10 Sept 11 20 Oct 9 20 Nov 20 31 Dec 12 24 Total 147 227 The following table shows the outcomes of these requests: 2007 2008 Acceded to fully or partially...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (12 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (12 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.