Results 1,801-1,820 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The subject of the Deputy's question is dealt with extensively in the Travers report. I said in my statement to the House on 10 March last that I accept the report's assessments wholly and entirely. The letter and briefing documents were sent to the Attorney General last October at my request, following the issue being raised in the House. Whenever there is a question mark over the legal...
- Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The terms of reference of the post mortem inquiry are very broad, requiring it to review post mortem policy, practice and procedure in all hospitals in the State since 1970 with particular reference to organ removal, retention, storage and disposal. The inquiry is also mandated to examine any arrangements with pharmaceutical companies in relation to retained organs including pituitary glands....
- Written Answers — EU Presidency: EU Presidency (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: I will set out the work carried out by my predecessor and my Department in regard to the EU Presidency over the period from early 2001 to the end of the Presidency itself. The Government and my Department, in parallel with the other Departments, placed a high priority on achieving a successful EU Presidency for Ireland. In late 2001, to prepare for the Irish Presidency, interdepartmental...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department. Accordingly, my Department has asked the interim chief executive of the Health Service Executive to ascertain the number of positions in public hospitals which are funded by pharmaceutical companies. Once I have received this information I will revert to the Deputy on the matter as quickly as possible.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 130 and 151 together. The ex gratia payment scheme refunded fully eligible persons, who paid for inpatient services in long stay care institutions and who were alive on 9 December 2004, up to â¬2,000 and payments made under this scheme will be incorporated into the repayment under the national scheme. Full details of the scheme will be announced as soon as...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the delivery of hospital services, including the application of guidelines for the use of cytotoxic...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: Any woman, irrespective of her age or residence, who has concerns about breast cancer should contact her GP who, where appropriate, will refer her to the symptomatic services in her area. More than â¬60 million has been invested in the development of symptomatic breast disease services since 2000. This investment has enabled the appointment of additional surgeons with an interest in breast...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the issues raised by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the director of the national...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on it behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of cancer services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the...
- Written Answers — Community Nursing Units: Community Nursing Units (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: There have been discussions between my Department and the Department of Finance on the proposal to deliver 850 community nursing unit beds through a public private partnership and the work that has been done so far has helped to clarify a number of issues. The public sector benchmarks prepared for the projects provide a detailed risk adjusted costing of the PPP projects in the southern and...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: Following the settlement of a High Court action, a revised mechanism for the assessment of chiropodists who wished to practise in the public health service was finalised in early 2003. The High Court settlement laid down the eligibility requirements for access to this revised assessment. These were that an applicant should have at least five years practice in chiropody at the date of...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. As the person in question resides in County Kildare, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's eastern regional...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: My Department is currently studying the Supreme Court judgment on the repayment of charges for publicly-funded long-term residential care in detail and will take on board all the consequences for policy and law arising from the judgment. A special Cabinet sub-committee, comprising the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance, the Attorney General and myself, has been established to consider the...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the assessment of applications for medical cards. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for maternity services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the director of the national hospitals...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Responsibility for the issue raised by the Deputy rests with the national hospitals office of the Health Service Executive. Accordingly,...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for health services for patients with cystic fibrosis. The Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: On 1 March 2005, there were 768,316 current medical cards providing services for 1,144,578 persons, or 28.3% of the population of 4,043,800 â based on the official estimate of population as at September 2004. The medical card income guidelines were increased from 1 January 2005 and it is estimated that this will increase the numbers eligible for medical cards by approximately 30,000 in a...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154, 155 and 158 together. As regards hospital consultant posts, the National Hospitals Office Comhairle has informed me that on 22 March 2005 the number of approved consultant posts was 1,947 of which 278 were approved and unfilled on a permanent basis. While waiting to be filled on a permanent basis over 50% of these posts are filled by approved temporary...
- Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (23 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The national cancer registry has statutory responsibility for the collation and analysis of information on incidence and prevalence of cancer in Ireland. Reports of the registry have examined variations in incidence of cancer among counties and former health board areas during the period from 1994 onwards. Variations in case numbers, overall or for particular cancers, obviously reflect...