Results 19,581-19,600 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: The amounts spent by the Department of Health and Children on non-core pay in respect of allowances for higher, special or additional duties in 2008 and to date in 2009 are â¬306,244 and â¬209,016 respectively. The amount spent on overtime by bodies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for the bodies in question and my Department does not routinely compile or hold this...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: There is no State system for the registration for people who are blind. However, the National Council for the Blind of Ireland operates a system of registration for people with a visual impairment. If you are registered as a blind person with the National Council for the Blind of Ireland this registration is usually accepted as satisfying the blindness criteria for State schemes such as the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: Diabetes is a common metabolic condition that affects approximately 1 in 20 people in Ireland. It carries a risk of medical complications, including peripheral arterial disease, which on occasion, requires surgical amputation of the affected limb. In 2006 my Department published its policy "Diabetes: Prevention and a model for Patient Care". In November 2008 the Health Service Executive...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: Patient safety has become both a national and international imperative in recent years, with increasing emphasis across the world on patient safety in policy reform, legislative changes and development of standards of care driven by quality improvement initiatives. I and this government place great importance on the policies and practical reforms we are implementing to ensure patient safety...
- Written Answers — Crisis Pregnancy Services: Crisis Pregnancy Services (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: I assume that the Deputy is referring to agencies which seek to manipulate women by providing a "disingenuous" crisis pregnancy counselling and/or information service. The Crisis Pregnancy Agency was established in October 2001 and is to be integrated with the HSE at the end of this year as part of the Government's programme of rationalisation of State agencies. Among the Agency's mandates...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: Details of the number of medical card and GP visit card holders are provided to my Department each month by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The figures are provided on a net basis, showing the balance after new cards have been issued and other cards, as appropriate, have been deleted from the Executive's database, e.g. following a review of a person's circumstances. As the information...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: The Department's publications are available on our website, which has the facility to significantly enlarge the font size should this be required. It is the Department's policy to ensure that our publications are as clear and as accessible as possible at all times, and in compliance with all statutory and other requirements.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 163 and 172 together. The matters raised by the Deputy 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 Deputy in relation to the matters raised.
- Written Answers — Medical Research Funding: Medical Research Funding (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: My Department has provided funding to the organisation concerned in previous years through the Health Research Board: in 2007, it was â¬150,000 and, in 2008, it was â¬100,000. In both instances, it was made clear that the funding was of a once-off nature. It will be appreciated, especially in the current economic climate, that all applications for funding are rigorously examined and, in...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: The HSE has responsibility for the telecommunications network referred to in the Deputy's question. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service issue it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Assisted Human Reproduction: Assisted Human Reproduction (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) transferred a defined list of fertility medicines to the High Tech Scheme from the Drug Payment Scheme in March 2009. This was put in place to improve governance arrangements for monitoring usage and prescribing patterns as patients must be authorised in advance by the HSE under the High Tech Scheme. The HSE advised prescribers in registered fertility...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Oct 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.