Results 20,021-20,040 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jan 2006)
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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jan 2006)
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 Staff: Departmental Staff (25 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy may be aware that only those employees who were employed after 6 April 1995 make contributions to the main superannuation fund. The contribution rate is 3.5% net. In addition, these employees make further contributions of 1.5% gross in respect of future lump sum payments at retirement and 1.5% gross in respect of the spouses and children element of the fund. Almost all of the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (25 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: Casemix is an internationally accepted evidence-based management system used for the monitoring and evaluation of health services. It allows for the collection, categorisation and interpretation of hospital patient data related to the types of cases treated to assist hospitals define their products, measure their productivity and assess quality. Casemix is used for many purposes related to...
- Written Answers — Bullying in the Workplace: Bullying in the Workplace (25 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: My Department's policy regarding the issue of bullying is the implementation of the revised anti-harassment, sexual harassment and bullying policy for the Civil Service, A Positive Working Environment, which came into effect on 1 September 2005. The summary leaflet on this policy has been circulated to all staff and the main report is available on request. Earlier this month, a two-day course...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (25 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: My Department makes payments under a number of schemes. Civil service posts at the levels of assistant secretary and deputy secretary are covered by a scheme of performance related awards. The operation of the scheme is overseen by the committee for performance awards. The funding for awards is based on 10% of the payroll for the posts covered by the scheme. Within this overall limit,...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Jan 2006)
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. This includes responsibility for the programme referred to by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (25 Jan 2006)
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 — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (25 Jan 2006)
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 administration of influenza vaccine. The HSE has confirmed that it was agreed last October, as an...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (25 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 431 and 432 together. The funding required to facilitate the development and roll-out of the advanced paramedic training programme has been provided in line with proposals set out by the Health Service Executive and pre-hospital emergency care council. The national ambulance training school, NATS, which operates under the auspices of the HSE in conjunction...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (25 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: I am committed to the national roll-out of the cervical screening programme in line with international best practice. An international expert examined the feasibility and implications of a national roll-out of a cervical screening programme and carried out an evaluation on the current pilot programme, quality assurance, laboratory capacity and the establishment of national governance...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (25 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: A consultancy study jointly commissioned by my Department and the Northern Ireland Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, DHSSPS, on the costs and benefits associated with the introduction of a dedicated helicopter emergency medical service, HEMS, for the island of Ireland was published last year and is available on my Department's website. The study concluded that the...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (25 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 435 and 441 together. The Deputy's questions relate 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 these matters investigated and to have...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (25 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: My Department has made additional revenue funding of â¬2.3 million available to BreastCheck this year to, inter alia, provide for the recruitment and training of staff to commence the national roll-out of the screening programme in 2007. As already advised, BreastCheck has advertised for lead consultant radiologists and radiographers for the two new clinical units at the South...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (25 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 438 and 458 together. The report of the national task force on medical staffing, the Hanly report, made a series of important recommendations about the development of hospital services. These covered issues such as the changes needed in non-consultant hospital doctors' work patterns, reform of medical education and training, the need for a significantly...
- Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (25 Jan 2006)
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 have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (25 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The national public procurement policy framework which was published recently by the Department of Finance includes the requirement that public bodies should develop an annual corporate procurement plan. My Department is now working on this and will be developing and compiling its corporate procurement plan over the coming months. No corporate procurement plan was developed for the years in...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Jan 2006)
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 (25 Jan 2006)
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 Investigations: Departmental Investigations (25 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The Madden report on post mortem practice and procedures, which was published on 18 January 2005, contains 50 recommendations. My Department's officials will examine the recommendations in consultation with relevant bodies, especially the National Hospitals Office of the Health Service Executive and draw up an implementation plan. The report recommended that while a number of recommendations...