Results 20,041-20,060 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled by my Department. It will be forwarded to the Deputy when available.

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy on accident and emergency departments' revenue and amounts due comprises outpatient income charged and received by those hospitals funded or under the aegis of the Health Service Executive in its role in managing and delivering health and personal social services. This includes public statutory and voluntary hospitals funded by HSE in receipt of such...

Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: The current position in relation to the Drug Payment Scheme (DPS) is that no more than 12 payments should be made by a family or individual in a full year on medication for use in any calendar month. The Health Service Executive primary care reimbursement service, formerly the GMS (payments) board, which is responsible for reimbursing community pharmacists under the DPS, advised all community...

Written Answers — General Register Office: General Register Office (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: An tArd-Chláraitheoir, the Registrar General, is the person with statutory responsibility for the administration of the civil registration system in Ireland, including civil marriages. I have made enquiries with an tArd-Chláraitheoir and the position is as follows. The Civil Registration Act, 2004 provides for the commencement of the various provisions of the Act on a gradual basis. Parts...

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 — 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 have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: Prior to the establishment of the Health Service Executive, parliamentary questions concerning access to services by individuals or in specific geographic areas were referred to the chief executive officer of the relevant health board for direct reply. Pursuant to the Health Act 2004, the functions of the health boards were transferred to the HSE. The HSE has established a parliamentary...

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 have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the implementation of the capital programme for the health services, which is 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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (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 a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Admissions: Hospital Admissions (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: I propose to take Questions Nos. 468 to 470, inclusive, 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...

Written Answers — Bullying in the Workplace: Bullying in the Workplace (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: Since 2001, there has been one case of bullying which was resolved at investigation stage within the Department of Health and Children. As human resource management issues in the Health Service Executive are the responsibility of the executive itself under the Health Act 2004, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (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 — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: The voluntary sector providers have an important role to play in the provision of pre-hospital care. I see this role continuing through the development, for example, of first responder schemes in the community, working in association with the statutory service. As part of the reform of the health service a national ambulance office has been established under the auspices of the national...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: BreastCheck, in conjunction with my Department, is preparing an estimate of the costs of extending the breast screening programme nationally to women over the age of 64. I expect to be in a position in a matter of weeks to forward to the Deputy the information requested.

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: I am informed by the Health Service Executive that the information sought by the Deputy was communicated to him by the executive, by e-mail, on 15 December 2005 and that a copy of that response was e-mailed to him on 23 January 2006.

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. My Department has made inquiries with the HSE about the Deputy's question and has been informed by the HSE that a reply to the Deputy's earlier question, No. 143, was issued to the Deputy on 16 December...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Jan 2006)

Mary Harney: My Department has made inquiries with the parliamentary affairs division of the Health Service Executive concerning the matter raised by the Deputy. The parliamentary affairs division has advised that a reply to the Deputy's question of 15 December is being finalised and will issue to the Deputy shortly.