Results 20,181-20,200 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: Under the General Medical Service, GMS, scheme contract, which participating general practitioners hold with the Health Service Executive, general practitioners are obliged to provide surgery and domiciliary visits, where appropriate, for their medical card patients, for 40 hours each week, at times and locations as agreed with their local area of the Health Service Executive. They must also...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: The national BreastCheck screening programme commenced in 2000 and covers the eastern, midland, north-eastern and parts of the south-eastern regions of the country. Screening is being offered free of charge, every two years to approximately 160,000 women in those areas in the target age group 50 to 64 years of age. The roll-out of the national breast screening programme to the remaining...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Review: Nursing Home Review (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has advised that it has appointed a professor of geriatric medicine to independently review the deaths of residents of Leas Cross nursing home. The review commenced on 1 September 2005 and involves 95 deaths. Any extension of the remit of this review would be more appropriate to the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, the Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: The vitamin B12 product concerned was removed from the common list of reimbursable drugs and medicines when the manufacturer advised my Department that, owing to problems in the manufacturing process, it had become temporarily unavailable both in Ireland and the UK. As soon as the manufacturers inform my Department that the problems have been resolved the product will be restored to the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 2005)
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 — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: Under the 1970 Health Act, the Health Service Executive may arrange for the supply without charge of drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances to people with a specified condition for the treatment of that condition through the long-term illness scheme, LTI. The LTI does not cover general practitioner fees or hospital co-payments. The conditions are: mental handicap, mental illness...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: The expert group on mental health policy is finalising its report. I expect to be in a position to publish the report early in 2006.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Dec 2005)
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 progressing existing capital projects or initiating new capital proposals. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: The purpose of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency is to bring strategic focus to the issue of crisis pregnancy and so to add further value to the work of existing service providers. The function of the agency is, through the development and implementation of this strategy, to effect a reduction in the number of crisis pregnancies and to ensure the provision of supports and services for women faced...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 2005)
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 Services: Hospital Services (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 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 — Medical Statistics: Medical Statistics (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 206 to 209, inclusive, together. As these are not notifiable diseases, comprehensive statistics are not available on the number of people with diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, cerebrovascular disease or cardiovascular disease in Ireland. Information on hospital discharges is available for these conditions and summarised in the following table. The data...
- Written Answers — Public-Private Partnerships: Public-Private Partnerships (13 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: Apart from small amounts which were spent on preliminary planning, there has been no investment in the health service in 2004 or 2005 under PPP.
- Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (8 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borelliosis, is an infection caused by a spiral shaped bacterium borrelia burgdorferi that is transmitted to humans by bites from ticks infected with the bacteria. The infection is generally mild affecting only the skin, but can sometimes be more severe. Lyme disease has been reported from North America, Europe, Australia, China and Japan. Ticks feed by biting...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (8 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 and 111 to 123, inclusive, together. The general rules and policy relating to the national repayment scheme have been set out in previous parliamentary questions. These can be made available to the Deputy should he require them. As the Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the scheme, inquiries relating to individual cases are...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (8 Dec 2005)
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 (8 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: The 2006 Estimates for the Health Service Executive includes â¬60 million to open new facilities built under the national development plan. These new facilities will include additional inpatient beds and day places in acute hospitals.
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (8 Dec 2005)
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 — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (8 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive, HSE, has indicated that the Professionals and Citizens Network for Integrated Care, PICNIC, project commenced in January 2000 and was co-ordinated during the first phase by the Danish Centre for Health Telematics and in the second phase by the General Medical Services (Payments) Board. The purpose of this EU research project was to develop common software...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (8 Dec 2005)
Mary Harney: The Interim Health Information and Quality Authority (Establishment) Order, No. 132 of 2005, provided for the establishment of the Interim Health Information and Quality Authority. Under Article 15(1), the interim authority may appoint a person to be the chief executive officer of the interim authority. I am advised by the interim authority that its chairperson discussed the executive...