Results 20,801-20,820 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to human resource management issues within the Health Service Executive. As this is a matter for the executive under the Health Act 2004, 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 Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. The table reflects the numbers employed at end-June 2005 and figures are expressed as wholetime equivalents. The Deputy may wish to note, however, that these grades are also employed by other agencies in the public health service. Information on the numbers employed by these agencies is also shown. Physiotherapists...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 278 to 280, inclusive, together. The vaccine is available free of charge from general practitioners to medical cardholders who are deemed to be at risk of serious illness as a result of contracting the disease. Persons in the at risk group who do not have a medical card can obtain the vaccine free of charge but the fee for administering the vaccine in such...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Nov 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 have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Garda Vetting Procedures: Garda Vetting Procedures (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Harney: Garda vetting services are available in respect of public health service employees with substantial unsupervised access to children and vulnerable adults, including employees of agencies funded by the Health Service Executive. In line with the recommendations of the working group on Garda vetting, it is planned that all organisations that recruit and select persons who would have substantial...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (27 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The Pensions (Abatement) Act 1965 provides for the suspension or reduction of an allowance or pension where, after retirement, a scheme pensioner is employed in an agency or organisation in which the superannuation scheme paying the pension applies. The application of abatement provisions is set out in section 113 of the Local Government Superannuation (Consolidation) Scheme, Article 19 of...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (27 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The charging for long-stay care under the Health (Amendment) Act 2005 is being implemented by way of the Health (Charges for In-Patient Services) Regulations 2005. These regulations were signed on 14 June 2005 and re-instated charges for inpatient services as well as providing for the levying of a charge in respect of the maintenance of persons in receipt of inpatient services. The...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to human resource management issues within the Health Service Executive. As this is a matter for the executive under the Health Act 2004, 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 — EU Directives: EU Directives (27 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy will find the latest position on directives awaiting transposition by the Department of Health and Children as set out in the following table. The process transposing four directives has not yet been completed. In one case the process has been delayed by legal action. In two cases with an end-October deadline the drafting is almost complete. It is complete in the remaining case...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is not collated by my Department. 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 these matters...
- Written Answers — Sheltered Accommodation: Sheltered Accommodation (27 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The Government has agreed the key elements of a scheme for the repayment of long-stay charges for publicly funded residential care. All those fully eligible persons who are alive, including those with disability or psychiatric illness, who were illegally charged for publicly-funded, long-term residential care will have the charges repaid in full. The estates of all those who were so charged...
- Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (27 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: Section 53 of the Health Act 1970, as amended by the Health (Amendment) Act 2005, provides, inter alia, for the levying of a charge where inpatient services have been provided for a period of not less than 30 days or for periods aggregating not less than 30 days within the previous 12 months. The Health (Charges for In-Patient Services) Regulations 2005 were signed on 14 June 2005. These...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (27 Oct 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 (27 Oct 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 provision of neurology services. The Comhairle report on neurology and neurophysiology, which was...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: On 23 June 2005 I announced a number of improvements to the way in which people's income would be assessed for the purposes of medical card eligibility. I indicated that henceforth assessments would be made on the basis of applicants' disposable income, after deduction of income tax and social insurance contributions, and that reasonable expenses for house mortgage or rental payments, child...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 118 and 131 to 133, inclusive, together. The Government is committed to exploring fully the scope for the private sector to provide additional capacity. The health strategy recognises that additional capacity will be provided in the future by a combination of public and private providers. In July this year, my Department issued a policy direction to the Health...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 119 to 121, inclusive, 123 and 127 together. The Government is committed to making the full range of cancer services available and accessible to cancer patients throughout Ireland in accordance with best international practice. In 2004, approval was granted for â¬15 million full-year funding to open the new radiotherapy department in Galway and to expand...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Oct 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 have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The roll out of the national breast screening programme to the remaining regions in the country is a major priority in the development of cancer services. A design team has been appointed to work up detailed plans for two new clinical units, one at the South Infirmary-Victoria Hospital, Cork and one at University College Hospital, Galway. It is anticipated that, subject to obtaining...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: A pilot cervical screening programme commenced in October 2000 and is available to eligible women resident in counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary north. Under the programme, cervical screening is being offered, free of charge, to approximately 74,000 women in these three counties in the 25 to 60 age group, at five year intervals. I am committed to the national roll out of the cervical...