Results 20,841-20,860 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: That consolidation Bill will be brought forward next year but I am not certain it will deal with the issue the Deputy raised.
- Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The fisheries Bill is ordered for Second Stage. We have legislation on fireworks; it is a question of enforcing it. If new legislation is required, which I understand the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has mentioned, I am sure that would be forthcoming.
- Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: A decision was made to appoint a mediator for the Corrib gas pipeline issue. On the Minister's speech yesterday at the conference in Dublin Castle, I am not certain that any legislation is necessary but we are all conscious of what we need to do in the area of telecommunications.
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (26 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The 1996 regulations, which were revoked by my predecessor in January 2002 following advice from the Office of the Attorney General, set out the criteria and procedures for granting community pharmacy contracts with the Health Service Executive areas. The effect of the revocation, for the awarding of new community pharmacy contracts, is that there are no restrictions on granting new community...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (26 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: My Department has no plans to pay doctors to open pharmacies in health centres and has not been involved in any negotiations in the matter.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (26 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (26 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 — Foreign Travel: Foreign Travel (26 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The information sought by the Deputy is currently being collated by my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as available.
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (26 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The design team was recently appointed to prepare tender documentation for the two new BreastCheck clinical units, one at the South Infirmary-Victoria Hospital, Cork, and the other at University College Hospital, Galway. It is anticipated that, subject to obtaining satisfactory planning approval, the design process including the preparation of the tender documentation will be completed by...
- Written Answers — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (26 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: Mortality data, including principal causes of death, are collected by the Central Statistics Office through the death registration system. Place of residence is coded to the level of county and county borough. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to suicide by county for the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 is set out in the following table. Suicide and self-inflicted...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Oct 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 GP fees or hospital co-payments. The conditions are: mental handicap, mental illness, for people...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 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 a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (26 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to the operation of the national treatment purchase fund, my Department has asked the chief executive of the fund to respond to the Deputy in relation to the information requested.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I understand from the Health Service Executive that the person in question is currently a patient in Beaumont Hospital and is undergoing the necessary treatment.
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (26 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 — Crisis Pregnancy Agency: Crisis Pregnancy Agency (26 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The Crisis Pregnancy Agency was established on 2 October 2001, under the Health (Corporate Bodies) Act 1961. The main role of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency is to facilitate co-ordination of efforts of all groups in the area of crisis pregnancy prevention. The agency reports that over the past three years it has increased the amount of crisis pregnancy counselling available in the country by...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 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.
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: We are getting the private beds out of public hospitals.
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: We are getting private beds out of public hospitals.