Results 20,901-20,920 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: On the basis of the figures contained in the 2004 annual report of the former General Medical Services (Payments) Board, which is now the Health Service Executive, shared services, primary care reimbursement service, it is estimated that the additional cost involved if medical cards were provided to all those aged under 18 would be approximately â¬223 million. That estimate is calculated...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: On the basis of the figures contained in the 2004 annual report of the former General Medical Services (Payments) Board, which is now the Health Services Executive, shared services, primary care reimbursement service, it is estimated that the additional cost involved if GP visit cards were provided to all those under 18 years would be approximately â¬150 million. That estimate is calculated...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The management of PPARS contractual relationships is a matter for the Health Service Executive, HSE. As the Deputy is aware, the HSE, at its board meeting on 6 October 2005, decided to put on hold the further roll-out of PPARS in the HSE west, south, south east, east and north east pending a review. That review is currently under way, and my Department and the Department of Finance are...
- Written Answers — Health Service Executive: Health Service Executive (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: In addition to their salaries, staff may be eligible to receive payments such as travel and subsistence payments, performance-related awards and the like. I am not aware of any payments to senior management staff in the former health boards who took up positions in the Health Service Executive that are not in accordance with their agreed terms and conditions. If the Deputy has incidents in...
- Written Answers — Inquiry Terms of Reference: Inquiry Terms of Reference (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 263 and 289 together. Following the tragic death of Mr. Patrick Walsh in Monaghan General Hospital on 14 October 2005, the Health Service Executive commissioned Mr. Patrick Declan Carey, a consultant surgeon at Belfast City Hospital, and an honorary senior lecturer at Queen's University, to carry out an independent and external review. The review is to be...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I have been advised that the Health Service Executive has now written to the Deputy concerning the issue raised.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 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 the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (25 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 — Health Services: Health Services (25 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 — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: This report makes a number of recommendations including the funding and expansion of treatment services for cocaine users. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the HSE has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Accordingly, my...
- Written Answers — Immune Deficiency Disorders: Immune Deficiency Disorders (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 270 and 271 together. Following the publication of the Pollock Report, commissioned by the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland, the Health Service Executive established a multidisciplinary working group to review the current configuration and delivery of services to persons with cystic fibrosis in Ireland. The working group is also to make recommendations...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 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, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 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, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 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, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 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, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 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, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 277 and 278 together. 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. It is not possible at this stage to mention the previous accommodation of the persons whose deaths are...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 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, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The Tánaiste wishes the report to be published. I understand from the Health Service Executive that it hopes to be in a position to make the report available in early November, 2005.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 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 HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.