Results 20,921-20,940 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (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.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: This Department does not separately account for expenditure related to the Official Languages Act and so the information sought is not directly available. However, information on translation and advertising costs, excluding VAT, currently to hand is as follows: costs to 30 June 2005 ââ¬54,680; estimated costs for July to December 2005 ââ¬128,000. The provision in my Department's...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 284 to 286, inclusive, together. Both the Department and the Health Service Executive support the use of music therapy in the treatment of paediatric and geriatric patients and recognise the positive benefits for patients when music therapy is used in their treatment. As regards the number of music therapists working in the HSE, this is a matter for the...
- Written Answers — Cancer Research: Cancer Research (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 287 and 288 together. Since 1997, there has been an additional cumulative investment of â¬720 million in the development of cancer services nationally, including the sum of â¬23.5 million which was made available in 2005. The Health Research Board, HRB, is the statutory body that promotes, conducts, funds and commissions medical, epidemiological and health...
- Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the provision of services at a private clinic attached to the Rotunda Hospital. My Department requested the former Eastern Regional Health Authority, ERHA, to investigate issues relating to the case which had been raised by the Deputy. As the functions of the ERHA have since transferred to the Health Service Executive my Department has now requested its...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables. Data are derived from the hospital inpatient enquiry, HIPE, system which records information on each episode of hospitalisation in publicly funded acute hospitals. The primary aim of HIPE is to provide measures of hospital activity for specific diagnostic and procedure categories. There is provision in HIPE for coding...
- 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.
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: BreastCheck, the national breast screening programme, commenced in 2000 and currently covers the eastern, north eastern, midland and part of the south eastern regions of the country. There are approximately 160,000 in the target age group in these regions. The roll out of the national breast screening programme to the remaining regions in the country is a major priority in the development of...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I understand from the Health Service Executive that specialised skills were required for this project. Efforts were made to recruit Irish staff on the payroll in the first instance. This did not prove successful. The project team then sought to secure these skills from Irish-based recruitment firms, and while there was limited success it became necessary to source resources further afield;...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The following is the information I have received from the Health Service Executive. Name of recruitment firm Number of international personnel Resource nationality (see Note 1) Travel paid Comment Access Consulting 1 UK Yes Short term assignment. Flight from UK. Ark International Recruitment 1 New Zealand No Blackmore Group Assets Ltd. 7 UK, South Africa, Australia No...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (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. The 2005 employment ceiling for the health service is 97,550 in whole time equivalent terms. Within this national ceiling, there is no specific cap on the number of ambulance personnel which may be...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (25 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The heads of Bill on the Adoption (Hague Convention, Adoption Authority and Miscellaneous) Bill are currently being drafted into a Bill in the Parliamentary Counsel's Office. I hope that the Bill will be published in the earlier part of 2006 and will be circulated then.
- Written Answers — Injury Benefit: Injury Benefit (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 the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital 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 — Health Service Reform: Health Service Reform (20 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The report of the national task force on medical staffing or Hanly report made a series of important recommendations about the development of hospital services. These covered issues such as: the changes needed in NCHD work patterns; reform of medical education and training; the need for a significantly revised contract for medical consultants and an increase in the number of consultants; and...
- Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (20 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 72, 79 and 86 together. Avian influenza, bird flu, is an infectious disease of birds caused by the type A strains of the influenza virus. The Department of Agriculture and Food is responsible for controlling avian influenza in birds and mammals other than humans. That Department has a contingency plan for avian influenza and all questions relating to this...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (20 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. An outline development control plan for the hospital has been prepared and was endorsed by the Mid-Western Health Board in December 2004. The progression of the development at Ennis is now a matter for...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (20 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. This includes responsibility for considering new capital proposals or progressing those in the health capital programme. Accordingly, my Department is requesting the parliamentary affairs division of the...