Results 20,941-20,960 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 81 together. As I have previously indicated to the House, I consider that appropriate transport arrangements for patients requiring radiotherapy should be made available, where necessary, by the Health Service Executive, HSE. My Department raised this matter with the HSE last May to ensure that appropriate transport arrangements are put in place on a...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (20 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: BreastCheck, the national breast screening programme, commenced in 2000 and covered the eastern, north-eastern and midland regions of the country. In 2003 the Minister for Health and Children announced the extension of the programme to counties Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexford and the national roll out to the remaining regions in the country. Screening commenced in Wexford in March 2004 and in...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (20 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: Under the Health Act 2004, since 1 January 2005 statutory responsibility for the determination of eligibility of applicants to medical cards is a matter for the Health Service Executive. In November 2004 I announced that from 1 January 2005, income guidelines to be used for assessments of full eligibility to medical cards would be increased by 7.5% with the objective of issuing an additional...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (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. 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 — 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. 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 — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (19 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 and 192 together. The Secretary General of my Department has brought to the attention of the chief executive officer of the HSE the concerns that he shares with the Department of Finance in regard to IT governance generally within the HSE. The Secretary General met with the HSE and the Department of Finance on 18 October to progress these issues. I also...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 and 195 together. I have been advised of the following by the Health Service Executive: regarding PPARS, travel and subsistence arrangements-expenditure are in accordance with standard circulars and guidelines; regarding FISP, all FISP travel and subsistence is fully vouched and paid in accordance with Civil Service rates.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: My Department has only been involved in a small number of contracts for which payments have been made since 1997. Details of two of these â both since 2000 â were included in a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 343 tabled by Deputy Gilmore yesterday, 18 October 2005. These related to a "membership licence" for the research services of the company concerned. This was a subscription based...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: Payments made by my Department to the firm in question during the period 1997 to date, relate solely to work undertaken by the firm in regard to the civil registration modernisation programme. The work undertaken relates primarily to the development of and support for the information technology system required to support the modernisation programme. The civil registration modernisation...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (19 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 regard to the information requested.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (19 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. However, full details of the scheme have yet to be finalised. The Health Service Executive has informed my Department that an outside company with experience in handling mass claims will be engaged by it in November to provide an independent input into the design...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (19 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 182 together. In the last year, I have had numerous meetings with many people in my office in Dublin and throughout the country where the development of private facilities on public hospital grounds was raised and discussed, often as part of wide ranging agendas. Among them, I have met consultants and management at Waterford Regional Hospital,...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: The Deputy is aware that, following the publication of the Pollock report, commissioned by the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland, the Health Service Executive established a multi-disciplinary 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 for the reconfiguration,...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 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 — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (19 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: BreastCheck, the national breast screening programme, commenced in 2000 and covers the eastern, north-eastern, midland and part of the south-eastern regions of the country. 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...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (19 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...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2005)
Mary Harney: I am not aware of the case mentioned by the Deputy. 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. I suggest that the Deputy provide the details of the case in question to the parliamentary affairs division of the Health Service Executive to enable the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 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.