Results 2,101-2,120 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. As the Deputy may be aware, subject to the resources available to it, the National Treatment Purchase Fund arranges treatment for patients who have been on a surgical waiting list for more than three months. It is open to the person in question or anyone acting on their behalf to contact the Fund directly in...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question refers to a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for a direct reply.
- Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: There are currently no plans to extend the list of eligible conditions covered by the Long Term Illness Scheme. Under the Drugs Payment Scheme no individual or family pays more than â¬120 per calendar month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines. The scheme is easy to use and significantly reduces the cost burden for families and individuals incurring ongoing expenditure on...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 126, 127 and 130 to 132, inclusive, together. Since the establishment of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) in 2002, it has received funding totalling â¬597.782m for the treatment, to date, of over 170,000 patients. A table setting out the NTPF's annual allocation since its establishment is attached. In each year to date, 95% to 96% of NTPF funding...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (23 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (22 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 43, 46 and 52 together. Service delivery is about access to appropriate care for patients, not the number of beds in the hospital system or the number of consultants employed. The focus of the health service must be on the quality of service outputs and the patient outcomes being achieved for the resources available. This approach mirrors that being taken in...
- Written Answers — Dental Treatment Services Scheme: Dental Treatment Services Scheme (22 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 44, 172 and 189 together. The Government's decision in Budget 2010 to limit the funding available to the Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) was made in view of the current position of the public finances and the 60% increase in expenditure in the DTSS over the past five years. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has introduced measures to contain DTSS...
- Written Answers — Clinical Indemnity Scheme: Clinical Indemnity Scheme (22 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I and my officials held a number of meetings with senior health officials and with the Minister for Health during my recent visit to New Zealand. In the course of those meetings we discussed the role of the Accident Compensation Corporation and the general no fault compensation scheme that operates there. As the Deputy may be aware, an advisory group was established in 2001, to examine the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: It is critical that learning takes place from all patient safety incidents. My Department has been working very closely with the Directorate for Quality and Clinical Care in the HSE to ensure that this happens. It is not and has never been necessary for all x-rays in all hospitals to be reported by a consultant radiologist. However, arising from the recent events in Tallaght Hospital, the...