Results 21,481-21,500 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 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 — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (28 Sep 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 a reply issued directly to the Deputy in relation to this matter.
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: BreastCheck has considered a proposal from Barrington's Hospital in Limerick and has advised my Department that the implementation of the national breast screening programme is the best approach to ensuring that a quality assured service is available to all women in the target age group. The national breast screening programme commenced in 2000 and covered the eastern, north-eastern and...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 329 and 330 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. My Department raised this matter with the HSE last May to ensure that appropriate transport arrangements are put in place on a...
- Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: The following are the Acts or sections or provisions of Acts which have not yet been commenced. 1. The Mental Health Act 2001. The main vehicle for the implementation of the provisions of the Mental Health Act 2001 is the Mental Health Commission which was established in April 2002. To facilitate the establishment of the commission, sections 1 to 5, 7 and 31 to 55 of the Act were commenced at...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: Under the general medical services scheme, GMS medical card, eligible persons are entitled to general practitioner services from GMS contract holding GPs and to a range of approved, prescribed medicines free of charge. There is no provision for the issue of items prescribed by other medical or paramedical specialists under the GMS scheme.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Sep 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 is requesting 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 Staff: Health Service Staff (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: I should explain that the quarterly health service personnel census collects employment information on the basis of grade and employing agency rather than on a county or service basis. As the information requested by the Deputy relates to human resource management issues that are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004, my Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: On 25 July 2005 I announced the Government's plan for a national network for radiation oncology services to be put in place by 2011. The plan will consist of four large centres in Dublin, Cork and Galway and two integrated satellite centres at Waterford Regional Hospital and Limerick Regional Hospital. I am convinced that it is essential to retain the commitment, expertise, tradition and...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (28 Sep 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 regarding this matter.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: On the basis of the figures contained in the 2004 annual report of the former payments of the General Medical Services Payments Board, now the Health Service Executive, Shared Services and Primary Care Reimbursement Service, it is estimated that the additional cost involved if medical cards were to be provided to all those aged under 16 years would be approximately â¬86 million. This...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: Under the terms of the general medical services scheme, GMS, contract, participating GPs undertake to provide a range of treatments and general practitioner services for the patients on their GMS panel. Their GMS contract obliges them to provide the first and last certificates to explain work absence for their patients. All other requested certificates in respect of requirements for driving...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 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 asked 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 Services: Health Services (28 Sep 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 — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357 to 359, inclusive, together. 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...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: The short-listing, interview and fee negotiation process for the appointment of a design team for the proposed BreastCheck developments at Cork and Galway was completed in August last. The design team has now commenced its work.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 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 Staff: Health Service Staff (28 Sep 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 these matters investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: I understand that the Health Service Executive western area issued a detailed reply to the Deputy on 1 June 2005.
- Written Answers — Irish Blood Transfusion Service: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (28 Sep 2005)
Mary Harney: I understand that the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, IBTS, does not currently accept blood donations from people with haemochromatosis. Blood donors must donate on a voluntary basis and a significant reason donations are not taken from people with haemochromatosis is that blood is taken from them as part of the treatment for their condition rather than for the specific purpose of donating....