Results 21,681-21,700 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (29 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question regarding public orthodontic work 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...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (29 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Government has agreed the key elements of a scheme for the repayment of long stay charges. All those who were illegally charged for publicly funded long-term residential care and are alive and the estates of all those who were charged and died in the six years prior to 9 December 2004 will have the charges repaid in full. The scheme will not provide for repayments to the estates of those...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: Responsibility for the collection and reporting of waiting lists and waiting times now falls within the remit of the national treatment purchase fund, NTPF. Therefore, my Department has asked the chief executive of the fund to respond to the Deputy on the latest information available to the fund in respect of the number of patients waiting for treatment. A new on-line national patient...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (29 Jun 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 (29 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153 and 154 together. The Deputy's questions relate 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...

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (29 Jun 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 — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (29 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: My officials are examining the feasibility of introducing a vaccine damage compensation scheme. I will be in a position to consider the available options on completion of this work. This task is included in my Department's business plan. The target date for completion is October 2005.

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (29 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: Following publication of tender notices in the EU Journal, BreastCheck has indicated that it received 50 requests to participate in the procurement process which will be carried out in accordance with EU procurement procedures using the restricted procedure. BreastCheck anticipates that the short-listing, interviews and fee negotiations will be complete by the end of July 2005.

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (29 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Government has agreed the key elements of a scheme for the repayment of long stay charges for publicly funded long-term residential care. All those who were charged and are alive and the estates of all those who were charged and died in the six years prior to 9 December 2004 will have the charges repaid in full. The scheme will not allow for repayments to the estates of those who died...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Jun 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I presume the Deputy is referring to the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy, which asks that a working group be established, involving key stakeholders in both the alcohol and drugs areas, to explore the potential for better co-ordination between the two areas and how synergies could be improved. The group is requested to also examine and make recommendations on whether a combined...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: In response to the Deputy's question of 25 May 2005, I advised that the Health Service Executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services, including responsibility for the provision of hospital services for people who have suffered strokes, and that my Department had requested the director of the executive's...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (29 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The report referred to by the Deputy is that of a consultancy study jointly commissioned by my Department and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Belfast, the DHSSPS, on the costs and benefits associated with the introduction of a dedicated helicopter emergency medical service, HEMS, for the island of Ireland. It was published last year and is available on my...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Jun 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 (29 Jun 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 — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (29 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I intend to take Questions Nos. 166 to 168, inclusive, together. The Deputy's questions relate 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 these matters investigated...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (29 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: A pilot cervical screening programme commenced in October 2000 and is available to eligible women resident in Limerick, Clare and Tipperary North. Under the programme, cervical screening is being offered, free of charge, to approximately 74,000 women in these three counties in the 25 to 60 age group, at five year intervals. I am committed to the national roll out of a cervical screening...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The report of the national task force on medical staffing, the Hanly report, makes important proposals for reducing the working hours of non-consultant hospital doctors, NCHDs, in line with the European working time directive and highlights the need to implement changes in medical staffing to ensure safety and quality of patient care. The Hanly report makes no reference to Mayo General...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Jun 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 Services: Health Services (28 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to human resource management matters in the home help service. As the management and delivery of health and personal social services, including related human resource issues, are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act, 2004, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this...