Results 22,061-22,080 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 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 Acquired Infections: Hospital Acquired Infections (14 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: My Department is aware of the recent report published by the Irish Patient's Association on hospital-acquired infections, or HAIs. Effective infection control measures, including environmental cleanliness and hand hygiene, are central to the control of HAIs including drug-resistant organisms such as MRSA. Improving the standards of cleanliness in hospitals is a priority. One of the specific...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (14 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: My approval to the remuneration package negotiated between the Health Service Executive, HSE, and Professor Drumm was given with the consent of the Minister for Finance, in accordance with the provisions of section 17(5)(b) of the Health Act, 2004. The additional human resources sought by Professor Drumm did not form part of the terms and conditions of his proposed appointment as the first...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: Since the establishment of the Health Service Executive, the chief officers, that is, the former health board CEOs, in each of its administrative areas have continued to deal with parliamentary questions in accordance with the arrangements which previously operated under the health boards. This arrangement was calculated to avoid any erosion in the accountability, as regards the timeliness or...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The information requested is being collated by my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The quarterly health service personnel return collects employment information solely on the basis of grade and employing agency and does not include any data in relation to vacancy levels as requested by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the national director of human resources of the Health Service Executive to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and respond to her...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: A contract notice was dispatched to the Official Journal of the European Communities, OJEC, on 6 May 2005 concerning the appointment of a design team for new breast screening centres in Cork and Galway. The contract will be awarded using the negotiated procedure. In accordance with EU procurement procedures, the time-limit for receipt of requests to participate in the procedure is 37 days —...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. As the person in question resides in County Mayo, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's western area to...

Written Answers — Consultant Appointments: Consultant Appointments (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the recruitment of consultant staff. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: A design brief was prepared some time ago by the South Eastern Health Board for a major redevelopment at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny. This formed part of the board's overall proposals under the National Development Plan, NDP, 2000-2006, and was submitted to my Department. Given the various competing demands overall for capital priorities under the NDP, including the need to take account of...

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: Arrangements for the outpatient pilot projects mentioned by the Deputy are being made by the national treatment purchase fund, NTPF. My Department, has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the NTPF to respond directly to the Deputy with regard to the information requested.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the assessment of applications for medical cards. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the assessment of applications for medical cards. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 115 and 116 together. As responsibility for the management and delivery of health services is a matter for the Health Service Executive, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's eastern regional area to reply directly to the Deputy with regard to the matters raised.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 117 and 119 together. The number of persons covered by medical cards since 1998 to date in 2005 is set out in the following table: Years No. of persons covered % of population Population December 1998 1,183,554 31.95 3,704,900 December 1999 1,164,187 31.09 3,786,900 December 2000 1,148,055 30.32 3,786,900 December 2001 1,199,454 31.24 3,838,900 December...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: Information in respect of the number of persons with medical card cover aged 70 years and over in 2000 was not collected. However, following the decision to introduce automatic eligibility for a medical card for all persons aged 70 and over, from July 2001, statistical information is available from June 2001, and is set out in the following table for the relevant dates: Number of persons...

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: On the basis of the figures contained in the annual reports of the GMS payments board, now the HSE primary care reimbursement service, the capitation rates paid to general practitioners are shown in the following tables. The latest date to which figures are available is December 2004. It should be noted that adjustments to capitation rates under national wage agreements have not been applied...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 121 and 123 together. The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table: Publicly Funded Acute Hospitals: Summary Activity Data, 2003, 2004 and 2005. 2003 2004 January to March 2005 In-Patient Admissions 567,303 575,902 140,224 Day Cases 448,676 484,090 119,355 In-Patient Beds Available 12,299 12,331 12,444 Day Beds Available...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. The activity figures refer to total procedures carried out on an inpatient basis to patients discharged in each of the specified years from 1998 to 2004, inclusive, from all publicly funded acute hospitals. Day cases are not included. Data for 2005 is not yet available. The data are derived from the hospital inpatient...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Jun 2005)

Mary Harney: The quarterly health service personnel return collects employment information solely on the basis of grade and employing agency and does not include any data on a programme by programme basis as requested by the Deputy. The latest available data is in respect of year end 2004. Between 1997 and year end 2004, there was an increase in the level of employment of 30,882, or 45.5%, excluding home...