Results 22,381-22,400 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Proposed Legislation. (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I accept that we need to introduce legislation to cover both types of practitioners.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (11 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The national breast screening programme commenced in 2000 and covers the east, north-eastern, midland and parts of the south-eastern areas of the country. Screening is offered free of charge to all women in those areas in the target age group of 50 to 64 years of age. Since the programme commenced in 2000, cumulative revenue funding of approximately â¬60 million and capital funding of â¬12...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127, 151 and 161 together. The provision of chiropody services is a matter for the local area of the Health Service Executive. This is a service which it is not statutorily obliged to provide but a variety of arrangements are in place nationally under arrangements made by the former Eastern Regional Health Authority, ERHA, and other health boards. Generally...
- Written Answers — Crisis Pregnancies: Crisis Pregnancies (10 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The manner in which persons or agencies provide information about pregnancy termination services outside the State is regulated by the Regulation of Information (Services Outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995. This Act permits a doctor or advice agency to provide abortion information to pregnant women â in the context of full counselling â as to all available options...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (10 May 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 May 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. Services at the relevant hospitals are provided under an arrangement with the executive. My Department has, therefore, requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 May 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 Clare, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's mid-western area to...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (10 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 143 and 144 together. Entry to the general medical services, GMS, scheme for general practitioners is normally through open competition and interview following advertisements in national and medical newspapers. All suitably qualified persons may apply for these positions. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (10 May 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 — Health Services: Health Services (10 May 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 referred to by the Deputy resides in County Kilkenny, my Department has asked the chief officer for the executive's...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 May 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 referred to by the Deputy resides in County Kilkenny, my Department has asked the chief officer for the executive's...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (10 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The number of persons in possession of a medical card in each county for April 2005 is set out in the following table: County No. of people covered by medical cards Dublin 273,291 Kildare 36,594 Wicklow 27,593 Laois 16,927 Longford 12,429 Offaly 19,087 Westmeath 21,274 Clare 30,862 Limerick 48,907 Tipperary NR 19,047 Cavan 18,544 Louth 34,593 Meath...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (10 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156 and 157 together. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, established on 1 January 2005, to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for progressing the bulk of the health capital programme in 2005 and in future years. My Department has retained...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (10 May 2005)
Mary Harney: According to the integrated management returns, IMRs, which are supplied by acute hospitals on a monthly basis, there were 1,240,241, provisional, attendances at accident and emergency departments in 2004. The 2004 figure represents a 2.4% increase on the 2003 figure of 1,211,071.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 May 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 provision of midwifery services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 May 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 provision of acute hospital services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the director of the...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (10 May 2005)
Mary Harney: Figures contained in the 2003 annual report of the general medical services payments board, the latest published report, indicate the number of general practitioners holding general medical services, GMS, and other contracts in respect of providing services under the primary childhood immunisation scheme, the Health (Amendment) Act 1996, Heartwatch and the methadone treatment scheme was...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (10 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 165 and 166 together. Where an individual requires specific treatment which is necessary and which cannot be provided in Ireland, the Health Service Executive, HSE, may refer the person to another member state for treatment. Under EU regulations, the executive issues a form E112 to the person being referred to establish his or her entitlement to such treatment...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (10 May 2005)
Mary Harney: A special Cabinet sub-committee comprising the Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, the Attorney General, Mr. Brady, and myself has been established to consider the issue of repayment in light of the Supreme Court judgment. Full details of a repayment scheme will be announced as soon as possible and it is the intention to make repayments as automatic as...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 May 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 provision of health services in County Kildare. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...