Results 22,461-22,480 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (4 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive which was established on 1 January 2005. Under this Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver or arrange to be delivered on its behalf health and social services. This includes responsibility for the administration of the repayment of such charges. Accordingly, my Department has requested that the HSE make...
- Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (4 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The further training for specialists in anaesthesia is a matter for the College of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. As the Deputy is aware, 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...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (4 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 capital infrastructure, including the current provision made in health facilities for people with...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 May 2005)
Mary Harney: As I explained to the Deputy, the Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which has 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 Carlow, my Department has again asked the chief officer for the executive's south-eastern area to respond to the...
- Written Answers — Medical Records: Medical Records (4 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 south Tipperary, my Department has asked the chief officer for the executive's...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (4 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 and 198 together. 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 services at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown....
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 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. People who hold medical cards, including all those aged 70 and over, are entitled to free general practitioner medical and surgical...
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (4 May 2005)
Mary Harney: As the competent authority for the regulation of medicinal products in Ireland, the Irish Medicines Board assesses the safety, quality and efficacy of medicinal products. The matter raised by the Deputy is one which falls within the IMB's remit. The use of antidepressants in children and adolescents has been the subject of continuous review at both national and EU level for some time and the...
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (4 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The number of medical card holders under 18 years for whom antidepressants were prescribed in 2004 was 2,541.
- Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (4 May 2005)
Mary Harney: In January 2005 my Department responded to the group referred to by the Deputy indicating that I was unable to meet it due to the heavy schedule of Government and departmental business at the time. At my request, my Department forwarded the invitation to my colleague the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government who has primary responsibility for the issue of waste management.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 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 in respect of eligibility for health services. Accordingly, my Department...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 May 2005)
Mary Harney: The letters of determination which issued to former health boards-health authority last December provided for an additional â¬12 million in 2005 for increased oncology services nationally. In addition, â¬11.5 million was allocated to commission the new radiation oncology department at University College Hospital, Galway, which received â¬9.5 million, and to expand capacity at the radiation...
- Written Answers — Information Communications Technology: Information Communications Technology (4 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 information and communications technology. Accordingly, my Department has requested the national...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (4 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. Accordingly, my Department has requested the director of the National Hospitals Office to reply to the Deputy directly in relation to the...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (4 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I announced a ten point plan aimed at improving the delivery of accident and emergency services on the publication of the Estimates for 2005. Additional funding of â¬70 million is available to the Health Services Executive this year for these initiatives, which include measures to allow for the discharge of patients from acute beds to a more appropriate setting. These measures are being...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (4 May 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 210 to 212, inclusive, together. 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 development of accident and...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: A significant programme of investment is under way to ensure that the physical infrastructure of accident and emergency departments provides appropriate facilities for the treatment of patients. I have already announced a series of measures that are being put in place to improve the delivery of accident and emergency services. These actions take a wide ranging approach and are aimed at...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: A special Cabinet sub-committee comprising the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, the Attorney General, Mr. Brady, SC, 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 possible.
- Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (28 Apr 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 cancer services. The Health Service Executive northern area conducted a study into...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Apr 2005)
Mary Harney: Regulation (EC) 1408/71 deals with the co-ordination of social security schemes, including health care, for those moving within the European Union. Under its provisions, persons who are affiliated with the health care system of member state A and who are residing in member state B can receive health care in member state B's public system on behalf of and at the cost of member state A, as if...