Results 23,141-23,160 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Written Answers — : (9 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 and the Public Service Management Act 1997, set out clearly the legal position of Government Ministers and Departments. Section 3 of the Public Service Management Act 1997 restates the responsibility of Ministers for the performance of functions which are assigned to their Department. Section 2(1) of the Act of 1924 provides that each Minister shall be...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (9 Mar 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 services at Mayo General Hospital. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Costs: Nursing Home Costs (9 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: My Department is studying the Supreme Court judgment in detail and will take on board all the consequences for policy and law arising from the judgment. The details of a repayment scheme to address the situation following the Supreme Court decision are being finalised and it is only following this that it will be possible to provide information on the estimated refund to be paid overall. My...

Written Answers — Departmental Inquiries: Departmental Inquiries (9 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 160 to 169, inclusive, together. Following a Government decision in April 2000, the post mortem inquiry was established to investigate post mortem practice and procedure in all hospitals in the State since 1970. The terms of reference include the issue of the retention by hospitals of pituitary glands. Neither I nor my Department has been advised that any...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 to 173, inclusive, 178 and 179 together. Responsibility for the collation and publishing of waiting list and waiting time data now rests with the national treatment purchase fund, NTPF. The NTPF, which is now a statutory body, was established as one of the key actions for dealing with public hospital waiting lists arising from the health strategy. My...

Written Answers — Health Care Training: Health Care Training (9 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 181 together. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the HSE is required, to the extent practicable and necessary to enable it to perform its functions, to facilitate the education and training of its employees and the employees of service providers. My Department has been...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Mar 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 Dublin, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's eastern regional area to...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (8 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: My Department is currently studying the Supreme Court judgment in detail and will take on board all the consequences for policy and law arising from the judgment. The details of a repayment scheme to address the situation following the Supreme Court decision are currently being finalised and it is only following this that it would be possible to calculate the number of persons involved...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (8 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: My Department is currently studying the Supreme Court judgment in detail and will take on board all the consequences for policy and law arising from the judgment. The details of a repayment scheme to address the situation following the Supreme Court decision are currently being finalised and it is only following this that it would be possible to calculate the number of persons involved...

Written Answers — Hospitals Funding: Hospitals Funding (8 Mar 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 services at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny. Accordingly, my Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: Eligibility for health services in Ireland is primarily based on residency and means. Under the Health Act 1970, determination of eligibility for medical cards is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE) other than for persons over 70 who are automatically entitled to a medical card. Medical cards are issued to persons, who in the opinion of the HSE are unable to provide...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: Generally, the reduction in recent years in the number of medical cards may be attributed to the increase in the number of people in employment and the improved economic situation nationally. Another factor which affects this area is the ongoing review by the Health Service Executive of medical card databases, which has led to deletions of medical card records due to duplicate entries, change...

Written Answers — Civil Registration Act: Civil Registration Act (8 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: The Civil Registration Service has been engaged in a major modernisation programme in recent years, including conversion of historic records to electronic format, implementation of a new computerised registration system and organisational reform. This work, which is key to the implementation of the Civil Registration Act 2004, is being carried out in phases and the stage has been reached...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Mar 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 services at Mayo General Hospital. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: Inquiries have been made of Dublin City Council concerning the premises referred to by the Deputy. I am advised that the house is privately owned and currently unoccupied. I understand that while the property is in need of maintenance, there is no evidence of illegal dumping. I am further advised that it is open to any concerned person to bring the matter to the council's attention with a...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Mar 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 Beaumont Hospital are provided under an arrangement with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Written Answers — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (8 Mar 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 personnel social services. This includes responsibility for the home help service. My Department has therefore requested the national director for primary,...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Mar 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 Health...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: I understand that a reply issued from my Department to the Deputy on this matter on the 1 March 2005.

Written Answers — Public Health Nursing: Public Health Nursing (8 Mar 2005)

Mary Harney: This is a matter for An Bord Altranais. Regulation of the nursing and midwifery professions, including setting of requirements and standards in the education programmes for registration, is the statutory responsibility of An Bord Altranais. The board is a broadly representative body. The 29 members include 17 elected by nurses who are representative of all the divisions of the register. In...