Results 23,221-23,240 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: That will probably be a matter for the Director of Consumer Affairs or the Minister for Transport. However, I am sure the matter will be considered.
- Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: Is the Deputy a frequent traveller?
- Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: I have indicated that a Cabinet sub-committee is looking at this matter and we certainly cannot proceed with the scheme until we have the Travers report. As soon as we can after that we will make clear the Government's intentions in this respect. We want to do things as quickly as possible, but this is a mammoth task involving more than 200,000 people â perhaps as many as 300,000 â so the...
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: I am pleased to commend this short Bill to the House. It has two purposes, to put reasonable charges for long-stay care on a legal basis and to provide hundreds of thousands of people on low incomes with the opportunity to visit their GPs without worrying about the cost. Both purposes are guided by the single key principle that there should be legal clarity regarding public services and...
- Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: It is proposed to take No. 3, Health (Amendment) Bill 2005 â Second Stage (resumed); No. 17, Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004 â Second Stage (resumed); and No. 18, Land Bill 2004 [Seanad] â Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders that the proceedings on the resumed Second Stage of No. 3 shall, if not previously concluded, be...
- Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: I was absent from the House yesterday because I was on official business in Cork which had been planned for a considerable time.
- Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The Opposition was keen to have an entire day yesterday for the debate. I had originally hoped to move the Bill on Tuesday evening but Members felt they wanted more time. In any event, Second Stage was moved by the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Seán Power, who has responsibility in this area and he was here for a considerable part of yesterday morning. It...
- Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: I will speak on the Bill in the House this morning. I stand over the comments I made because I stated in the House two weeks ago that I had understood, as had the Taoiseach, that these chargesââ
- Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: Maladministration does not just affect public officials. When we stated that these charges were levied, we thought it was on the basis of good faith and that no one knew that what we were doing was wrong. That was not the case. It became very clear over recent weeks that it had been known for a considerable time that we were acting illegally. That is why I stated what I did. The Travers...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (2 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: My Department is studying the Supreme Court decision on the repayment of charges for publicly-funded, long-term residential care in detail and will take on board all the consequences arising from the judgment for policy and law. A special Cabinet sub-committee comprising the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, the Attorney General, Mr. Brady, and me has been established to...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (2 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: My Department is studying the Supreme Court decision on the repayment of charges for publicly-funded, long-term residential care in detail and will take on board all the consequences arising from the judgment for policy and law. A special Cabinet sub-committee comprising the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, the Attorney General, Mr. Brady, and me has been established to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: I understand that the Health Service Executive's western area authority has issued a response to the Deputy dated 28 February 2005.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the creation of 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 have delivered on its behalf health and personal social services. Its responsibilities include the provision of services at Galway Regional Hospital. Accordingly, my Department has...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 and 145 together. The Health Act 2004 provided for the creation of 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 have delivered on its behalf health and personal social services. Its responsibilities include the provision of hospital services to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, HSE, 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 orthodontic services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (2 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 judgement. 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 money owed by specific area.
- Written Answers — Health Service Payments: Health Service Payments (2 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: Cheques written and not presented for payment to a bank are cancelled out of date automatically after six months. In the matter of funding provided for the health services, approximately 83% of gross spending is Exchequer funding, with the remainder coming from health agencies income, which includes patient charges and payroll deductions, and appropriations-in-aid, mainly comprised health...
- Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (2 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: Funding has not been withdrawn from the Parents for Justice group. A sum of â¬150,000 was provided to fund the group from January 2005 to 30 June 2005. The situation in relation to subsequent funding after that date will be assessed in the coming months. I have conveyed the Government decision of September 2004, that the inquiry shall cease to exist after 31 March 2005 to the chairman of the...
- Written Answers — Private Health Insurance: Private Health Insurance (2 Mar 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2001 contained provision for the introduction of a system of lifetime community rating which will involve allowing health insurers to apply late entry premium loadings to persons who delay taking out insurance cover until, or after the age of 35 years. Under this system, access to cover will be open to persons aged 65 or over who decide to avail of cover...
- Written Answers — Community Welfare Officers: Community Welfare Officers (1 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 accommodation for community welfare officers. Accordingly, my Department has requested...