Results 2,321-2,340 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that, due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive, it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to the Deputy, however, I would invite him to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that, due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive, it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that, due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive, it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that, due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive, it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Voluntary Health Insurance: Voluntary Health Insurance (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: The VHI Board will sign off on the annual report at its next meeting on 24 June 2010. VHI Healthcare expects that the report will be available for publication by the end of July 2010.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: In 2005, as set out in the following table, there were six linear accelerators in St Luke's Hospital, Rathgar, four in Cork University Hospital (CUH) and three at Galway University Hospital (GUH). At present, there are 15 linear accelerators in the public system; eight at St Luke's, four at CUH and three at GUH. The increase in capacity at St Luke's follows the commissioning of two new and...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: The implementation and development of a Neonatal Hearing Screening programme is part of the Health Service Executive Service Plan for 2010. A National Review of Audiology services is currently underway. Part of this review involves a report on the introduction of Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening. This report is expected later this year.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I would first like to say that all incidents of this kind are serious and are treated as such. They are distressing to the women and families involved and I wish to again express my sincerest sympathies to all of those that are affected. On 7 August 2009, the Solicitors for this person wrote to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda seeking certain assurances about her care and other...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I regret that due to industrial action I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — HIV Infection: HIV Infection (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter it falls under the remit of the HSE. I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I intend to bring a draft General Scheme of a Human Tissue Bill, which includes the issue of organ donation for transplantation, to Government for its approval, as soon as it is finalised. Subject to this approval, I will publish the General Scheme of a Human Tissue Bill. Two separate but related public consultations took place in 2009 to inform the preparation of the draft legislation....
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 286 and 287 together. The issues raised by the Deputy are service issues which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the HSE, it is not possible for the Executive to supply responses to all the queries raised. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: The Government's decision to limit the funding available to the Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) was made in view of the current position of the public finances and the 60% increase in expenditure in the DTSS over the past five years. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has introduced measures to contain DTSS expenditure at the 2008 level of approximately â¬63 million. Under the new...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: The HSE is in the process of initiating a review of cases over the past five years to determine the number of patients who were recommended drug or surgical treatment when the diagnosis of miscarriage was made in error, and where subsequent information demonstrated that the pregnancy was viable. The terms for the conduct of the review are being finalised at present and will be made public...
- Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)
Mary Harney: Motions of no confidence, or in this case the motion of confidence tabled by the Government, are serious matters. It is not a game, show or a piece of political theatre very often described afterwards as a damp squib. The first duty on all of us as elected Members is to provide a strong and stable Government, and nowhere is this more important than during times of recession and economic...