Results 23,721-23,740 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Order of Business. (1 Feb 2005)
Mary Harney: I doubt it.
- Order of Business. (1 Feb 2005)
Mary Harney: I said that everybody in public life was entitled to their privacy, particularly with reference to their families, and that should be respected. Thankfully, it was until very recently in our society. I have already said the heads of the defamation Bill would come forward very soon. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform told the Cabinet this morning that he had arranged a number of...
- Order of Business. (1 Feb 2005)
Mary Harney: I am not aware of any legislation promised on this. The idea is that we are moving to there.
- Order of Business. (1 Feb 2005)
Mary Harney: The prisons Bill will be published in the middle of the year. I do not know whether legislation is required to move a prison from one location to another.
- Order of Business. (1 Feb 2005)
Mary Harney: It will be the case that the permit will rest with the individual. Circumstances have stabilised to a great extent since the ten new countries joined the EU. Briefing will be provided on the UCITS legislation.
- Order of Business. (1 Feb 2005)
Mary Harney: Yes.
- Order of Business. (1 Feb 2005)
Mary Harney: Sorry, it will be published during this calendar year.
- Order of Business. (1 Feb 2005)
Mary Harney: The Postal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is ordered for Second Stage. I would bring in all the emergency legislation that was required, if I thought it would sort out accident and emergency departments overnight.
- Order of Business. (1 Feb 2005)
Mary Harney: The Bill will be published later this year.
- Order of Business. (1 Feb 2005)
Mary Harney: While it will not be processed this session, it will be published this autumn. It is very significant legislation which is being drafted as a matter of urgency. I intend to publish the heads of the Bill as soon as they are cleared by the Cabinet. It will be after the summer.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Jan 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 is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Responsibility for the provision of a medical card rests with the executive. My Department has requested the executive's primary community and...
- Written Answers — Residential Care Rebates: Residential Care Rebates (27 Jan 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 is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Responsibility for the administration of the ex gratia payment scheme referred to by the Deputy, under which payments of up to â¬2,000 have...
- Written Answers — Hospital Funding: Hospital Funding (27 Jan 2005)
Mary Harney: The national casemix programme compares costs and activity between 37 hospitals that participate in the programme. The programme incorporates over â¬3 billion of expenditure and 1.6 million patient encounters annually. The programme allows each hospital to take full account of its unique patients and unique issues. The entire process takes place in consultation with each hospital, placing...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 Jan 2005)
Mary Harney: My Department is considering proposals for the development of facilities for the BreastCheck service at Cork and Galway. It is intended that both facilities will be progressed simultaneously, under the capital investment framework for 2005 to 2009, and design briefs in respect of both have now been completed. The capital funding involved in both facilities has already been indented under the...
- Written Answers — National Cancer Strategy: National Cancer Strategy (27 Jan 2005)
Mary Harney: Waterford Regional Hospital is the regional centre for acute care, including oncology care, in the south eastern region. In the context of the implementation of the 1996 national cancer strategy, there was a cumulative investment of almost â¬55 million in cancer services in the South Eastern Health Board up to December 2004. An additional â¬0.710 million was provided in 2005 to address...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (27 Jan 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 is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Responsibility for the provision of services at Letterkenny General Hospital rests with the executive. My Department has, therefore, requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (27 Jan 2005)
Mary Harney: The Health (Inpatient Charges) Regulations 1987, as amended, impose a charge of â¬55 per night, up to a maximum of â¬550 in any 12 consecutive months, during which an individual is maintained as an inpatient in a public hospital. As well as those with full eligibility, categories exempted from the charges include children up to the age of six weeks, women receiving services in respect of...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jan 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 is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Responsibility for the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jan 2005)
Mary Harney: My Department is informed that the ShannonDoc out-of-hours co-operative service has been operational in Shannon since 2002. The funding provided for out-of-hours co-operatives in the Health Service Executive, mid-western area, to date is â¬11.699 million. An additional â¬1.1 million was provided in 2005 to the Health Service Executive, mid-western area, for the expansion of this service in...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jan 2005)
Mary Harney: I have not had discussions with any group proposing to provide a private hospital in Waterford. I am in the process of developing an overall policy framework, which will identify the policy issues, which need to be addressed, and the key criteria to be applied in developing private facilities on public hospital sites. I hope to complete this work in a matter of weeks.