Results 23,901-23,920 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 210 and 211 together. Under the Health Act 1970, a health board may arrange for the supply, without charge, of drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances to people with a specified condition, for the treatment of that condition under the long-term illness scheme. The conditions are mental handicap, mental illness for people under 16 only,...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: In 2001, following the decision to provide medical cards to all people aged 70 years and over, potential inaccuracies in general medical service scheme lists came to light. Health boards were requested to undertake reviews of their GMS registers. A group was established under the auspices of the Health Boards Executive to oversee these reviews. Following the reviews and as of July 2004,...

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: The Department of Health and Children is not the Department responsible for the analysis of the quality of drinking water. The Minister for the Environment and Local Government made regulations in 2000 through SI 439 to give effect to the terms of the European Communities (Drinking Water) Regulations 2000. Under these regulations it is the duty of the sanitary authority to take the necessary...

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: The provision of arthritis treatment is a matter for the Western Health Board. My Department has asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the issues raised and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Board Staff: Health Board Staff (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: Information on vacancy levels in the health service is not collected by my Department as a matter of routine. The Deputy may wish to note, however, that the Health Service Employers Agency undertakes quarterly surveys of nursing vacancies, the latest of which is for the period ending 30 June 2004. Employers reported in this survey that 771 vacancies existed, a decrease of 23% from 1,007...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: Responsibility for the provision of services at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan rests with the North Eastern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the issue raised and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: The Government is not socialist.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: It is a joke.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: It recommends poverty is good for one's health.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: I read a bit of it.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: It proposes we go into recession because it would be good for our health if we were unemployed and poor.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: The review is mad.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: It is crazy stuff.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: I was so amazed by what I heard about it that I had to read it to see if it could possibly be true.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: It states that economic success is bad for our health.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: It suggests a recession would be good for our health.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: The Deputy is causing me stress.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: He should think about my health.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: One third of women here do not suffer from depression.

Health Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (23 Nov 2004)

Mary Harney: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."