Results 2,521-2,540 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 May 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 Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (25 May 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 (25 May 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 — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2010)
Mary Harney: The information referred to by the Deputy is not recorded by my Department. 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 (25 May 2010)
Mary Harney: The matters raised by the Deputy are service issues and 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 current information in relation to the school immunisation programme. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 May 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 (25 May 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 (25 May 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, the question would in the normal course of events be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. This is not possible due to industrial action. However, I can advise the Deputy that on 30 April 2010 the HSE and the clinic referred to reached an agreement to put in place an interim arrangement for the provision of radiotherapy services in the South...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 May 2010)
Mary Harney: I regret that due to industrial action in the HSE I am not in a position to arrange a substantive response to this Question. Subject to the resources available to it, the National Treatment Purchase Fund arranges treatment for patients who have been on a surgical waiting list for more than three months. It is open to the person in question or anyone acting on their behalf to contact the...
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (25 May 2010)
Mary Harney: Over the past number of weeks I have answered a number of parliamentary questions and representations on this matter. I have made it quite clear on each occasion that with a system of generic substitution, it is important that all decisions about the interchangeability of medicines are evidence-based and take into account best practice elsewhere. I have received the report of the joint...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 May 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 (25 May 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 (25 May 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 (25 May 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 — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (25 May 2010)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 180 together. It is estimated that 65% of the population of the State reside in dwellings that are supplied with fluoridated water. A Forum on Fluoridation was established in 2000 to review the fluoridation of public piped water supplies. The main conclusion of the Forum's Report in 2002 was that the fluoridation of public piped water supplies should...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (25 May 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 — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (25 May 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 Prescriptions: Medical Prescriptions (25 May 2010)
Mary Harney: Section 18 of the Form of Agreement with registered medical practitioners for the provision of services under section 58 of the Health Act 1970 (General Medical Services Scheme - GMS patients) states "The medical practitioner shall prescribe such drugs and medicines as he considers necessary for any person for whom he is obliged to provide services." Following discussions with the Irish...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (25 May 2010)
Mary Harney: The Agencies funded by my Department in each of the years 2007 - 2010 as well as those agencies that my Department is administratively responsible for, but who are not directly funded by my Department, are set out in the following tables. The Deputy will also no doubt be aware that the Health Service Executive is accountable to me as Minister for Health & Children. The net amount voted by...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 May 2010)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the attached tables. In 2007, â¬55.9m was surrendered to the Department of Finance, â¬35.7m was surrendered in 2008 and â¬71.3m in 2009. In areas such as statutory enquiries, legal fees and compensation payments it is very difficult in any year to accurately estimate the level of payments which may fall to be made, therefore, if the...