Results 2,561-2,580 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (20 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 — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (20 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not provide funding for the refurbishment of swimming pools. However, capital grants are provided to local authorities to build and renovate public swimming pools through a scheme managed by the Department of Tourism, Culture & Sport. Civil groups and private organisations can apply through their local authority for funding under this scheme.

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (20 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I have been assured that Beaumont Hospital will meet its service plan targets for 2010. These involve treating the same number of patients this year as last but with less reliance on in-patient stays. In turn this will involve reducing inappropriate hospital admissions, more same day of surgery admissions, more day care cases, earlier discharges and reductions in waiting times for elective...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (20 May 2010)

Mary Harney: The public pandemic vaccination campaign came to an end on 31st of March, 2010. Following a full assessment of the current situation, the risks of a second wave, the availability of vaccine and other factors, the National Public Health Emergency Team decided, following advice received from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee that those in the "at risk" groups should continue to be...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 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 (20 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 Surveys: Health Surveys (20 May 2010)

Mary Harney: The Government has considered the outcome of the site investigations at the former Irish Steel/Ispat site at Haulbowline which were undertaken by environmental consultants on behalf of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The Government decided that the Office of Public Works would chair a working group to develop a structured and coherent approach to the further...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (20 May 2010)

Mary Harney: The Adoption Bill, 2009, is designed to give force of law to the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption. The new legislation, which incorporates the provisions of the Hague Convention, is designed to provide a framework to ensure that appropriate procedures have been followed and that all adoptions are effected in the best...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 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 (19 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 Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (19 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 May 2010)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 and 122 together. 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...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 May 2010)

Mary Harney: The Deputy's query refers to the number of persons primarily employed to process entitlement payments in certain agencies, namely the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), the Health Research Board (HRB), the Residential Institutions Redress Board and Community Welfare Offices. The NTPF and the HRB are agencies under the aegis of my Department. I have been informed that neither of these...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 May 2010)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the number of persons employed to carry out inspections in the agencies specified is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available. The Deputy should note that the Health and Safety Authority falls under the aegis of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 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 the HSE in due course.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 May 2010)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the number of persons primarily employed in the issuing of licences in the agencies specified and in the schemes under the remit of my Department is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 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 (19 May 2010)

Mary Harney: The goals of the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) are better cancer prevention, detection, treatment and survival through a national service based on evidence and best practice. This involves significant re-alignment of cancer services to move from a fragmented system of care to one which is consistent with international best practice in cancer control. In line with the...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 May 2010)

Mary Harney: The Government has made clear that a critical part of its strategy to restore the public finances is to achieve sustainability in the cost of delivering public services relative to State revenues. To help achieve this goal, it will be necessary to restructure and reorganise the public service and to reduce public service numbers over the coming years. This requires that the moratorium on...

Written Answers — Health Information and Quality Authority: Health Information and Quality Authority (19 May 2010)

Mary Harney: Sections 8 and 9 of the Health Act 2007, under which the Health Information and Quality Authority was established, make provision for investigations by the Authority. Under Section 9 the Authority may undertake an investigation as to the safety, quality and standards of the services provided by or on behalf of the Health Service Executive.