Results 41-60 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (18 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: Management of the Health Service Executive's payroll is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Equipment: Hospital Equipment (18 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (18 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is set out below in tabular form. For ease of reference, I am presenting the information on a year by year basis. Year Name Job Title Salary Expenses 2011 Patricia Ryan Special Advisor â'¬138,655 - Derek Cunningham Special Advisor - Press and Communications â'¬124,046 - Year Name Job Title Salary Expenses 2010 Patricia Ryan Special...

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (18 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: Two official trips were undertaken by me in the period concerned. One was to New Zealand for St Patrick's Day 2010 and engagements as Minister for Health and Children. On this trip I was accompanied by my husband and three officials from the Department. The other to Brussels was for an informal meeting of EU Ministers. The costs requested can be broken down as follows: New Zealand 6th...

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (18 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated within my Department and will be forwarded as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (18 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated within my Department and will be forwarded as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (18 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: The information requested is being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Charities Regulation: Charities Regulation (18 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: My Department provides funding to organisations based upon their service or other contribution rather than their charitable status per se. Funding is provided to many organisations through the National Lottery fund for various projects in any given year. Most of these organisations would have charity status. A list of the organisations that received lottery funding in 2010 is available on...

Health Care Services: Motion (18 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: The Deputy is not.

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. The waiting times for patients attending emergency departments in many hospitals during the first week of January were unacceptable and I very much regret the delays that patients experienced. I have discussed plans with the HSE for ensuring that this situation does not recur. The HSE has assured me that it will take all possible steps to...

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: I have no role in phrasing the questions, nor has my office; it is a matter for the General Office. I want to make that clear - in fairness I do not believe the Deputy was suggesting that.

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: I will not respond to that provocative comment from Deputy Flanagan. I will not dispute the figures even though the official figures are different from the figures quoted by the IMMO. Arguing between 400 and 569 is a futile exercise; from my point of view too many people have to wait for an unacceptable period of time in emergency departments. The truth is that there has been virtually...

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: I say to Deputy O'Sullivan, and mentioned this in response to Deputy Reilly, I will not dispute the figures, except those figures that are not correct. The highest figure at 8 a.m. last week was 414. It suits people to quote an INMO figure one day when it is less favourable and on other occasions to quote a different figure.

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: In fairness, Deputy O'Sullivan should quote the official figures. Second, we will not be opening more beds. We have opened over 400 beds that were closed over the Christmas period for seasonal reasons, which is normal and has been normal for umpteen years. There have been significant improvements. That is not to say that there have not been occasions when there were blips. We all are aware...

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: It is a factor. If swine flu patients are taking up over 300 beds and over 70 ICU beds, it is a factor. It is a bigger factor this week than it was last week because we have seen a doubling of swine flu incidents this week over last week. It has been doubling each week for the past number of weeks and there will be a press conference later today to review that. Among the issues identified...

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: As Minister for Health and Children, I do not like having to say this. Deputy Reilly is a doctor and he should think carefully about the kind of things he says, both here and outside, because a number of his colleagues have spoken to me about the scaremongering in which he engages.

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: Second, I do not misinform the House or tell lies in this House. Deputy Reilly is a relatively new Deputy. He should be careful about making allegations of that kind.

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: Can Deputy Reilly listen? The information I have put on the record in this House is the information that is available to me and given to me by my officials in good faith.

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: If mistakes are made they are corrected. Notwithstanding the fact that there has been an extra 100,000 people visiting emergency departments over the past five years and even in that context, there have been significant improvements. All of the research, both in Ireland and elsewhere, on emergency departments is that quick access to diagnostics and key clinical decision makers are the two...

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Mary Harney: The total market for generic drugs in Ireland is €300 million. Unless we got the drugs for free, we could not get more than €300 million. If they gave us all the drugs for free, we would get €300 million. Deputy Reilly constantly states, when the information is at his disposal, that we would save hundreds of millions of euro by simply introducing reference pricing. We are...