Results 661-680 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: At the heart of the Primary Care Strategy is the aim of developing services in the community to give people direct access to integrated multi-disciplinary teams of general practitioners, nurses, home helps, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other health care professionals. The Strategy is also about the reorientation of existing resources to develop new ways for health and social...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: The transformation programme for the North East region is designed to build a health system that is in line with the model of care emerging internationally. The implementation of this programme is continuing and Navan, Dundalk and Monaghan Hospitals continue to play an important and expanding role in the provision of health services in the North East region, with a particular focus on...
- Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: The operation of the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the HSE (PAD) allows for the centralised receipt, assignment and tracking of Parliamentary Questions within the HSE's extensive network of operations. More generally, PAD monitors overall performance in relation to the timely issue of replies and provides a central contact for all requests from Oireachtas members for information relating...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: The overall costs of the Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccination programme including the purchase of vaccines, associated clinical consumables, capital costs in increasing intensive care capacity and other related expenditure have been estimated at â¬52.6m. This does not include salary or other overhead costs which were met from within existing resources.
- Written Answers — National Maternity Hospital: National Maternity Hospital (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: The KPMG report on maternity services in the Greater Dublin Area recommended that maternity and related services should transfer from the three existing maternity hospitals in Dublin to locations on adult acute hospital sites. It recommended that services at the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) at Holles Street should move to the St Vincent's University Hospital campus at Elm Park. It...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: I am a strong supporter of health research and believe it makes significant contributions not only to the achievement of health research goals but to broader social and economic ones. This has been acknowledged in the Renewed Programme for Government and in the Action Plan for Health Research. That Plan recognises the significant level of investment made by medical research charities in this...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: I recently met with the preferred bidders for the co-location hospital projects at Beaumont, Cork and Limerick (Beacon Medical Group) and St. James's Hospital (Synchrony) to receive an update from them on the progress they have made so far. I also met recently with the Chair and Chief Executive of the Voluntary Health Insurance Board on a number of matters. During the discussion I raised...
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI), the regulatory body for pharmacy in Ireland, issued new guidance to pharmacists on the safe supply of non-prescription products containing codeine on the 1st of August 2010. All pharmacists and retail pharmacy businesses are required to comply with this guidance. Codeine is a controlled drug listed in the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Repayment Scheme: Nursing Home Repayment Scheme (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: Under the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006, a relevant person or a connected person as defined in the Act was entitled to apply for a repayment under the scheme. A relevant person is a person who was charged and paid recoverable health charges. A connected person includes the following: (a ) a person who has been nominated in writing by the relevant person (b ) the Registrar of Wards of...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: The Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 (the "Croke Park Agreement") provides a framework for public service management and staff to work together to deliver an ongoing reduction in the cost of delivery of public services, while maintaining and improving the quality of services delivered to the public, in return for commitments on pay and security of employment for public servants. The...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: On 1 November 2010 I announced that the Government has decided to approve a voluntary early retirement scheme and a voluntary redundancy scheme for certain categories of staff in the public health service. Eligible staff in St. Luke's Hospital are included in these schemes. The purpose of the schemes is to achieve a permanent reduction in the numbers employed in the public health sector from...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: The matter raised by Deputy Quinn relates to service delivery and, accordingly, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: It is important to note that under the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010, ownership of the land and buildings of St Luke's Hospital, Rathgar, was transferred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) and not to the Minister. My Department has not entered into any negotiations, formal or informal, regarding the sale of the hospital. As I stated during the Oireachtas debate on the...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142, 143 and 144, inclusive, together. The Health Service Executive (HSE), with my full support, decided to centralise the processing of all medical cards and GP visit card applications and renewals to its Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) in Dublin. In January 2009, the PCRS took over the processing of all medical card applications for persons aged 70...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Nov 2010)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.