Results 7,381-7,400 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Health Service Staff. (19 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: A considerable amount of work has been done by my Department and the Department of Finance in regard to the proposed redundancy scheme. The intention is that the Minister for Finance and I will take a memo to the Government. This would probably already have been done in the past month if not for the necessary focus on the financial stability of the State and the measures required to be...
- Health Service Staff. (19 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: There are no more layers than there were before the establishment of the executive. The intention is to devolve to a greater extent to the four networks and to ensure services are reconfigured in a way that makes sense, not only on the hospital side but also on the community side. A substantial amount of work has gone into that. As I see it, the initial focus of the redundancy scheme will...
- Health Service Staff. (19 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: I answered that question. As I said, a substantial amount of work has taken place involving my officials and officials from the Department of Finance. As I explained earlier, the Minister for Finance, not the Minister for Health and Children, has responsibility for public service staffing. I am not free to devise and implement a redundancy plan. The Minister for Finance must be centrally...
- Health Service Staff. (19 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: The intention is that the first redundancies will take place this year.
- Health Service Staff. (19 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: No performance-related awards have been paid to the chief executive officer and eligible senior managers in the Health Service Executive in respect of 2008. The executives' payment-related award scheme operates in accordance with the principles set out by the review body on higher remuneration in the public sector. Given the current difficult financial circumstances, the Health Service...
- Health Service Staff. (19 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: The bonus scheme was introduced as part of the remuneration process for higher public servants. Therefore, it applies not only to the Health Service Executive but to the entire public sector. It was introduced many years ago, long before I became Minister for Health and Children. The Minister for Finance indicated in the House some time ago that this review scheme was being suspended. I...
- Health Service Staff. (19 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: That is correct. The board has made no determination in that matter.
- National Health Strategy. (19 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: I hope the Leas-Cheann Comhairle goes to the doctor.
- National Health Strategy. (19 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: Only when provoked.
- National Health Strategy. (19 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: We have given enough time to men's health.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated within my Department and will be forwarded as soon as it becomes available.
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (18 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: The twelve agencies under the aegis of my Department discharging regulatory functions can be categorised as follows: six regulators of health care professions; one regulator of health insurance; five agencies, directly funded under the aegis of my Department, whose functions include (amongst other statutory responsibilities) a regulatory role in health related matters such as standards of...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (18 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (18 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: There is no statutory obligation on the Health Service Executive (HSE) to provide chiropody services to GMS patients. However, in practice, arrangements have been made in several regions to provide these services. Before the establishment of the HSE the nature of any arrangements for community chiropody services and the level of service provided were a matter for individual health boards...
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (17 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Medical Consent: Medical Consent (17 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: The issue of medical consent required for the treatment of children is not governed by any specific piece of legislation. What is required in a given situation falls to be determined on the basis of the facts of an individual case. In medical emergencies, for example, urgent treatment may be provided to a child in the absence of express consents where it is necessary to save the life of the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (17 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: Almost 130,000 people work full-time or part-time in our public health services. In recent years, the Government's ongoing high level of investment in health has achieved and maintained significant increases in the numbers of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of...
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (17 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (17 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.