Results 7,441-7,460 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 114 and 115 together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 196 together. As this is a service issue it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: The Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 provides for the establishment of a system of statutory registration for 12 health and social care professionals, including physiotherapists. This new system of statutory registration will apply to the 12 professions regardless of whether they work in the public or private sector or are self-employed and is the first time that fitness to...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: Under the Health Act 2008, automatic entitlement to a medical card for persons aged 70 or over ceased on 31 December 2008, and with effect from 1 January 2009, the income thresholds for entitlement to a medical card for those aged 70 or over is â¬700 (gross) per week (â¬36,500 per year) for a single person and â¬1,400 (gross) per week (â¬73,000 per year) for a couple. Under the over 70s...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. Patients waiting more than three months on a surgical waiting list may qualify for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. It is open to the person in question or anyone acting on their behalf to contact the Fund directly in relation to their case.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 188 together. The decision to locate BreastCheck in the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital was made by the National Breast Screening Board in early 2002 as part of the planning for the national extension of BreastCheck. Following a decision to site regional units in Cork and Galway, the Board engaged with the former Southern Health Board (SHB). On the...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: The management of out-patient waiting lists is a matter for the HSE and the individual hospitals concerned. I have, therefore, referred the Deputy's question to the Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald. Since the commencement of the scheme almost 35,000 applications have been received by the Scheme Administrator. Over 33,000 of these applications have been concluded which has resulted in excess of 19,500 offers...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: In drawing up its capital programme, the Health Service Executive is required to prioritise the capital infrastructure projects to be progressed within its overall capital funding allocation under the National Development Plan, taking account of the NDP targets for division of capital investment between the Acute and Primary, Community and Continuing Care programmes. The Executive is...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Feb 2009)
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 (10 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: A joint Department of Health and Children/Health Service Executive (HSE) working group on workforce planning was established in June 2006. It also includes representatives of the Departments of Finance and Education and Science, and the Higher Education Authority. FÃS undertook research on behalf of the joint working group which analysed the labour market for 12 healthcare grades and...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (10 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: I have recently received the report of the Vaccine Damage Steering Group and I am currently considering its recommendations.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (10 Feb 2009)
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 — Health Services: Health Services (10 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Feb 2009)
Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.