Results 8,941-8,960 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Tobacco-Related Diseases: Tobacco-Related Diseases (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: Between 2000 and 2005, under section 3 of the Appropriation Act 1999, â¬167.5m was provided to my Department from moneys collected by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of certain excise duties on tobacco products. From 2005 onwards the funding was provided to the Health Service Executive. Funding from Appropriations In Aid is not specifically ringfenced or allocated to any particular...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 300, 304 and 320 together. The National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) is responsible for the implementation of CervicalCheck, the National Cervical Screening Programme. Colposcopy services are an integral part of a population based screening programme. Of the expected 300,000 women to be screened annually, approximately 2-5% will require access to...
- Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: My Department has developed a range of security policies and staff advisories in relation to the security of electronic information and in particular personal or sensitive data. Where appropriate these policies are on the Department's intranet. Encryption of existing laptops is nearing completion and all new laptops will be encrypted as a matter of course. The Department has also begun the...
- Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: To date in 2008 there has been one item of ICT equipment reported lost, missing or stolen. This relates to a Blackberry which was stolen from a member of staff. It has not been recovered. I understand the device was password protected and that no sensitive or private data were compromised with the loss of this equipment.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: I understand the Deputy is referring to cancer services nationally and the Human Pamilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine. In September 2007, the Government endorsed the establishment by the Health Service Executive (HSE) of a National Cancer Control Programme to manage, organise and deliver cancer services. The implementation of the Programme involves significant realignment of services to move from...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. It is a matter for the Executive to manage and deploy its human resources to best meet the requirements of its Annual Service Plan for the delivery of health and personal social services to the public. The...
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: Responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services including estate management was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to...
- Written Answers — Health Service Publications: Health Service Publications (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: The publication in question is produced by the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, my Department has requested the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy with the information requested.
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: Responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services including estate management was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive National Service Plan for 2008 includes provision for the implementation of a plan for screening newborns for cystic fibrosis and commencement of screening by the end of 2008. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to respond more fully to the Deputy on the matter.
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 317 and 318 together. Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for arrangements to ensure appropriate service delivery for General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme (medical card and GP...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: I am aware of the proposal by a private consortium to establish an air ambulance service initially in the Munster area. However it is a matter for the Health Service Executive to consider the proposal in the context of its responsibility for the provision of public ambulance services. I understand that the group which has put forward the proposal is in communication with the HSE in the matter.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: I presume the Deputy is referring to the recent incidents of delayed diagnosis in patients with cancer. Unfortunately, even with the best multidisciplinary team involved in the diagnosis of cancer, expert international evidence notes that there may be a failure or delay in diagnosing cancer in up to one per cent of cases. However, by concentrating expertise in the eight designated cancer...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 325, 326 and 335 together. The main source of employment data in the health services is the Health Service Executive's Health Service Personnel Census which is derived from payroll history in each agency. The census collects data on actual staffing level for each staff grade in each health agency at a given point in time. Up to and including 2002 the census...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: Under the Health Act 2004, the management and delivery of health and personal social services is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. This includes operational responsibility for the upgrading of health centres. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the funding, management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. It is a matter for the Executive to manage and deploy its human resources to best meet the requirements of its Annual Service Plan for the delivery of health and personal social services to the public. The...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issues raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (30 Sep 2008)
Mary Harney: Responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services including estate management was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange...