Results 9,421-9,440 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Health Service Reform. (3 Jul 2008)
Mary Harney: The organisation has to be put into effect before deciding the management structure that is required, the individuals or whatever. The idea is to have fewer layers of bureaucracy. The Deputy asked me about regional structures. We have regional structures currently. We have eight network managers for hospitals and four such persons for community continuing care. In the first instance they...
- Health Service Reform. (3 Jul 2008)
Mary Harney: It is not. This State does not have a good history of redundancy programmes. Sometimes the best people go and then they come back as consultants. We want to ensure before a redundancy programme is devised that we put this organisational structure in place. On communications, even Deputy Reilly's own organisation, Fine Gael, has a director of communications, who is an excellent person....
- Health Service Reform. (3 Jul 2008)
Mary Harney: If I could start with Deputy Barrett, I would be horrified to think that it was an official letter. I would like to see the letter, if he would share it with me.
- Health Service Reform. (3 Jul 2008)
Mary Harney: Of course it is not the policy. The policy is to allocate long-stay beds to those who need them most. In fact, the policy is very much to keep people out of long-term care and to encourage people to stay at home with home-care packages and clinical support. From a zero base five years ago, we now have 11,000 such persons being supported at home. That is what older people want. If the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Jul 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. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (2 Jul 2008)
Mary Harney: Assessments are carried out under Section 8 of the Adoption Act, 1991. The requirement of the assessment is to assess both eligibility and suitability of applicants for adoption. Guidance on the intercountry adoption assessment procedure was developed in 1999 in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders and practitioners. This guidance establishes five standards which all persons must...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (2 Jul 2008)
Mary Harney: The number of contract beds nationally in May 2008 was 3,106. These beds are funded from within the HSE's overall allocation in respect of long-term residential care for older people. The Minister currently has no plans to make additional contract beds available. However, the Minister is introducing a new Nursing Home Support Scheme, A Fair Deal, which will replace the existing subvention...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Jul 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 — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (2 Jul 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Repayment Scheme and the information sought by the Deputy relates to matters within the area of responsibility of the Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (2 Jul 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. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Jul 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Jul 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Jul 2008)
Mary Harney: Details of the numbers of medical card holders and GP visit card holders are provided to my Department each month by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The following table shows the number of persons with medical cards in respect of the years 2006-2008 Year No. of medical card holders 31st December 2006 1,221,695 31st December 2007 1,276,178 2008 (as at 31st May 2008) 1,306,470 In...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (2 Jul 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Repayment Scheme and the information sought by the Deputy relates to matters within the area of responsibility of the Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (2 Jul 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Repayment Scheme and the information sought by the Deputy relates to matters within the area of responsibility of the Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (2 Jul 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Repayment Scheme and the information sought by the Deputy relates to matters within the area of responsibility of the Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Jul 2008)
Mary Harney: The management of out-patient waiting lists is a matter for the Health Service Executive and the individual hospitals concerned. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Jul 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 establishment of Primary Care Teams. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matters raised by the Deputy investigated and to have a...
- Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (2 Jul 2008)
Mary Harney: Statistics in relation to cancer incidence are collated by the National Cancer Registry. My Department has asked the Director of the Registry to examine this matter and to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)
Mary Harney: I did. I stated that one cannot extrapolate from a group of 70 people or set aside thousands of pieces of international research.