Results 9,781-9,800 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Health Service Staff. (5 Jun 2008)
Mary Harney: That is the same. There has not been any increase. There are actually 710.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (4 Jun 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Question Nos. 192 and 234 together. 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...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Jun 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 — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (4 Jun 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 Services: Hospital Services (4 Jun 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 — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (4 Jun 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 (4 Jun 2008)
Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive has the operational and funding responsibility for the medical card benefit, it is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has therefore requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to address this matter and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (4 Jun 2008)
Mary Harney: The Government's sustained high level of investment in healthcare has enabled the completion and commissioning of numerous new facilities in both the acute and the non-acute sectors. This year, overall capital funding of approximately â¬594m has been provided to the Health Service Executive. The HSE has confirmed that the project in question will deliver an additional 64 beds and is being...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Jun 2008)
Mary Harney: The specific question raised by the Deputy relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the HSE under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this regard.
- Written Answers — Medical Redress Scheme: Medical Redress Scheme (4 Jun 2008)
Mary Harney: An Inquiry into the practice of peripartum hysterectomy at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, was established by the Government following the decision of the Medical Council to remove the name of Dr. Michael Neary from the Register of Medical Practitioners after finding him guilty of professional misconduct. The Inquiry was chaired by Judge Maureen Harding Clark. Following the...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (4 Jun 2008)
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 Property: Health Service Property (4 Jun 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 investigate 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 (4 Jun 2008)
Mary Harney: I would like to bring to the Deputy's attention the fact that there is no statutory obligation on the Health Service Executive to provide chiropody services to medical card holders. 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...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Jun 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Jun 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 — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (4 Jun 2008)
Mary Harney: The Pharmacy Act 2007 allows for the removal of the derogation under Article 2.2 of Council Directive 85/433/EEC which prevents pharmacists educated in other EU or EEA countries owning, managing or supervising a pharmacy in Ireland that is less than three years old. The Pharmacy Act is being commenced in three stages. The first stage of the process involved the establishment of a Council of...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Jun 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Jun 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 220 and 224 together. The specific questions raised by the Deputies relate to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the HSE under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to respond directly to the Deputies in this regard.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Jun 2008)
Mary Harney: Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin provides acute secondary and tertiary hospital services for children. The hospital receives a significant proportion of its funding from the Exchequer via the Health Service Executive. In 2008, the hospital has an allocation of â¬137m, up from â¬128m in 2007. The hospital's budget has increased by over â¬38m since 2004, a 39% increase. Each...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Graduates: Pharmacy Graduates (4 Jun 2008)
Mary Harney: The Bacon Report, "Assessing Supply in Relation to Prospective Demand for Pharmacists in Ireland", and the subsequent Report of the Higher Education Authority Forum on Pharmacy Education in 2000 both outlined the need for additional undergraduate pharmacy places in order to address the severe manpower shortage in the profession. There has been a significant increase in investment by the...