Results 9,881-9,900 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Order of Business (29 May 2008)
Mary Harney: What the Taoiseach said is consistent with the statement on page 16 of the NDP, which is that the plan and the programme for Government are predicated on prudent budgetary policy and they are in line with the EU Stability and Growth Pact. All plans, including the programme for Government and the NDP, must be predicated on that. There is no change in that.
- Order of Business (29 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The directive is a matter for secondary legislation and I will ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to communicate with the Deputy. A noise Bill will be introduced later this year, which may deal with the second issue raised by the Deputy.
- Order of Business (29 May 2008)
Mary Harney: No.
- Order of Business (29 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The mental health amendment Bill will be introduced next year.
- Order of Business (29 May 2008)
Mary Harney: There will be legislation to establish the new hospital. Significant work has been done. The board is incredibly active in progressing that project and capital funding has been prioritised for it. I recently met the board, which is recruiting a CEO for the project.
- Order of Business (29 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The legislation will be prepared. It will not be needed until we are about to commission the hospital but we will have legislation.
- Order of Business (29 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The board cannot apply for planning permission until it knows what it is applying for.
- Order of Business (29 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The board was established less than a year ago.
- Order of Business (29 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The development board was established less than a year ago. It is recruiting a chief executive officer for the project. The board members are involved in significant work. The board is comprised of incredibly dedicated people with enormous experience in handling major projects, together with a number of clinicians from the children's hospital and paediatricians generally. I am satisfied...
- Order of Business (29 May 2008)
Mary Harney: We enacted a Bill in the past year to regulate the pharmacy profession, which was the first to be introduced in 150 years. The second Bill to which the Deputy refers relates to technical issues and it has nothing whatsoever to do with contractual issues, which are currently the subject of a review by Sean Dorgan and his group, which is due to complete its work shortly. I am not certain who...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 May 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 matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The specific questions raised by the Deputy 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 Deputy in this regard.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 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 Staff: Hospital Staff (28 May 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 — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (28 May 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 — Health Services: Health Services (28 May 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 — Health Care Associated Infections: Health Care Associated Infections (28 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I consider the findings of the recent report of the review carried out by the HSE into an outbreak of C. difficile at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Ennis to be a serious matter and I would like to express my sympathy to any patient and/or family who was affected by the outbreak. I have been informed by the HSE that most of the recommendations in the report have already been implemented...