Results 9,981-10,000 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Mary Harney: Where was the Deputy last Thursday?
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy does not know the facts.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy does not know his facts. They have provided dialysis in Dublin for years.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Mary Harney: It is not true.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Mary Harney: Deputy Ring is wrong.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Mary Harney: On a point of order, I was waiting for Deputy Ring to finish, but I want to intervene on behalf of somebody who is not a Member of this House, namely Professor Keane. I want to correct the record, as I did before, and it is important that I should do it.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Mary Harney: Professor Keane is earning less than any consultantââ
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Mary Harney: No, he is not.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I want to say this, because it is very important.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Mary Harney: It is very important because the man is not in this House. He has come to this country for two yearsââ
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Mary Harney: ââand is earning exactly the same salary that he had in Canada. The organisation which seconded him, the British Colombia Cancer Agency, is getting that money, as I have told the Deputy before.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Mary Harney: Deputy Ring should not try to damage someone who is not here.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 May 2008)
Mary Harney: In recent times, the Health Service Executive has re-oriented its addiction services to address the needs arising from changing patterns of drug use in the population e.g. evidence shows that most cocaine users are poly drug misusers and need to be treated for poly drug misuse and not solely for cocaine use. The HSE is also involved in developing community based stand-alone stimulant...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (20 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 — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (20 May 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator K.P.M.G. and McCann Fitzgerald. The HSE has advised my Department that the repayment scheme was publicly advertised and tendered for in accordance with EU procurement regulations. The HSE has advised that the reason it was deemed...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 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 — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (20 May 2008)
Mary Harney: At a European level, the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS) was established in 1999 in response to the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance in Europe. EARSS comprises a network of over 800 microbiological laboratories serving some 1,200 hospitals in 30 countries that collects routinely generated antimicrobial susceptibility testing data on invasive infections...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (20 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 203, 204 and 218 together. The National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) have announced a preferred bidder for the provision of laboratory testing services for the National Cervical Screening Programme. This is an important milestone which will enable the NCSS to launch the first quality assured, population based National Cervical Screening Programme for women...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 May 2008)
Mary Harney: I take it that the Deputy is referring to the private practice of public hospital consultants employed in public acute hospitals under the consultants' common contract. The provision of private care in public acute hospitals is a long standing feature of the Irish health care system. Over 2,500 beds in public hospitals are designated as private and semi-private. A ratio of 80:20...