Results 10,061-10,080 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (15 May 2008)

Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive has the operational and funding responsibility for medical card assessments and appeals, it is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue 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 — Health Services: Health Services (15 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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (15 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. 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 — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (15 May 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 — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (15 May 2008)

Mary Harney: The Medical Laboratory Scientists Association (MLSA) has requested a meeting with me to discuss their concerns about the future of public cytology laboratories, following the recent decision by the National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) to opt for a preferred bidder from the United States. I understand that the Association is in discussion with both the Health Service Executive (HSE) and...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (15 May 2008)

Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated within my Department and will be forwarded as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (15 May 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 — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (15 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 — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (15 May 2008)

Mary Harney: As part of the Multi-Annual Investment Programme 2006-2009 under the Disability Strategy, the Government provided the Health Service Executive with an additional €75m in both 2006 and 2007. This funding included monies to provide new and enhanced services for people with disabilities, to implement Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005, which came into effect on June 1st 2007 for the under 5's...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (15 May 2008)

Mary Harney: Persons and their dependants who would otherwise experience undue hardship in meeting the cost of General Practitioner (GP) services qualify for a medical card, which entitles them to a range of health services free of charge. In 2005, the GP visit card was introduced as a graduated benefit so that people on moderate and lower incomes, particularly parents of young children, who did not...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (15 May 2008)

Mary Harney: Persons and their dependants who would otherwise experience undue hardship in meeting the cost of General Practitioner (GP) services qualify for a medical card, which entitles them to a range of health services free of charge. In 2005, the GP visit card was introduced as a graduated benefit so that people on moderate and lower incomes, particularly parents of young children, who did not...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 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. The Deputy will appreciate that the scheduling of appointments is a matter for the Consultant concerned and is determined on the basis of medical priority. In the...

Re-examination of X-rays and CAT scans. (15 May 2008)

Mary Harney: Yesterday evening, the HSE issued letters to almost 4,600 patients in the north east advising them that chest X-rays and CAT scans from 2006 and 2007 were to be reviewed. Individual patients will be notified of their result as soon as their X-ray-CAT scan has been reviewed, namely, they will be informed whether they are clear or are to be referred for further assessment. The HSE has...

Re-examination of X-rays and CAT scans. (15 May 2008)

Mary Harney: A number of issues are raised. I reject the inference that this has to do with resources. Reviews of radiology and other reviews are commonplace in hospitals throughout the world. For many years in Ireland we did not review anything. We did not bring things to light, as Deputy O'Dowd knows from what happened in a maternity hospital. For 25 years the rate of caesarean hysterectomies was...

Re-examination of X-rays and CAT scans. (15 May 2008)

Mary Harney: It is important to state that there is a level of error in reading X-rays. If memory serves me right, this is in the region of 4% to 5% worldwide. The system is not perfect. The focus on health reform is to minimise the capacity for making errors by having a number of clinicians working together, having the most modern imagery and so on. What happened in this case was that four patients...

Re-examination of X-rays and CAT scans. (15 May 2008)

Mary Harney: As I understand it, a cardiologist noticed when he looked back at the diagnosis of one patient that the lung cancer diagnosis had not been made and he got in touch with HIQA about these issues. The HSE was informed in late 2007 and I became aware of this in March when I received a telephone call while I was overseas for St. Patrick's Day. The discussions between key medical experts centred...

Re-examination of X-rays and CAT scans. (15 May 2008)

Mary Harney: I totally reject the political charges the Deputy has made.

Re-examination of X-rays and CAT scans. (15 May 2008)

Mary Harney: The fact a hospital goes over budget does not mean it is under-funded.

Re-examination of X-rays and CAT scans. (15 May 2008)

Mary Harney: We cannot provide in five different institutions for the population of the north east the expertise required and that is what the reform agenda is about. First, facilities in Cavan and Louth will be strengthened.

Re-examination of X-rays and CAT scans. (15 May 2008)

Mary Harney: Half of all surgical patients and one third of medical patients in the Deputy's region attend Dublin hospitals. That is what they decide.