Results 11,021-11,040 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: There were 42 cases a year in Portlaoise in 2006.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: In 2005, it was 51 cases. In 2002 it was somewhere in the 60s. As screening began, it declined because the screening programme is attached to clinical care, unlike other countries, so that where breast cancer is picked up the woman is treated at the centre. In this case it would have been St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin. I reiterate that we cannot undo the past but must learn from it. We...
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: No, I did not state that. I stated that the Midland Health Board made an application at the same time.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: In June, the Midland Health Board applied for three posts, which were funded. That is what occurred.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: I am telling the House that there is no record of it. When the Deputy raised this matter previously, I told him to show me the record if there was one. I am telling the Deputy the truth. I invite him to examine the electronic recording of correspondence. I would be very happyââ
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: That is a fact. I did not go through the files, but I want to tell the truth as I understand and know it to be fair to the officials who deal with these matters.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy knows the HSE advertised the position, but could not get the person.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy should put all of the facts on the record.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: The HSE advertised.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: I ask the Deputy to quote correctly from the long article by Rebecca O'Malley published over the weekend.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: She wrote an extensive article which I suggest the Deputy reads.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: It would be fairer to her.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: The Deputy is incorrect.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: They are not the facts.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Does the Deputy know how many times the HSE advertised for an expert?
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: That is what we are doing.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: We did not even have standards until last year.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: The parties opposite did not support them either.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: You were too busy going to court.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Mar 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.