Results 11,161-11,180 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Mar 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, including the payment of travel allowances to eligible personnel, has been provided as part of its overall vote. The Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issues...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (5 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy's question relates to the operation of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, my Department has asked the Chief Executive of the Fund to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the information requested.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: The new funding package of â¬22m provided in the recent Budget is designed to enhance a range of important community initiatives, including â¬4.6 million additional expenditure by the HSE for 200,000 extra Home-Help hours this year. The Executive therefore expect to provide a total of around 11.98 million Home-Help hours nationally in 2008, to benefit in excess of 53,000 people. This is...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (5 Mar 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 — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (5 Mar 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (5 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Subject to overall parameters set by Government, the Health Service Executive has the responsibility for determining the composition of its staffing complement. In that regard, 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 Executive...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (5 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Subject to overall parameters set by Government, the Health Service Executive has the responsibility for determining the composition of its staffing complement. In that regard, 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 Executive...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (5 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Over 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 number 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 such...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Mar 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (5 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: The Primary Care Strategy aims to develop services in the community to give people direct access to integrated multidisciplinary teams of general practitioners, nurses, home helps, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and others. It has been estimated that up to 95% of people's health and social services needs can be properly met within a primary care setting and the establishment of...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Details of the numbers of medical card holders are provided to my Department each month by the Health Service Executive. The most recent figures provided to my Department reflect the position as at the 1 February 2008. The table that follows this reply shows the number of persons with medical cards and the proportion of the national population which this represents, on the dates requested...
- Written Answers — School Medical Examinations: School Medical Examinations (5 Mar 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 — Health Services: Health Services (5 Mar 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 Incidence: Cancer Incidence (5 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: The aim of the National Cancer Control Strategy is to reduce our cancer incidence, morbidity and mortality rates relative to other EU member states. The strategy embraces the concept of cancer control which is emerging internationally and supported by the World Health Organisation. It makes recommendations in terms of organisation, governance and quality assurance across the continuum of...
- Written Answers — Respiratory Diseases: Respiratory Diseases (5 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: Comparable figures on the prevalence of respiratory conditions across the European Union are not available. The reason for this is that these conditions cover a very wide range of diagnoses from minor to acute or chronic disease which are not generally notifiable or covered by specific disease registries. Data are available for hospitalisation for respiratory diseases and for mortality...
- Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (5 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 239 to 241, inclusive, together. I assure the Deputy that tackling all Health Care Associated Infections (HCAIs), including MRSA, continues to be a priority for the Government and for the Health Service Executive. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre of the HSE collects data on MRSA which are published on a quarterly basis. In 2007, 43 Irish...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Services: Pharmacy Services (5 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 242 and 243 together. My Department and the Health Service Executive (HSE) have been reviewing the pharmaceutical supply chain, with a view to seeking value for money in the State's drugs bill, in order to better fund existing and innovative therapies without compromising patient safety or continuity of supply. The HSE has operational responsibility for the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (5 Mar 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.
- Departmental Reports. (5 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: I published two reports this morning on the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. The Health Service Executive is publishing reports on the clinical reviews this afternoon. The investigation by the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, into the care provided by the HSE for the named individual commenced in June 2007. I am advised that the draft report is going through the...
- Departmental Reports. (5 Mar 2008)
Mary Harney: I will deal with the Deputy's last question first. Ms Ann Doherty, the acting head of the National Hospitals Office, highlights at the start of her report the fragmented nature of the service which is spread across three hospitals. The report should not be confused with that of Dr. Ann O'Doherty who did the clinical review which is also being published today. The Doherty report mentions...