Results 11,661-11,680 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 and 256 together. The National Cancer Registry has advised my Department that the number of deaths from cervical cancer has been increasing on average by about 1% per year. However, when adjusted for population growth, there has been no overall increase, and when also adjusted for age there has been a 1% average decrease in mortality rates. The roll-out...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is as set out in the following table. Name of Statutory body Establishment Date An Bord Uchtála (the Adoption Board) 01/01/1953 An Board Altranais â The Nursing Board Established 07/06/1952. Reconstituted under Section 6 of Nurses Act 1985 on 01/09/1986 Children Acts Advisory Board (formerly Special Residential Services Board) 23/07/2007 â...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The figures requested are contained in the table below. In the period requested a number of bodies have ceased operations and a number of new bodies have been established. The Irish Health Services Accreditation Board has been integrated within the Health Information and Quality Authority. The former Special Residential Services Board is now known as the Children's Acts Advisory Board....
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 and 311 together. There is no statutory obligation on the Health Service Executive (HSE) to provide chiropody services to GMS patients; however, in practice, arrangements have been made in several regions to provide these services. Before the establishment of the HSE the nature of any arrangements for community chiropody services and the level of service...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 249 and 282 together. 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...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has designated University College Hospital Galway and Limerick Regional Hospital as the two cancer centres in the Managed Cancer Control Network for the HSE Western Region, which includes Sligo. The designation of cancer centres aims to ensure that patients receive the highest quality care while at the same time allowing local access to services, where...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 251 to 253, inclusive, together. Two taskforces have been established by my Department since 2003: the Obesity Taskforce (cost â¬42,000) and the Taskforce on Sudden Cardiac Death (cost â¬23,899). The reports of these taskforces, which are published on the Department's website (www.dohc.ie), contain the information in relation to their respective membership,...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 254 and 255 together. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department is not one of the Departments scheduled for decentralisation under the Government's Decentralisation Programme. To date fifty-one civil servants have transferred to decentralising Departments from my Department. Further details in respect of the transfer of these officers is available from the...
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The HSE maintains a common list of reimbursable medicines for the General Medical Services and Drug Payment schemes. This list is reviewed and amended monthly, as new products become available and deletions are notified. For an item to be reimbursed, it must comply with published criteria, including authorisation status as appropriate, price and, in certain cases, the intended use of the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The functions of the Health Information and Quality Authority, which are set down in Section 8 of the Health Act 2007, include the evaluation of the clinical and cost effectiveness of health technologies including drugs and the provision of advice on these matters to the Minister and to the Health Service Executive. This function will reside within the Health Technology Assessment area of...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 259 and 268 together. Following publication of the Pollock Report in 2005, the Health Service Executive established a Working Group to undertake a detailed review of cystic fibrosis services. The Group, which was multi-disciplinary in its composition and included representation from my Department, was asked to review the current configuration and delivery of...
- Written Answers — Health Service Funding: Health Service Funding (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: Since the establishment of the Health Service Executive (HSE), it has been my intention to present the new Vote 40 in the most transparent and informative format. While this continues to be my objective, the existing accounting process within the HSE does not support this optimal format. The HSE has been working on the design of a unified accounting system and proposals in this regard will...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Feb 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 Services: Hospital Services (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: My Department is informed by the Health Service Executive that a number of Departments transferred to the new Midlands Regional Hospital during 2007 are operational and that discussions are ongoing in relation to the transfer of the remaining existing services.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 267 and 269 together. There are approximately 1,100 people with cystic fibrosis living in the Republic of Ireland. Approximately 45% are adults and 55% are children. The Minister identified the enhancement of services to persons with cystic fibrosis as a key priority. Development funding of â¬4.78m was provided in 2006 and a further â¬2m was provided to...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: An agreement is in place with the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, to undertake lung transplants on Irish patients. The agreement was put in place in 1999 and my Department is advised by the Health Service Executive (HSE) that the arrangement will continue in 2008 and until such time as the Irish system is fully self-sufficient. The arrangement supplements the National Lung Transplant Programme...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 271, 308 and 313 together. At a meeting between the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union (IPU) under Mr. Bill Shipsey SC on 5 December 2007, a process was proposed to the IPU to (i) address their immediate concerns regarding the alleged impact of the proposed revised wholesaler arrangements on GMS-dependent pharmacies and (ii) to...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (5 Feb 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 — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (5 Feb 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.