Results 11,681-11,700 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- 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 — Health Services: Health Services (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 — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Feb 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 health care professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of such...
- Written Answers — Health Service Funding: Health Service Funding (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The Post Budget gross provision ( both current and capital expenditure) for the Health Services Executive for 2008 is â¬14,931 million. When the provision for the Health (Repayments Scheme) Act is excluded the increase in 2008 is over â¬1.1 billion or almost 9%. The HSE has received very substantial additional resources from the Exchequer in the three years since its establishment. The...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 287, 289 and 290 together. The Government decided in July 2005 that the best option for improving geographic access for patients in the North West to radiation oncology services is to (i) facilitate access to Belfast City Hospital (BCH) and (ii) progress consideration of a joint venture for the provision of oncology services in the medium term to patients in...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 291 and 304 together. BreastCheck commenced the screening process in the Western Region last May, with the provision of a mobile unit on the grounds of Roscommon County Hospital. I officially opened the BreastCheck static unit for the Western Region at University College Hospital Galway last December. The expansion of the BreastCheck programme to the West...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: Medical cards are made available to persons and their dependants who would otherwise experience undue hardship in meeting the cost of General Practitioner (GP) services. 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 do not qualify for a medical card would not be deterred on cost grounds...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: My Department has made inquiries with the Health Service Executive in relation to this matter and is informed that a reply has issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: Work on a Public Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, which will include a prohibition on the under-age use of sunbeds, is proceeding and it is expected that proposals will be submitted for Government decision shortly.
- Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: I would like to assure the Deputy that tackling all Health Care Associated Infections (HCAIs), including MRSA and C Difficile, continues to be a priority for the government and for the Health Service Executive (HSE). MRSA is not a notifiable disease. However, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre of the HSE collects data on MRSA. In 2007, 43 Irish laboratories serving 64 acute...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Feb 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Feb 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 — 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 — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: There are approximately 1,100 people with cystic fibrosis living in the Republic of Ireland. Approximately 45% are adults and 55% are children. I have 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 the Health Service Executive (HSE) to facilitate the...
- Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available within my Department in the format requested. In relation to EU funding which may have been received by the HSE or the former health boards over the period in question, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Health Service Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has responsibility for administering the health repayment scheme in conjunction with the appointed scheme administrator KPMG/McCann Fitzgerald. The Scheme provides a mechanism to repay recoverable health charges for publicly funded long stay residential care. Repayments include both the actual charge paid and an amount to take account of inflation (using...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: Over 36,000 applications for living and deceased patients have been received under the Health Repayment Scheme. Over 16,500 of the claims received by the Scheme Administrator have been concluded, which includes over 9,650 offers of repayment totalling more than â¬182 million. Further offers continue to be issued every week. Of the 9,650 offers made, almost 7,200 payments in the sum of...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The management of out-patient waiting lists is a matter for the Health Service Executive and the individual hospitals concerned. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Feb 2008)
Mary Harney: The management of out-patient waiting lists is a matter for the Health Service Executive and the individual hospitals concerned. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to...