Results 11,961-11,980 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (19 Dec 2007)
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 Services: Health Services (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) provides for a range of dental services for adult medical card holders from participating dentists holding contracts with the Health Service Executive (HSE). The DTSS Review Group was established in May, 2006, to undertake a comprehensive review of Primary Care Oral Health Services provided under the DTSS. Represented on the Review Group are the...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: Where a person is assessed by the HSE as qualifying for a medical card, he/she is categorised as having full eligibility for health services. This eligibility status is applicable in respect of services in all HSE regions and administrative arrangements are in place to enable a person, for example, to access general practitioner or pharmacy services as necessary in any part of the country....
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: Out of hours co-operatives allow general practitioners to put in place arrangements to provide services to their patients, while their surgeries are closed in the evenings, on weekends and bank holidays. The development of GP co-operatives is in line with the overall health service policy of strengthening primary care services and ensuring that to the greatest extent possible, people's care...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Repayment Scheme was launched in August 2006 and the HSE has informed my Department that as of 7th December 2007 over 33,000 claim forms have been received. 5,346 payments totalling over â¬105.8m have issued and 8,320 offers totalling over â¬160m have been made. The HSE has indicated that based on the number of valid applications received to date, the estimated total of the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The current pause on the recruitment of additional staff is a temporary measure initiated as part of the HSE financial break-even plan. Of course, in any instance where a critical or essential vacancy arises it may be filled through redeployment of existing staff by the Line Manager or re-assignment of responsibilities based on assessment of priority need. Notwithstanding this, it has been...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The review of mammograms at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise is complete. A report on the review will be published by the Health Service Executive (HSE) after any individual identified in it has been offered the opportunity to comment, as is the normal legal requirement. The suspension of mammography services at Portlaoise continues pending the publication of the report. The HSE...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: Details of the numbers of medical card holders are provided to my Department each month by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The figures are provided on a net basis showing the balance after new cards have been issued and other cards, as appropriate, have been deleted from the Executive's database, e.g. following a review of holders' circumstances. The most recent figure provided to my...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: Since July 2001, all persons aged 70 and over have a statutory entitlement to a medical card. In all other cases an assessment is undertaken having regard to the applicant's means. Information provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to my Department indicates that as of 1st December 2007, 131,668 persons aged 70 or over have received a medical card under the provisions of Section 45...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Dec 2007)
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 question raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Dec 2007)
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 — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: Having regard to the broad nature of the Deputy's question, I have arranged for inquiries to be made across my Department to determine what advice was sought or received in the period referred to. I will forward this information to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy will be aware my Department is not one of the Departments scheduled for decentralisation under the Government's Decentralisation Programme. However the Deputy may wish to note that to date fifty civil servants have transferred to decentralising Departments from my Department. Further details in respect of the transfer of these officers is available from the decentralising...
- Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: The Senator might find 25 people in the Oireachtas who do not get on with him.
- Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: Senator Twomey is a popular doctor â he does not need to worry.
- Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: I begin by thanking the Seanad for considering this Bill today. Before going into the detail of the Bill, I will explain its urgency and I hope Senators will agree that the Bill is important and deserves positive consideration from this House. The Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007 is urgent because of the need to address, without any delay, matters concerning bodies established...
- Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (19 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: It should be. I apologise to the Senator. The related public expenditure involved in the operation of these bodies is very substantial at approximately â¬900 million. The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board is also one of these bodies and, when examining the adequacy of powers of the Health Service Executive to fund the new board, the Attorney General indicated that a more...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: I take it that the Deputy is referring to the review of acute hospital services in the HSE South which is being chaired by Prof. Gerry Wrixon. This will identify the appropriate model for acute service provision in Cork and Kerry and will recommend how best to reconfigure acute hospital services in the area to deliver on this model. I am advised by the HSE that the final draft is currently...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: I officially opened the BreastCheck static unit for the Western Region at University College Hospital Galway yesterday. 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. The expansion of the BreastCheck programme to the Western region covers counties Mayo, Clare, Donegal, Galway,...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Dec 2007)
Mary Harney: My Department has not paid in advance for any works or services that will not be completed before the end of 2007. The position in relation to agencies is a matter for the agencies themselves.