Results 12,861-12,880 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (6 Nov 2007)
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.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Government's sustained high level of investment in healthcare has enabled the completion and commissioning of numerous new facilities in both the acute and the non-acute sectors. This year, overall capital funding of â¬546 million has been provided to the Health Service Executive. Responsibility for the planning and management of capital projects in the health sector, including the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (6 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 provides a clear legal framework to repay recoverable health charges for publicly funded long term residential care. All those fully eligible persons who were wrongly charged and are alive will have their charges repaid in full. The estates of all those fully eligible persons who were wrongly charged for publicly funded long term residential care and...
- Written Answers — Hospital Facilities: Hospital Facilities (6 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: On 29 March 2004 most enclosed places of work â including hospitals (other than psychiatric hospitals) â became smoke-free. The primary purpose of the measure is to protect the health of employees and the public (including patients, in the case of hospitals) from exposure to toxic environmental tobacco smoke. There are no plans to permit smoking in hospitals.
- Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (6 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 205 and 206 together. In the period between the 1st March, 2007 and 1st October, 2007 my office received approximately 6,500 items of correspondence. This figure covers all correspondence of various kinds received by my office. Each item of correspondence is tracked by surname and is not otherwise broken down by classification of the sender. Approximately...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (6 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The 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 the specific matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The 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 the specific matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Nov 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Nov 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 issues raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has received the following levels of funding since its establishment as a statutory body in 2002: 2002: â¬5m. 2003: â¬30m. Increase of 600% on 2002 2004: â¬44m. Increase of 47% on 2003 2005: â¬64m. Increase of 44.5% on 2004 2006: â¬78m. Increase of 22% on 2005 2007: â¬88.5m. Increase of 13.5% on 2006 Increasing public awareness of the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has the responsibility for the appointment of General Practitioners (GPs) to provide services under the GMS Scheme. GPs, as self-employed professionals, are generally responsible for the provision of their own practice accommodation. In some circumstances, as local factors may determine, it may be considered appropriate for contracted GPs to provide some...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (1 Nov 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. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (1 Nov 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: I understand that the newly-opened care home in Balrothery is a private facility and that the Beaumont Convalescent Home (now known as "Rockfield") is run by a voluntary body. Therefore, I must advise the Deputy that the issue of when these homes were scheduled to open is a matter for the individual home. Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to 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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Community Pharmacy Services: Community Pharmacy Services (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: Community pharmacists are reimbursed for dispensing under the GMS and community drugs schemes under the terms of the Community Pharmacy Contractor Agreement with the Health Service Executive (HSE). The following reimbursement rates apply for dispensing under these schemes: GMS Medical Card â dispensing fee ranging from â¬3.27-â¬18.83 per item. Drug Payment, Long Term Illness, Hepatitis C...
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (1 Nov 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Nov 2007)
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.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: The scheme of performance-related awards in the civil service applies to Deputy and Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades. It does not apply to Secretaries General. Details of awards to individual officers under the performance related scheme are not disclosed on the basis that they are confidential to the officer concerned. As shown in the Committee for Performance Awards Report for...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Nov 2007)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy may be aware, an additional sum of â¬75m for revenue purposes was provided by the Health Service Executive for Disability Services in the 2007 Budget. This sum incorporates the 2007 element of the Government's multi-annual investment programme for the National Disability Strategy. This Strategy is committed to enhancing the level and range of multi-disciplinary support...