Results 13,061-13,080 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (17 Oct 2007)
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 HSE has informed my Department that since the commencement of the scheme over 30,000 claims have been received and to date over 3,500 payments totalling over â¬71.5m have issued while over 6,250 offers of...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The current recruitment pause is a temporary measure initiated as part of the HSE financial break-even plan. It will be reviewed at the end of October 2007. Notwithstanding this, it has been recognised that there are some critical or exceptional circumstances where appointment of staff may be necessary in frontline services. Accordingly, a process has been put in place to evaluate, monitor...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The transfer of services from St. Luke's Hospital to new facilities at St. James's Hospital is not due to take place for a number of years. In the meantime, two additional linear accelerators will be commissioned at St. Luke's in early 2008 and two replacement linear accelerators will be commissioned later in 2008. These will provide much needed interim capacity pending the roll out of the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 141 together. I have frequent meetings with the Chairman and Chief Executive of the HSE where financial management and service development are discussed. My Department also has ongoing contact with the HSE on a wide range of subjects. There are close to 130,000 people employed in the delivery of our public health and personal social services the vast...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The latest reports available to me from the HSE, for the period to end August 2007 show that overall the National Hospital Office is some â¬162m in excess of its period budget. The table gives details of the spend of each hospital against its agreed budget. Those hospitals with the highest overspend include Kilcreene Orthopaedic Hospital, Our Lady's Hospital Navan and Portlaoise General...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: Expenditure on the General Medical Services Scheme is funded from the Health Service Executive's (HSE) revenue budget. The final out-turn on Vote expenditure for the Health Service Executive, in 2006, shows a capital saving of â¬114m of which â¬42m was used to offset a revenue overspend across the HSE's activities as a whole and a further â¬47m was used to offset a shortfall in...
- Written Answers — Control of Infectious Diseases: Control of Infectious Diseases (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 145, 182, 237 and 238 together. Tackling Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAIs), including MRSA is a priority for the government and for the Health Service Executive (HSE). I share the public concern in relation to MRSA. The HSE has established a National Infection Control Action Plan. The Infection Control Steering Group is Chaired by Dr. Pat Doorley,...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: Prior to the establishment of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) this year, accreditation was carried out by the Irish Health Services Accreditation Board. This has now been taken over by HIQA. The bulk of work on accreditation has been carried out in the acute hospital sector, for which an Acute Care Assessment Scheme was developed. This scheme provides a quality and...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: As part of its management of A & E services the HSE has been working to identify areas of best practice within networks, and to replicate these elsewhere in order to improve the delivery of A & E services and acute hospital services generally for the benefit of patients. One of the best examples of this involves the development of Acute Medical Assessment Units in acute hospitals where...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (17 Oct 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 Service Staff: Health Service Staff (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The health service employs almost 130,000 personnel and this equates to 111,570 wholetime equivalents (WTEs) as at 30 June 2007, excluding home helps. This employment level includes the Health Service Executive, Voluntary Hospitals and Voluntary providers of Service for People with a Disability. Over the period since the establishment of the Health Service Executive, recorded health service...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 245 together. I have no plans to review the decision to locate the new National Paediatric Hospital on a site to be made available at the Mater Hospital, Dublin. As the House is aware, a joint Health Service Executive/Department of Health and Children Task Group was established in February 2006 to advise on the optimum location for the development of...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The Board of the Health Service Executive approved the preferred bidder status for the following six co-located hospital sites at its July meeting:â Waterford Regional Hospital Cork University Hospital Limerick Regional Hospital Sligo General Hospital Beaumont Hospital St. James's Hospital It is expected that the signing of the project agreements for these sites will be completed during...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: Cost comparisons between the public and private hospital sectors are difficult to make. For example, private hospital costs and prices include capital costs in the form of depreciation whereas in the public hospitals these are funded separately and are excluded from Casemix averages. Also, public hospitals carry an additional cost in that they cater for training and education of medical and...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Oct 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Oct 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Assisted Human Reproduction: Assisted Human Reproduction (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: In March 2000 the then Minister for Health and Children established the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction (CAHR). Its terms of reference were: 'To prepare a report on the possible approaches to the regulation of all aspects of assisted human reproduction and the social, ethical and legal factors to be taken into account in determining public policy in this area.' The CAHR was...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The recent decisions of the Health Service Executive (HSE) to designate four managed cancer control networks and eight cancer centres will be implemented on a managed and phased basis. A detailed transitional plan will be put in place to facilitate the progressive, gradual and carefully managed transfer of services over the next two years or so. The HSE plans to have completed 50% of the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158 and 161 together. 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...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Oct 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...