Results 13,161-13,180 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Health Services. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I know it is in Dundalk.
- Health Services. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I would wish no patient was inconvenienced and that operations never had to be cancelled.
- Health Services. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: Equally I must draw attention to the fact that the Navan hospital budget is increased by 21% this year.
- Health Services. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The budget for Nenagh was increased by 17% this year. If Limerick Regional Hospital and Waterford Regional Hospital and Holles Street Hospital where there is a huge increase in activity can live within their budget, we expect other hospitals to do so as well.
- Health Services. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I have the figures. I will give them to the Deputy.
- Health Services. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: Navan hospital got â¬36.5 million. That was an increase of 21%.
- Health Services. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I do not seem to have it.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: The National Cancer Screening Service is planning to roll out the national cervical screening programme on a national basis in January 2008. I have allocated additional revenue funding of â¬5 million to the service this year for this purpose and an additional 30 posts have been approved. It is expected that approximately 240,000 women will be screened annually. Women aged 25 to 44 years...
- Cancer Screening Programme. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: BreastCheck has already been rolled out in the west. It was rolled out before the summer in Roscommon and it is being rolled out in the south within the next three weeks, either at the end of this month or the first week in November. Cervical screening will not be done region by region; there will be a national roll-out. The national cancer screening programme, which is not part of the HSE...
- Cancer Screening Programme. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: There are issues regarding accreditation of laboratories.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I am not certain whether we have one or two laboratories but it is a very small number. I will confirm that. There may be a second one. We have very few accredited laboratories. Now that we are moving rapidly into the whole issue of standards and quality assurance it is clearly important, if we are to have national roll-outs, that the test results are accurate in so far as they can be....
- Cancer Screening Programme. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: In response to Deputy Clune, such a vaccine would have to be done in conjunction with other matters â it is not an either or scenario.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: I await clinical advice in this regard and issues arise regarding how much should be paid to those who will administer the vaccine. In Ireland, as Deputy Reilly will be aware, we pay considerably more than is the case in other jurisdictions. While many issues arise in this regard, any innovation in the market must be used for the benefit of patients. This has always been a feature of the...
- Cancer Screening Programme. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: As for smears, a total of 35,000 smears were outsourced for reasons of speed. It was taking far too long to obtain the results and there is no point in having smears without obtaining the results quickly because that defeats the purpose. The outsourcing was to an accredited laboratory. Clearly, the Health Service Executive is doing some work on the required number of hot and cold...
- Cancer Screening Programme. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: Yes, ideally we must have our own laboratory facilities in Ireland.
- Acquired Brain Injury. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: To what is Deputy Reilly referring?
- Acquired Brain Injury. (17 Oct 2007)
Mary Harney: Could Deputy Reilly give me the details?
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (16 Oct 2007)
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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (16 Oct 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 — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (16 Oct 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...