Results 13,721-13,740 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96, 127, 141 and 172 together. The Deputies' questions relate 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 respond directly to the Deputies in...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The Deputy may wish to know that while the main emphasis will continue to be on providing supports that help older people to remain in their own home for as long as possible, additional long-stay residential places will be required in the coming years to meet the needs of an ageing population. Last year, the HSE, in conjunction with Prospectus, undertook a Needs Assessment of bed capacity...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: Details of the numbers of medical card and GP visit card holders are provided to my Department each month by the Health Service Executive. 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 an applicant's circumstances. As of 1st June 2007,...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: In line with commitments made in the Health Strategy 2001, Quality and Fairness â 'A Health System For You', work is underway on a new legislative framework to provide for clear statutory provisions on eligibility and entitlement for health and personal social services. The aim is to produce a clear set of statutory provisions that ensure equity and transparency and to bring the system up...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100 and 139 together. 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 and a further â¬47m was used to offset a shortfall in Appropriations-in-Aid. This left a balance of â¬25m to be surrendered to the Exchequer. The Health Service...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 103, 143 and 210 together. Tackling Healthcare Associated Infections (HCIAs) including MRSA is a priority for the Government and for the Health Service Executive (HSE). The National MRSA Reference Laboratory is operated by St. James's Hospital. Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive is currently standardising risk management processes, frameworks and strategies for all services in the Executive, including clinical risk management guidelines for the acute hospital sector. As 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,...
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: My Department is advised by the Health Service Executive that the National Renal Strategy Review has been completed. It is the intention of the HSE to publish the resulting report shortly. Additional revenue funding of â¬4 million has been provided to the HSE in 2007 to implement the recommendations of the report.
- Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: There is a common list of reimbursable medicines for the General Medical Services and Drug Payment schemes. This list is reviewed and amended monthly, as new products become available and deletions are notified. For an item to be reimbursed, it must comply with published criteria, including authorisation status as appropriate, price and, in certain cases, the intended use of the product....
- Written Answers — Capital Projects: Capital Projects (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: This Government is committed to a sustained high level of investment in healthcare which will enable the completion and commissioning of numerous new facilities in both the acute and the Primary, Community and Continuing Care sectors. Responsibility for the planning and management of capital projects in the health sector which include the matters referred to in the Deputy's question are a...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service, 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...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: On the 8th March last I announced the appointment of Mr Philip Lynch as Chairman-designate of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board. I indicated publicly at that time that I would shortly be signing an Order establishing the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board on a legal basis. I recently signed the legal instrument giving rise to the legal establishment of the...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 112 and 184 together. There has been a growing demand for and investment in therapy services over the last number of years. A particular priority for my Department and the Department of Education and Science in recent years has been the expansion of the supply of physiotherapy graduates. Training places for physiotherapists have increased by 134% (from 64 to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The Government is committed to further developing palliative care throughout Ireland. My Department and the Health Service Executive (HSE) are working in partnership with the voluntary sector in planning for the development of palliative care services in line with the recommendations of the report of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care (2001). Funding is being provided for the...
- Written Answers — Residential Care Standards: Residential Care Standards (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: Earlier this year I published the Draft National Standards in Residential Care. Following publication, the draft was formally referred to the Health Information & Quality Authority for consultation and finalisation. The Authority established a wide-ranging Working Group to finalise these draft standards. The group has met regularly and while deliberations are at advanced stage a date has...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE) and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. The HSE has advised my Department that the first of the two vacancies in question occurred on 15th August 2006 when the post holder retired. A locum took up duty...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: I have not received a copy, to date, of the report referred to by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: Inter hospital transfers of patients are a feature of the hospital system. Every effort is made to accommodate such transfers where necessary from a clinical perspective and to do so as speedily as possible. 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...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 Jun 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 121, 144, 186 and 215 together. Since the beginning of 2005 the medical card assessment guidelines have been increased by a cumulative 29%. Other significant changes which I have introduced are that applications are now considered on the basis of income net of tax and PRSI and allowance is made for reasonable expenses incurred in respect of mortgage/rent,...