Results 15,321-15,340 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (23 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: It is wrong.

Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (23 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: I suspect it has something to do with a matter other than the Medical Council.

Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (23 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." It has been argued that trust, rather than deference, authority, control or contracts, is the fundamental glue that binds people together in our modern, educated and liberal society. In many aspects of the new and better Ireland we are creating and experiencing the old glue of deference to institutions and submission to authority is being...

Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (22 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: Further to correspondence received and recent contact my Office had with Parents for Justice, it is my intention to arrange a meeting at the earliest available opportunity. My Private Office will be in further contact with the organisation directly to make the necessary arrangements in this regard.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has responsibility for the provision of capital funding to local services including the matter referred to in the Deputy's question. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: The development of radiation oncology at Waterford Regional Hospital (WRH) is an integral part of the Government's National Plan for Radiation Oncology. This will be part of a major oncology development at WRH, including the provision of a 20 bed oncology day ward. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that it is not intended to provide this development under its co-location...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (22 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has the responsibility for determining the composition of its staffing complement. In that regard, it is a matter for the Executive to manage and deploy its human resources, including training and education resources, to best meet the requirements of its Annual Service Plan for the delivery of health and personal social services to the public. The HSE has...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Feb 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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Feb 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 lower incomes, particularly parents of young children, who do not qualify for a medical card would not be deterred on cost grounds from...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (22 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive has responsibility for the provision of minor capital funding to local services including the matter referred to in the Deputy's question. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Medical Qualifications: Medical Qualifications (22 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: Under the Medical Practitioners Act 1978, the Medical Council is the statutory body charged with responsibility for the registration and regulation of medical practitioners. My Department has no role in relation to the matter and I have no role in reviewing the decision of the Medical Council. I have therefore requested the Medical Council to respond directly to the Deputy on the matter.

Written Answers — General Register Office: General Register Office (22 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: An tArd-Chláraitheoir (Registrar General) is the person with statutory responsibility for the administration of the Civil Registration Service. I have made enquiries with an tArd Chláraitheoir and the position is as set out below. The provisions governing the registration of births are set out in Part 3 of the Civil Registration Act, 2004. These provisions were commenced with effect from...

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: The Deputy stated that he would only need five minutes.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: The Deputy does not want to live without it.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: I am agreeing.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: Does the Deputy want a lay majority? What is her position on the matter?

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: I have listened.

Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: The issues of nurses' pay and working hours have been fully processed through the State's industrial relations structures and procedures — the Labour Relations Commission and the Labour Court. While health service management have accepted the Labour Court Recommendation, the Irish Nurses Organisation and Psychiatric Nurses Association state that they have neither accepted nor rejected this...

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (21 Feb 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 — Health Services: Health Services (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Harney: The assessment of eligibility to medical cards is statutorily a matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE) and is determined following an examination of the means of the applicant and his/her dependants. Under Section 45 of the Health 1970 medical cards are provided for persons who, in the opinion of the HSE, are unable without undue hardship to arrange general practitioner medical and...