Results 15,361-15,380 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I asked my officials to contact the Quinn Group last week when I knew I would be bringing proposals to Cabinet yesterday. I met Mr. Quinn and his chief executive officer on Monday. I welcomed that the group had entered the market. I informed them that we had a loophole that we could not sustain. I was not in a position to tell them or anybody else what we would do. I did meet the Quinn...
- Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I hope it will not leave. Nobody more than I wants to see it and others in the market. There will be more entrants into the market because I and the Government are determined to create the conditions to encourage that, on the basis of community rating and fair competition.
- Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: We had a long debate on the matter and there is a strategy in place, in particular to recruit infection control nurses, surveillance scientists and antibiotic pharmacists. I have said many times that hygiene is a significant issue in our hospitals. It has a role to play in respect of infection. Hand hygiene is the most important form of hygiene in this regard, but hygiene in general is...
- Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I do not agree with euthanasia.
- Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: No, that is not the case.
- Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I was.
- Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I do not believe that. It is not even my own propaganda.
- Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: She was so shocked at what was going to happen.
- Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: It mainly says something about the media because I made a long speech about health. Liam Doran and Gary Courtney spoke also and wonderful things were said.
- Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I would have invited Senator Browne if I had known he was interested.
- Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: He would have been very welcome.
- Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: We even had the former Taoiseach, Dr. FitzGerald.
- Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I did not say abattoirs, I said factories. Abattoirs can be pretty dirty places.
- Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose not to use a script if that is in order.
- Seanad: Health Service Reform: Statements (21 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: The topic for discussion this afternoon is the health reform agenda. The words "health reform" are meaningless to most people. Essentially health reform concerns improving services to patients in all areas of the health system, including at hospital level, in the disability sector, in the mental health area and in acute hospitals. The journey the Government has begun of reforming the...
- Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (20 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 91, 95, 99, 105, 115, 116, 128, 361, 365 and 366 together. The issues of nurses' pay and working hours have been fully processed through the State's industrial relations structures and procedures â the Labour Relations Commission and the Labour Court. While health service management have accepted the Labour Court Recommendation, the Irish Nurses...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (20 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: In 2001, the year of the publication of Health Strategy, the average number of in-patient beds and day places available in the 53 public acute hospitals was 12,145. At the end of 2005, this figure had increased by 1,199 to a total of 13,344, involving an additional 719 in-patient beds and 480 day places. This expansion of capacity by 300 beds and places a year on average is one of the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I take it the Deputy is referring to the recent report by the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on the future of maternity and gynaecology services in Ireland. The report sets out the Institute's views on a range of issues, including, for example, the need to develop clinical maternity networks throughout the country. The report also points to what the Institute sees as...
- Written Answers — Information Communications Technology: Information Communications Technology (20 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 94, 155, 167 and 193 together. There have been significant advances in the deployment of ICT in healthcare in recent years but there remains significant scope to further expand the use of ICT. In order to support this approach, capital funding of â¬490 million is being provided for Health Information and Communications Technology under the National...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I have no plans to introduce routine population screening for urea electrolytes, creats and liver abnormalities. If there is clinical suspicion of liver or kidney disease then it is good clinical practice to conduct these tests. However, there is currently no evidence to support population screening for these diseases. My Department continues to keep evidence and practice in other countries...