Results 15,681-15,700 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: The House was in recess on 17 January.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: The correct figure is 60,000.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: The programme for Government does not include any such commitment.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: A different party made a commitment in its election manifesto. The Deputy should get the facts right.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I am sorry, I thought the Deputy was referring to medical cards.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: Would I be welcome?
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Ãireann" and substitute the following: welcomes the increase of 1,200 in the number of in-patient beds and day treatment places since the publication of the Health Strategy in 2001 and the plans to open new acute hospital units; welcomes the unprecedented rate of expansion of acute hospital bed capacity since 1997; notes the national...
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: It would be a good idea if I were to respond to the Opposition's arguments, rather than delivering any prepared comments. It would be a more useful debate from every perspective. I do not think that anyone in the House is more motivated than anyone else concerning health care. Everybody here, on both sides of the House, is motivated by trying to have the best possible health care system...
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I am not going to deliver a script.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: There is a script but I am not going to deliver it.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: I will respond to what was said.
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (1 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: The Health (Charges for In-Patient Services) Regulations 2005 in keeping with Section 53 of the Health Act, 1970, as amended, have provided for two different classes of persons on whom charges may be levied. Class 1 Class 1 refers to people in receipt of in-patient services on premises where nursing care is provided on a 24 hour basis on those premises. In this case, a weekly charge may be...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services has been assigned to the Health Service Executive. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this case investigated and to have a reply...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services has been assigned to the Health Service Executive. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this case investigated and to have a reply...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (1 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: A consultancy study jointly commissioned by my Department and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Belfast (DHSSPS) on the costs and benefits associated with the introduction of a dedicated Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) for the island of Ireland was published in 2004 and is available on my Department's website. The study concluded that the introduction...
- Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (1 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. This includes responsibility for considering new capital proposals or progressing those in the health capital programme. Accordingly, my Department is requesting the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the...
- Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (1 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. This includes responsibility for considering new capital proposals or progressing those in the health capital programme. Accordingly, my Department is requesting the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Feb 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 case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: It is my objective and that of the Health Service Executive (HSE) to see the earliest delivery of the Government's National Plan for Radiation Oncology, which includes an integrated facility at Waterford Regional Hospital. I am determined that the HSE will deliver on this Plan in 2011 as originally scheduled. The Board of the HSE is considering how best to procure the radiation oncology...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (1 Feb 2007)
Mary Harney: In 2005, a process was begun to examine all aspects of the drugs supply chain, with a view to achieving greater value for money in the pricing and supply of drugs and medicines to the health services and the GMS and community drugs schemes, consistent with patient safety and continuity of supply. This process was agreed by the Cabinet Committee on Health. A joint HSE/Department of Health...