Results 15,721-15,740 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. With regard to the application for staffing grant assistance under the EOCP referred to in the question, I understand that it is in the final...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 618, 623, 648, 676 and 785 together. Ireland's recommended immunisation programme is based on the guidelines of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (NIAC). Vaccines are continually evolving and guidelines change given the nature of these developments. The Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland currently...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 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 matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 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. My Department is advised by the Executive that the tendering process for the second MRI scanner at Beaumont Hospital is nearing completion....
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: There are no staff in my Department currently earning the National Minimum Wage i.e. â¬8.30 per hour or lower. There are also no staff currently earning less than â¬1.00 per hour more than the National Minimum Wage i.e. â¬9.30 per hour. The position regarding staff employed by companies providing services for my Department was examined last year following a specific request on the matter...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: I am committed to ensuring that the BreastCheck service is rolled out to the remaining regions in the country as quickly as possible. I have allocated additional revenue funding of â¬8 million for this year to meet the additional costs involved. I have also made available an additional â¬26.7m capital funding for the construction of two new clinical units and five additional mobile units...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: As hospital doctors do not have General Medical Services contracts, prescriptions written by them for medical card holders are not reimbursable under the GMS scheme. Such prescriptions must be transcribed by the patient's GMS-contracted general practitioner to a GMS form. The prescription can then be dispensed by a pharmacy that holds a community pharmacy contract. Under emergency...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: The 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 — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (31 Jan 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 631, 735 and 840 together. My Department has received correspondence on aspects of the charges from a number of organisations and individuals. 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...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 Jan 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 Act 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...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: Regulation (EC) 1408/71 provides for the coordination of social security systems, including healthcare, among EU member states. Under its provisions persons who are residing in one member state but who are pensioners of or employed in another member state, are entitled to receive, inter alia, healthcare in the member state of residence provided on behalf of the member state of employment or...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: Where an Irish national returns to Ireland and is not covered by any of the arrangements made under EU regulations, he/she should be regarded as ordinarily resident here if he/she: is employed or self-employed here; or satisfies the HSE that it is his/her intention to remain in Ireland for a minimum period of one year. Where an Irish national is working abroad on a short-term contract but...
- Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: I regret BUPA's decision to leave the Irish market and have endeavoured to achieve a solution that would enable BUPA to remain, but would also protect the fundamental principles of the regulatory framework, and in particular, community rating. Following the High Court decision last November, a meeting was arranged between BUPA senior management and myself in an attempt to facilitate the...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: The Government's sustained high level of investment in healthcare has enabled the completion and commissioning of numerous new facilities in both the acute and the non-acute sectors. This year, the sum available for expenditure in health under the Health Service Executive's capital plan is â¬559.5 million. The HSE has responsibility for the planning and management of capital projects in the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (31 Jan 2007)
Mary Harney: Almost 120,000 people work full-time in our public health services. In recent years, the Government's ongoing high level of investment in health has achieved and maintained significant increases in the number of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals employed in the public health services. The Government has also invested heavily in the education and training of such personnel in...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (31 Jan 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 issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 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.