Results 15,961-15,980 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (14 Dec 2006)
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 again requested the...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (14 Dec 2006)
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 — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (14 Dec 2006)
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 approved additional revenue funding of â¬8 million for 2007 to meet the additional costs involved, bringing BreastCheck's revenue budget to â¬21.7 million in 2007. I have also made available an additional â¬26.7 million capital funding to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: Over 120,000 people work full-time or part-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 numbers 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...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (14 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: As I have previously advised the Deputy, I will shortly establish a National Cancer Screening Service. The Service will, in consultation with the Health Service Executive, advise in relation to a colorectal cancer screening programme. Specifically, the Service will advise on the population to be screened, at what intervals screening should take place, the type of test required and the...
- Written Answers — Vaccine Compensation Scheme: Vaccine Compensation Scheme (14 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The issue of the feasibility of introducing a no-fault compensation scheme for those damaged by vaccination is being considered by my Department. A steering group with specific terms of reference is now being established and it will be asked to furnish its report as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (14 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: Over 120,000 people work full-time or part-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 numbers 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...
- Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (14 Dec 2006)
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 (14 Dec 2006)
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 issue examined and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — General Register Office: General Register Office (14 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 225 to 227, inclusive, together. Statutory responsibility for the administration of civil registration in Ireland, which includes the provision of facilities for searching indices to civil registration records, is vested in An tArd-Chláraitheoir (The Registrar General). His office, Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheóra (The General Register Office â GRO) is the...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (14 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: I would be most concerned if a cancer patient had to wait for treatment for the period referred to by the Deputy, especially if the patient is suffering pain. My Department has requested the Health Service Executive to have the matter examined as a matter of urgency, including the issue of referral under the National Treatment Purchase Fund if appropriate and to respond directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Service Management: Health Service Management (14 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: Section 35 of the Health Act, 2004 requires the Health Service Executive to submit a code of governance for my approval. As you are aware, a draft code of governance has been prepared by the Health Service Executive and was submitted to my Department in late September. The contents of this Code are being assessed and considered by my officials. I anticipate that the examination of the Code...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (14 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 provides a clear legal framework to repay recoverable health charges for publicly funded long term residential care. All those fully eligible persons who were wrongly charged and are alive will have their charges repaid in full. The estates of all those fully eligible persons who were wrongly charged for publicly funded long term residential care and...
- Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (14 Dec 2006)
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. 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 the matter...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (13 Dec 2006)
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 (13 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The Primary Care Strategy aims to develop services in the community to give people direct access to integrated multi-disciplinary teams of general practitioners, nurses, health care assistants, home helps, occupational therapists and others. It has been estimated that up to 95% of people's health and social services needs can be properly met within a primary care setting and the...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (13 Dec 2006)
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 approved additional revenue funding of â¬8 million for 2007 to meet the additional costs involved, bringing BreastCheck's revenue budget to â¬21.7 million in 2007. I have also made available an additional â¬26.7 million capital funding to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 came into effect on 30 June 2006 and provides a clear legal framework to repay recoverable health charges for publicly funded long term residential care. All those fully eligible persons who were wrongly charged for publicly funded long term residential care who are alive and the estates of those wrongly charged and who have died since 9 December 1998...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Dec 2006)
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 — Telecommunications Masts: Telecommunications Masts (13 Dec 2006)
Mary Harney: The investigation of any issues arising with the health of the person referred to by the Deputy is a matter for that person and their doctor. With regard to the issue of mobile phone masts, the current consensus of authoritative scientific literature is that there is no evidence of a causal relationship between exposure to emissions from these masts and ill health. The World Health...