Results 16,421-16,440 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (9 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated and I will forward it to the Deputy within the next few days.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: There is no statutory obligation on the Health Service Executive (HSE) to provide chiropody services to GMS patients; however, in practice, arrangements are already in place to provide these services. Before the establishment of the HSE the nature of the arrangements for chiropody and the level of service provided was a matter for individual health boards and so a degree of variation in...
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (9 Nov 2006)
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 Services: Hospital Services (9 Nov 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 — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (9 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: The MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella and, in accordance with the recommendations of the Immunisation Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, can be administered to children between 12-15 months of age. A vaccine uptake rate of 95% is required in order to protect children from the diseases concerned and to stop the spread of the diseases in the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Nov 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 — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (9 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: The current consultant contract dates from 1997. The basic salary for a hospital consultant currently ranges from â¬139,551 (Category 2 in HSE Eastern Regional Area) up to â¬181,478 (Geographical Wholetime Consultant without Fees). Consultants are contracted to work for 39 hours per week comprising 11 three-hour clinical sessions and two three-hour administrative sessions. Talks on a new...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Nov 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Nov 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 — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (9 Nov 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: I take it the question refers to the cost of providing medical cards to all persons aged 70 and over, which was introduced in 2001. Therefore, 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...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: I take it the question refers to provision of a medical card to all persons aged between 18 and 69, as people aged 70 and over are statutorily entitled to a medical card. I have asked my Department to make arrangements to provide the Deputy with information on the estimated cost of extending medical card eligibility to this population cohort. The nature of the request will require particular...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: As indicated in my reply to question number 120 of 1st November 2006 it was necessary for my Department to seek particular information from the Health Service Executive (HSE) to allow the estimated cost of providing a medical card to all children aged under six to be prepared. My Department has sought the information in question from the HSE and on receipt of this the cost estimate will be...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (8 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: In November 1977 the Minister for Health established the Expert Medical Group on Whooping Cough Vaccination to examine persons who, it was claimed, had been permanently damaged by whooping cough vaccination, to review the medical information available in relation to them and to indicate whether, in its opinion, the damage was attributable to the vaccination. Of the 93 cases presented to the...
- Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (8 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: Infection prevention and control in health institutions is a matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE), as part of its overall responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the HSE to address the issue raised in the question and to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (8 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to human resource management issues within the Health Service Executive. As this is a matter for the Executive under the Health Act 2004, 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 (8 Nov 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 — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (8 Nov 2006)
Mary Harney: Research has been carried out by the Oral Health Services Research Centre in Cork on contract for my Department. The results of this research are available on the Department's website â www.dohc.ie in presentation format. The research found that a newborn baby weighing 3 kg would have to drink 15 litres of water fluoridated at 1 part per million to ingest the level of fluoride associated...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Nov 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Nov 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.