Results 16,921-16,940 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Health Repayment Scheme, enquiries relating to the scheme are referred to the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive. My Department has asked the HSE to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Health Repayment Scheme, enquiries relating to the scheme are referred to the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive. My Department has asked the HSE to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: As the Health Service Executive has responsibility for administering the Health Repayment Scheme, enquiries relating to the scheme are referred to the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive. My Department has asked the HSE to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: I am informed by the Health Service Executive that a response issued to the Deputy on 2nd October 2006.
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: As part of the Estimates for health services in 2006, additional funding of â¬3m was allocated specifically for the further development of neurology and neurophysiology services. This funding was provided to allow the Health Service Executive to further progress the implementation of the recommendations made by the former Comhairle na nOspidéal in respect of these services. My Department...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: In considering the Report of the Task Force, complex legal and financial issues emerged in relation to aspects of the proposed scheme and their implications for the health service and the wider public service. As a result the Government decided in July 2005 not to introduce a "no fault" compensation scheme for psychiatric nurses as outlined in the Task Force Report. I confirmed this...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: The provision of private care in public acute hospitals is long standing feature of the Irish health care system. Some 2,500 beds in public hospitals are designated as private and semi-private. The 80:20 ratio to which the Deputy refers is an average across the entire acute system. The percentage of beds designated as private varies between individual hospitals; for example, there is a...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: There is no ban on recruitment of staff in the public health service. It is a matter for the Health Service Executive, as part of its management of its employment ceiling, to determine the appropriate staffing mix required to deliver its service plan priorities. I have consistently emphasised the importance of prioritising the filling of front line vacancies in complying with approved...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Oct 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 — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) was established to expedite the provision of treatment for patients on public hospital waiting lists who have been waiting longest for surgery. I have no plans to expand the remit of the NTPF to the type of treatment referred to by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Harney: Tackling the problems in A&E departments is the Government's top priority in health. Our objectives are to reduce the numbers waiting for admission, the time spent waiting for admission, and the turnaround time for those who can be treated in A&E and do not require admission. A & E services are improving around the country. Compared to this time last year, the average number of patients in...
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (28 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: The Review of the contractual arrangements for the provision of services under the General Medical Services and other related schemes for the delivery of public health services by General Practitioners under the auspices of the Labour Relations Commission is ongoing. It is my desire that the outcome of the Review should be a set of contractual arrangements which will facilitate the delivery...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (28 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: The whole time equivalent numbers employed in the Department of Health and Children based on the figures given to the Department of Finance CENSIS Section for the specified years are outlined below. These figures include staff employed in: the Department of Health and Children (including the recently expanded Office of the Minister for Children) the General Register Office The Adoption Board...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Sep 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 — Screening Programmes: Screening Programmes (28 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: Formal screening for B streptococcus is not carried out at present but the issue is being kept under review.
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (28 Sep 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 — Departmental Estimates: Departmental Estimates (28 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: As Minister for Health and Children I am responsible for three Votes; Vote 39 â Health and Children, Vote 40 â Health Service Executive and Vote 41 â Office for the Minister for Health and Children. Based upon spending patterns to date the full Vote provision will be required.
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (28 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: I wish to see the Irish Cervical Screening Programme (ICSP) rolled out nationally by 2008, based on an affordable model and in line with international best practice. Significant preparatory work is well underway involving the introduction of new and improved cervical tests, improved quality assurance training and the preparation of a national population register. An additional â¬9m is...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (28 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: A breast screening programme is a complex multidisciplinary undertaking that requires considerable expertise and management involving population registers, call/recall systems, mammography, pathology and appropriate treatment and follow up. A programme must be quality assured and acceptable to women who attend for screening. The first phase of the programme is of a high quality and a...
- Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (28 Sep 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 to 187, inclusive, together. In the period January to July 06, a total of 3836 Parliamentary Questions were answered by me and the Ministers of State at my Department. Of this total, 2222 questions related, in whole or in part, to matters proper to the statutory remit of the HSE and were accordingly referred to the Executive for direct reply. The...