Results 17,241-17,260 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question regarding the way that children are assessed and deemed eligible for orthodontic treatment 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...
- Written Answers — Non-Governmental Agencies: Non-Governmental Agencies (6 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: In total, 203 applications for National Lottery Funds were received by my Department in 2004, of which 105 applications were not approved. â¬3.631m was paid out by my Department under the National Lottery discretionary grant scheme in 2004. Details of the amounts paid by my Department to each organisation are set out in the following table. TABLE 1 Organisation Paid 2004 Project ...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (6 Jul 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 (6 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: BreastCheck in conjunction with my Department is preparing an estimate of the costs of extending the breast screening programme nationally to women over the age of 64. My Department expects to be in a position by the end of this month to forward the information requested by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Jul 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 (6 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 88 and 152 together. Let me say at the outset that there is no embargo on the recruitment of staff in the public health service. Nor does my Department set employment quotas at national level for any grade 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...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Jul 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 — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (6 Jul 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 (6 Jul 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 (6 Jul 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 — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (6 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95, 140 and 169 together. 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...
- Written Answers — Health Services. : Health Services. (6 Jul 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 — Health Services: Health Services (6 Jul 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 (6 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: The Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 provides for the establishment of a system of statutory registration for the following health and social care professionals â clinical biochemists, dietitians, medical scientists, occupational therapists, orthoptists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, psychologists, radiographers, social care workers, social workers and speech and language...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: Oral representations were made to me on behalf of a person (details supplied) in Co. Wexford. An Adviser was requested to establish where spinal stimulation could be made available. The Spinal Cord Stimulation Budget at the Department of Anaesthetics of St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin was accessed, as was the service of an appropriate consultant. This is part of a public pain...
- Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (6 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: Statistics in relation to cancer incidence are collated by the National Cancer Registry. My Department has asked the Director of the Registry to examine this matter and to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (6 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: I wish to advise the Deputy that I will be visiting Wexford on Monday 10th July 2006 and it is my intention to visit Wexford General Hospital as part of my official itinerary that day.
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (6 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: I presume that the Deputy is referring to a recommendation contained in a report by consultants who were engaged by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to undertake a review of acute hospital services in the former North Eastern Health Board area. The review, which commenced in March 2006, has recently been completed and the report has been considered by the Board of the HSE. It concludes that...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Jul 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 (6 Jul 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.