Results 17,421-17,440 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (4 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 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 respond directly to the Deputy in relation to the matter raised.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: I am fully committed to the development of high quality and quality assured cancer care for all patients regardless of geography. The most important thing for patients is getting the best treatment. Outcomes for patients is what drives our policy and investment in cancer care. This objective is shared by the Health Service Executive (HSE) and is reflected in the Executive's National Service...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: Regulation 1408/71 is the co-ordinating regulation covering the referral of patients to another EU/EEA member state for healthcare benefits in kind, including hospital care. This regulation requires that patients seeking to travel to another EU/EEA State for the purpose of receiving hospital care must obtain prior authorisation from their competent institution (HSE in Ireland) prior to...
- Written Answers — Health Statistics: Health Statistics (4 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: Over the past 15 years, the publication OECD Health Data has been an authoritative source of comparable statistics on the health systems in OECD countries. Much of this work involves information on health expenditure and financial data. The most recent OECD Health Data Report 2006 contains data up to and including 2004. This shows that health spending in Ireland grew in real terms by an...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Jul 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 made 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 practice developed...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 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 — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: The assessment of eligibility to medical cards and GP visit cards is statutorily a matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE) and is determined following an examination of the income and medical need of the applicant and his/her dependants. In assessing eligibility income guidelines are used by the HSE. The following table gives details of sample cases of how much persons can earn weekly...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 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 (4 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: Regulation (EC) 1408/71 provides for the coordination of social security systems, including healthcare, among EU member states. Under the Regulation, those who are insured with or covered by the healthcare system of one member state but who are residing or staying in another member state receive healthcare in the state of residence or stay on behalf of the member state with which they are...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: The only funding envelopes set out for the health sector, both in respect of my Department and the Health Service Executive, relates to the Multi-Annual Capital Investment Framework (CIF) 2006-10. The total capital funding for the Health Framework, as announced in the last Budget and including provision for a PPP initiative, is â¬3.359 billion as follows. 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 ...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (4 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: At the request of HSE Management, the HSE Internal Audit Unit conducted an Audit into the procurement process and procedures in relation to the PPARS project in January this year, and its report was completed and presented to HSE Management and Audit Committee in April. The report was critical of the procurement process in respect of the recruitment of the companies to provide technical...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (4 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: Several requirements for information technology goods and services have been issued or are currently being evaluated. These include contracts for the provision of servers and laptops, the provision of new data backup hardware, maintenance services for the existing software infrastructures and spyware management infrastructure. All purchasing requirements comply with the Department's...
- Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (4 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 220 and 223 together. All procurements in my Department, including IT procurement, are governed by the principles of transparency, equal treatment, proportionality and mutual recognition and these principles are recognised both at a national and EU level. Purchases for information technology goods and services including the purchase of software development...
- Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (4 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: My Department does not routinely hold information regarding information technology purchases in the format requested by the Deputy. Following an analysis of expenditure for the last four full years the table below sets out the estimated spend attributable to SMEs. An SME is taken to be a company of fewer than 250 employees or with an annual turnover of less than â¬50m. Year ICT...
- Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (4 Jul 2006)
Mary Harney: My Department deals with a number of suppliers in meeting its needs for information technology goods and services, including hardware, software, maintenance services, software development, security, web services and consumables. The following data are based on expenditure by company in 2005. Number of companies: 48. Mean: â¬43,296. Median: â¬17,680
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 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.