Results 17,701-17,720 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (20 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 151, 152, 153 and 178 together. Section 60 (1) of the Health Act, 2004 states that "Each person who, immediately before the establishment day, was an employee of a specified body is, on that day, transferred to and becomes an employee of the Executive." In accordance with section 60 of the Act no redundancies occurred, either of a compulsory or voluntary...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (20 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154 and 158 together. As the Deputy was informed in my response to his question of 9 May 2006, the matter to which he refers is a technical legal matter concerning a claim for redundancy taken to the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) and appealed to the High Court by an individual, a former employee of the National Rehabilitation Board (NRB), who had not...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (20 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 155 and 156 together. I have considered the issues raised in the Dail on 18 May 2006 in relation to the dissolution of the national Rehabilitation Board. These matters have been comprehensively dealt with in a number of PQs. The National Disability Authority Act 1999 provided for the establishment of the National Disability Authority and is the legal basis for...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (20 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: The funds which were allocated to the National Rehabilitation Board for the years 1990 to 2000 are as shown. Year Allocation â¬M â¬M 1990 4.588 1991 4.350 1992 4.232 1993 4.586 1994 7.111 1995 14.938 1996 15.957 1997 16.649 1998 17.318 1999 24.180 2000 10.587
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (20 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 159 and 160 together. The National Disability Authority Act 1999 provided for the establishment of the National Disability Authority and is the legal basis for Statutory Instrument No. 170 of 2000 which transferred certain properties, rights and liabilities of the National Rehabilitation Board (NRB) to the National Disability Authority, FÃS, Comhairle and the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: The â¬630 amount constitutes an excess charge, the level of insurance held by the person not being sufficient to provide full cover for services at the hospital concerned. The level of health insurance cover that a person takes out with an insurer is a personal choice. Where a person avails of services not covered by their insurance plan they are liable for any additional costs that arise....
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (20 Jun 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 (20 Jun 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 examine the matter raised and to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Jun 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 examine the matter raised and to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (20 Jun 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 (20 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy is aware, I set up a Haemochromotosis Working Group in March 2006 to examine all of the issues relating to haemochromotosis in Ireland and to advise on the actions necessary to address the problems caused by haemochromotosis. The Working Group has met formally on three occasions and held a number of other informal sub-group meetings. The Group will present its report to me in...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: In accordance with a commitment in "Sustaining Progress", the Department of Health and Children has carried out a strategic review of specialist health service provision for people with disabilities, in consultation with relevant interests. A document setting out the key findings of the review will be made available as soon as it has been finalised.
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (20 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) was established as one of the key actions for dealing with public hospital waiting lists arising from the 2001 Health Strategy. To date, the NTPF has arranged treatment for some 42,000 patients. The NTPF purchases procedures for public patients predominantly from private hospitals in Ireland. The Strategy envisaged that the NTPF might also make use...
- Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (20 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: On foot of the recommendations of the Pharmacy Review Group, my Department has commenced drafting new pharmacy legislation in two pharmacy Bills. The first Bill is to deal with fitness to practice provisions for pharmacists, the removal of the prohibition â the derogation â on non-Irish graduates being supervising pharmacists in pharmacies less than 3 years old, and a stronger statutory...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (20 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: The Irish Nurses Organisation and the Psychiatric Nurses Association are pursuing a number of claims in respect of the pay and conditions of nurses. These include claims seeking a reduction in hours from 39 to 35 per week and a pay increase relative to the pay of the social care worker grade (formerly known as child care workers). There is no pay relationship between nurses and social care...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Jun 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 (20 Jun 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 (20 Jun 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 183 and 185 together. The Deputy's questions relate 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 these matters investigated and to have...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (20 Jun 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 waste management in the health service in Counties Cavan and Monaghan. Accordingly, my Department is requesting the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Jun 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.