Results 18,101-18,120 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (25 May 2006)
Mary Harney: The organisation in question submitted an application for a â¬60,000 grant from National Lottery funding in May 2003. A grant of â¬60,000 was paid from the Fund in December 2003. This lottery grant allowed the organisation to submit a further application for Leader funding through West Limerick Resources Limited. My Department is not aware of any further application for funding submitted by...
- Written Answers — Hepatitis B Incidence: Hepatitis B Incidence (25 May 2006)
Mary Harney: The following figures supplied by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) are for the total number of previously unreported cases of Hepatitis B notified each year. Table 1. Number of cases of hepatitis B notified to the HPSC, 1990-2006 (up to 23/05/2006) Year Number of cases 1990 11 1991 15 1992 13 1993 11 1994 20 1995 11 1996 11 1997 31 1998 157 ...
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (25 May 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 (25 May 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 (25 May 2006)
Mary Harney: People need to be able to obtain, in an integrated manner, the services most appropriate to their particular health and personal social service needs. In the vast majority of cases, it is appropriate that these services be provided within the primary care or community setting and that people have recourse to the acute hospital system only where their condition requires it. General...
- Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (25 May 2006)
Mary Harney: Under the 1970 Health Act, the Health Service Executive may arrange for the supply, without charge, of drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances to people with a specified condition, for the treatment of that condition, through the Long Term Illness Scheme (LTI). The LTI does not cover GP fees or hospital co-payments. The conditions are: mental handicap, mental illness (for people...
- Written Answers — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (25 May 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to human resource management issues within the Health Service Executive. As these are matters for the Executive under the Health Act 2004, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have them investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Funding: Hospital Funding (25 May 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 (25 May 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 (25 May 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 (25 May 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 (25 May 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 (25 May 2006)
Mary Harney: My Department has been advised by the Chief Executive of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) that the NTPF currently provides procedures for patients requiring spinal cord stimulators subject to patient suitability and having regard to the arrangements made by the NTPF with relevant public and private hospitals.
- Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (25 May 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 the provision of the Housing Aid Scheme for the Elderly, on behalf of the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Accordingly, the Department has requested...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 May 2006)
Mary Harney: My Department has recently received a copy of the Report of the Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening Working Group and is in discussion with the Health Service Executive in relation to its implementation.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (25 May 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 (25 May 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 Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 May 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 126 and 128 together. The Health Strategy set as a target that no public patient should wait longer than three months for in-patient treatment in hospital following referral from an out-patient department. Responsibility for the collection and reporting of data on waiting times now rests with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). It has developed the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (25 May 2006)
Mary Harney: The Health Strategy contained a commitment to increase the number of acute hospital beds by 3000 over a ten year period. The Strategy did not set a mid-way target or a target of beds to be provided by year. In 2001, the year of the publication of Health Strategy, the average number of in-patient beds and day places available for treatment of patients in public acute hospitals was 12,145....
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (25 May 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 129 to 132, inclusive, together. As previously advised to the Deputy in my reply to his Parliamentary Question (No. 6666/06) of the 21st February, 2006, my Department is not one of the Departments earmarked for decentralisation under the Civil Service Decentralisation Programme. It may be of interest to know that 34 staff in my Department have formally...