Results 18,301-18,320 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (16 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. There is no...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (16 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 Service Staff: Health Service Staff (16 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 (16 May 2006)
Mary Harney: The National Hospitals Office of the Health Service Executive commissioned Tribal Secta to undertake a process mapping exercise across 10 acute hospitals. The project focussed on the maximum utilisation of existing acute capacity and in particular, the blockages, causes and potential solutions in the patient's journey from the decision to admit to discharge. The 10 hospitals examined included...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 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 (16 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 (16 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 (16 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 — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (16 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 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 — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (16 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 ambulance services. The Executive has advised that all of its ambulances are equipped with defibrillators and that the Emergency Medical Technicians who...
- Written Answers — Medical Education: Medical Education (16 May 2006)
Mary Harney: Responsibility for the establishment of a school of podiatry, including its location, will be a matter, in the final instance, for the Department of Education and Science. However, as the Deputy may be aware the delivery of clinical training, which is a significant core component of the course, has been the subject of discussions between officials of my Department and the Department of...
- Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (16 May 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy is referring to a previous Parliamentary Question tabled in March, 2006 and answered by my colleague the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen. The request for access to information in this case used the provisions set out in the Freedom of Information Act, 1997. Where a request has been submitted under The Freedom of Information Act, 1997 and the requester is not satisfied with the...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (16 May 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy will find the latest position on Directives awaiting transposition by the Department of Health and Children set out in the following table. I, and my colleagues in Government, are very conscious of the need to ensure Ireland's Treaty commitments are met by transposing EU legislation as required. In this context, the Department of Health and Children continues to make every effort,...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (16 May 2006)
Mary Harney: The Revised Estimates Volume was published in February of this year and outlines the estimated funding of each Government Department/Office for the current year. The Health Group is covered by three Votes, one each for my Department, the Health Service Executive and the Office of the Minister for Children. The following table outlines the estimated current and capital figures under each of...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (16 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 have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (16 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 — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 May 2006)
Mary Harney: Set out in the following table are details of the Special Advisers, Personal Assistants, Personal Secretary and Press Officer employed in my Office in the Department of Health and Children since January 2005. Name Title Date of Appointment John O'Brien Special Adviser 30/09/2004 Oliver O'Connor Special Adviser 30/09/2004 Patricia Ryan Special Adviser...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 May 2006)
Mary Harney: In acknowledgement of the need to enhance services for persons with cystic fibrosis, additional revenue funding of â¬4.8m has been allocated specifically for the development of services in 2006. It is expected that a significant number of additional medical, nursing and allied health professional posts will be created which will greatly improve the delivery of specialist care to cystic...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 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 Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 May 2006)
Mary Harney: The Irish Nurses Organisation and the Psychiatric Nurses Association have recently lodged a number of claims for increases in pay and changes to working conditions. The unions concerned have signed up to the current national agreement â Sustaining Progress. A management team led by the Health Service Executive â Employers Agency met with the unions on 10 February 2006. They reminded the...