Results 18,501-18,520 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Harney: All medical practitioners have a responsibility to ensure their practices are safe and their skills are up to date. In this regard, I have pursued a number of important policies and actions, in particular the introduction of a new contract for hospital consultants, which is intended to include provisions for clinical audit and competence assurance and the introduction of a new medical...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Harney: I am fully committed to the national roll-out of a cervical screening programme in line with international best practice. My Department has requested the Health Service Executive to prepare a detailed implementation plan for a national programme. The plan is to have cervical screening managed as a national call and recall programme via effective governance structures that provide overall...

Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Harney: Regarding an insurance-based funding model, the issue of what is an appropriate method of funding the health services was discussed in the health strategy of 2001, which remains Government policy. The conclusion in the strategy was that the present system should remain as "there is no compelling evidence that any alternative approach to the tax-based system would deliver significant...

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Harney: Prior to the establishment of the Health Service Executive, parliamentary questions concerning access to services, by individuals or in specific geographic areas, were referred to the chief executive officer of the relevant health board or ERHA for direct reply. The parliamentary affairs division of the HSE, which was established in April 2005, provides a central contact for all Oireachtas...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (26 Apr 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 will request the parliamentary affairs division of the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 119, 131 and 188 together. I recently received the report Small Hospital, Big Service, referred to by the Deputies, which was published by the Nenagh Hospital Action Group. The report will be examined by the Health Service Executive in the context of its role in the management and delivery of health and social services. I understand that an independent...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive employers agency has tabled proposals for a new consultant's contract which envisages consultants practising exclusively in the public sector. The impact of the new contract on proposals to locate private facilities on public hospital sites is one of a range of issues that will fall to be considered as part of the transition arrangements to a new contract.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Harney: Responsibility for improvements in specialist services in the former north eastern health board region rests with the Health Service Executive, HSE. The executive has advised that a number of capital and service developments have been progressed in recent years to facilitate the improvement of specialist health services in the region. Principal among these developments are the establishment...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Apr 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 Inquiries: Medical Inquiries (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 123 and 145 together. The report of the Lourdes Hospital inquiry was published on 28 February. Since the publication of the report, I have met with many of the key stakeholders including Patient Focus, the Health Service Executive, the Medical Council, and the management and medical board of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. I have listened carefully to the views...

Written Answers — Primary Care Strategy: Primary Care Strategy (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Harney: The primary care strategy sets out the Government's vision for the development of primary care as the central focus for the delivery of health and personal social care services in a modern health system. The strategy aims to shift the emphasis from an over-reliance on acute hospital services to one where patients will be able to access an integrated multidisciplinary service provided by a...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Apr 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 (26 Apr 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, HSE, 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. My...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Apr 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 on the matter raised.

Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Harney: The vast majority of women having babies in this country do so in public hospitals. Over half of the female population has private health insurance and a significant proportion of these women avail of maternity services in public hospitals. I am advised by the Health Service Executive that with regard to obstetric activity at the National Maternity Hospital, the public to private split has...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Harney: The national task force on medical staffing was set up to: devise a strategy for reducing the average working hours of non-consultant hospital doctors, NCHDs, so as to achieve the requirements of the European working time directive; address the consequent medical staffing needs of Irish hospitals; analyse the practical implications of moving to a consultant-provided hospital system; and...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Harney: Since the implementation of the national cancer strategy in 1997, approximately €920 million has been invested in the development of cancer services. The Vote for the Health Service Executive in 2006 includes an additional €9 million to continue to meet the additional service pressures in cancer care, improve the quality of care, facilitate better access to radiation oncology services and...

Written Answers — Primary Care Strategy: Primary Care Strategy (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Harney: The Government is fully committed to the implementation of the principles contained in the primary care strategy, which provides a template for the reform and development of primary care services. The implementation process at operational level is a function of the Health Service Executive, whose chief executive officer has identified as a priority the development of multidisciplinary primary...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Apr 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 — Assisted Human Reproduction: Assisted Human Reproduction (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Harney: The Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction, CAHR, was established in March 2000. Its terms of reference were: "To prepare a report on the possible approaches to the regulation of all aspects of assisted human reproduction and the social, ethical and legal factors to be taken into account in determining public policy in this area". The CAHR was comprised largely of persons with expert...