Results 18,801-18,820 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Mar 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 (28 Mar 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 (28 Mar 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 (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question regarding the way that children are assessed and deemed eligible for orthodontic treatment 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...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Mar 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 hasrequested 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 (28 Mar 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, the Department of Health and Children has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Mar 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, the Department of Health and Children 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 (28 Mar 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, the Department of Health and Children 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 (28 Mar 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, the Department of Health and Children has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Mar 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, the Department of Health and Children 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 — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: I am advised by the medical staff in the Department of Health and Children that ultraviolet light, through either natural exposure or sunbed exposure, increases the risk of developing skin cancer, particularly melanoma. The use of sunbeds leads to damage from ultraviolet radiation in the same way as sunlight exposure. Exposure in childhood is associated with even greater risks of subsequent...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The Department of Health and Children has been assured by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, that all the hospitals used by the fund, both in Ireland and the United Kingdom, have been carefully assessed to ensure they meet the relevant quality standards. All consultants who provide treatment for NTPF patients must be fully trained and qualified. This requirement is overseen by the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Mar 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, the Department of Health and Children 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 (28 Mar 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, the Department of Health and Children 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 Charges: Hospital Charges (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: As the Deputy will be aware, the management and delivery of health and personal social services is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. The questions raised by the Deputy are operational matters which come within the remit of the executive. Accordingly, the Department of Health and Children has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the...
- Written Answers — Home Care Services: Home Care Services (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy will be aware that â¬30 million has been made available to the Health Service Executive for 2006 for the provision of an additional 2,000 homecare packages. Theseperson-centred packages can include a range of services, including physiotherapy, and will be directed primarily at older persons who might otherwise need to enter hospital or long-term care. The management and delivery...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Mar 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, the 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 — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: The use of live animals in scientific research and other experimental activity is strictly controlled in accordance with the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876, as amended. Under the Act, experiments on live animals can be performed by persons licensed by the Minister for Health and Children. In addition, animals must be properly anaesthetised for the duration of an experiment, unless a certificate...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 to 179, inclusive, together. Myasthenia gravis is a neurological disorder, the usual cause of which is an acquired immunological abnormality, although some cases result from genetic abnormalities at the neuromuscular junction. The 2006 Estimates for the health services specifically allocated additional funding of â¬3 million for the further development of...
- Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Harney: I will attend the military parade for the commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising on the morning of Sunday, 16 April 2006.