Results 19,301-19,320 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (28 Feb 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 a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: The inclusion of the pneumococcal vaccine in the primary childhood immunisation programme is currently under consideration by the national immunisation advisory committee as part of the review of the immunisation guidelines for Ireland. To date, no decision has been reached. My Department and the Health Service Executive will be guided by the expert advice from the national immunisation...
- Written Answers — Patient Statistics: Patient Statistics (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table, which sets out all hospital discharges, including inpatients and day cases, for children under the age of 15 years with a principal diagnosis of Crohn's disease-regional enteritis for each of the years from 1995 to 2004. Data are derived from the hospital inpatient enquiry, HIPE, system which records information on...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: The issue to which the Deputy refers is not a matter for my Department. Accordingly the Deputy may wish to contact my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Feb 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 a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: My Department has been informed by the chief executive of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, that the fund continues to deal with queries and representations from Deputies on behalf of constituents. If the Deputy has a particular instance in mind, he should contact the chief executive of the fund directly in order to resolve the matter.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Feb 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 — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: Suicide rates for the European region are provided by the World Health Organisation. The rates are age-standardised which allows comparison taking into account differences in population age structure between countries. The figures requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table and indicate the latest available reporting year for each country. Standardised Death Rates per 100,000...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: The Health Service Executive, HSE, has responsibility for administering the national repayment scheme for publicly funded, long stay residential care, including the recruitment of an outside company to administer the scheme. A procurement team was established by the HSE to undertake this process. Officials in my Department received correspondence from the HSE on 20 December 2005 which...
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: An agreement is in place between the Department of Health and Children, the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association and the Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of Ireland, which sets out the supply terms and prices of medicines supplied to the health services. The agreement covers all reimbursable prescription medicines in the general medical services and community drug schemes,...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: The national health information strategy published in July 2004 sets out the strategic direction for the electronic health record, EHR, and the high-level tasks required to implement it. My Department is giving consideration to the area of unique client and patient identification, which is a key requirement for the implementation of the EHR. This is a complex matter involving not only...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (28 Feb 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 — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: In the context of the Estimates for 2006 and the 2006 service plan for the Health Service Executive, HSE, I wrote to the chairman of the board of the HSE setting out our priorities for 2006. In this regard I highlighted the need to identify the necessary structures and processes that are required to control the emergence and spread of health care associated infections, including MRSA. In a...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive, HSE, has the responsibility, with effect from 1 January 2005, to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Voluntary organisations providing health and personal social services are funded by the executive and it is a matter for the executive to agree the levels of service and the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: The health and children allocation of national lottery funds for 2004 was â¬13.017 million. This included â¬2.539 million, which formed part of the funding for the capital programme. The remaining â¬10.478 million included funding of â¬6.847 million, which was allocated to health agencies to fund the respite care grants scheme, the disadvantaged youth scheme and the schemes of grants to...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Feb 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 Feb 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 (28 Feb 2006)
Mary Harney: Set out in tabular form are details of the number of people on my Department's payroll who are seconded to various agencies outside my Department. Grade Number of Staff Name of Agency Secretary General 1 Higher Education Authority Judge 1 Hepatitis C & HIV Tribunal Chief Education Officer 1 Institute of Public Health Ombudsman 1 Office of the Ombudsman for Children ...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (28 Feb 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. Under this Act, the chief executive officer of the HSE is appointed the Accounting Officer for the Vote of the executive and is accountable to the Committee of Public Accounts through the Comptroller...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (23 Feb 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 the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.