Showing results 1 - 10 of 11 for the category: Health.
Proportion on medical cards reaches 37%
The Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly, told Clare Daly (SP, Dublin N) that the total proportion of people in receipt of medical cards was now 36.89% (Dail Eireann, Debates,14th September 2011, 508-9).
Lottery funding
Asked about lottery funding for health organizations, the Minister for Health confirmed that the breakdown between lottery funding and exchequer funding was not available by vote or sub-head basis (Dail Eireann, Debates, 9th June 2011, 196-7). In those votes that…
National Lottery funding
The Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, gave details to Sean Fleming (FF, Laois Offaly) of the allocations of the national lottery to government funding (Dail Eireann, Debates, 24th May 2011, 110-111). The total amount of lottery money transferred to government…
Mental health and the economic collapse
The senate debated the effects of the economic collapse on mental health (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 10th November 2010, 587-610). The Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, John Moloney, spoke of the recently launched See change national…
Department of Health & Children lottery allocations – second tranche to be allocated
The Minister for Health & Children, Mary Harney, told Noel Grealish (ind, Galway W) that her national lottery allocation for 2010 was €3.786m (Dail Eireann, Debates, 25rd November 2010, 330). So far, €2.637m had been paid out and €1.147m was available…
Children in the constitution
The Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Barry Andrews, told the Dail that new wording for a constitutional amendment to protect children was being drafted in the Attorney General’s office and it was hoped that a…
Prescription charges
The government decision to introduce a 50c charge for a prescription item was sharply criticized in the Dail and Seanad. The charge was the main provision in the Health (amendment) §2 Bill, 2010. The maximum to be paid monthly by…
Housing conditions in local authority flats
The housing conditions of some local authority flats were raised on the adjournment by Catherine Byrne (FG, Dublin SC), especially the complexes in Dublin long scheduled for regeneration (Dail Eireann, Debates, 2nd June 2010, 504-6). Hundreds of tenants were living…
Abolish the HSE?
The first proposal to abolish the Health Service Executive (HSE) was made by Joe Behan (independent, Wicklow) in the course of an adjournment debate (Dail Eireann, Debates, 27th May 2010, 687-9). He cited, as his reasons, its failures to care…
Savings in voluntary organization in the health services, partnerships
The Minister for Health & Children, Mary Harney, clarified the situation arising from a Health Service Executive (HSE) early warning notice to grant-aided voluntary organizations that public sector pay cuts would automatically apply to their staff (Dail Eireann, Debates, 11th…
