Results 241-260 of 3,665 for speaker:Seán Power

Seanad: Food Safety: Statements. (3 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: I thank Senators for their constructive contributions on the discussion. We all need a little food every day and some of us probably have a little too much of it. Everyone has an interest in food safety and it was interesting to note the different angles from which Senators approached the debate and the variety of issues they addressed. The importance of the food industry to the economy has...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for providing aids and appliances. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of health services in the Dublin 2 area. Accordingly, my Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for funding for addiction treatment services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (8 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. As part of the executive's responsibility to prepare and submit an annual service plan for my approval, it is obliged under section 31 of the Act to...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (8 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January, 2005. Under the Act, the executive is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. As part of the executive's responsibility to prepare and submit an annual service plan for my approval, it is obliged under section 31 of the Act...

Written Answers — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (8 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of home help services in the Dublin area. Accordingly, my Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Health Records: Health Records (8 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: I have no plans to develop a campaign of this nature in 2005. However, a key element of the report, Health Information — A National Strategy, which was published in 2004, is the development of the electronic health care record. This will provide appropriate secure access by clinicians to patient records at the point of care. It is anticipated that access to the electronic health care record...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the number of public long stay beds. Accordingly, my Department has requested the national director of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of health services in Dublin 9. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer...

Special Educational Needs. (9 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: On behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, I thank the Deputy for raising the matter and giving me the opportunity to outline the position concerning this issue. The enhancement of the level of support available to people with disability and their families has been and continues to be one of the priorities of the Government. I am very pleased...

Special Educational Needs. (9 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: On behalf of the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, I thank the Deputy for raising the matter on the Adjournment and giving me the opportunity to outline the position concerning this issue. One of the most positive features of the disability services is the strong partnership that now exists between all those involved in the planning and delivery of services. This partnership...

Special Educational Needs. (9 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter on the Adjournment and am delighted to have the opportunity to reply. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes...

School Accommodation. (9 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The Cavan-Monaghan constituency is well represented on the Adjournment.

School Accommodation. (9 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter as it affords me the opportunity to outline to the House the strategy of the Department of Education and Science for capital investment in education projects and also to outline the position regarding the application received in the Department for additional accommodation at Urbleshanny national school, Scotstown, County Monaghan. Since the beginning...

Written Answers — Violence Against Women: Violence Against Women (9 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 138 and 139 together. The national steering committee on violence against women was established following the report of the task force on violence against women in 1997. Its purpose is to provide a multidisciplinary, multi-agency and cohesive response to the problem of violence against women and it is chaired by the Minister of State at the Department of...

Written Answers — Smoking Ban: Smoking Ban (9 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The smoke free workplaces measures apply, with limited exceptions, to all enclosed places of work. The exemptions are specified in the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act 2004 and where a hospital, as referred to by the Deputy, meets the requirements so specified an exemption will apply. A decision to allow the smoking of tobacco products in exempted premises is a matter for the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of health services in Baltinglass District Hospital. Accordingly, my Department has...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Costs: Nursing Home Costs (9 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The Supreme Court judgment of 16 February related only to charges in public long-stay institutions and publicly contracted beds in private nursing homes. A special Cabinet sub-committee comprising the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, the Attorney General, Mr. Brady, and the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, has been established to consider the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the number of publicly funded nursing home beds. Accordingly, my Department has requested the national...