Results 441-460 of 1,371 for speaker:Máire Hoctor
- Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: If the Deputy had listened to the speech made by the Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey, last weekââ
- Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: ââhe would know that significant additional funding has been provided.
- Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Deputy chose to ignore what the Minister was saying last week.
- Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Deputy does not want to listen.
- Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (20 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive (HSE) under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. The HSE's responsibility includes the operation of the Housing Aid Scheme for the Elderly, on behalf of the Department of the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (21 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: There are no plans to change the rate of subvention. As the Deputy will be aware the subvention scheme is being replaced by an improved system of nursing home support, A Fair Deal. The Bill providing for the Fair Deal scheme is at a very advanced stage and is being finalised by the Office of the Attorney General at present. It is intended to introduce the scheme on a national basis once...
- Health Services. (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I will be taking the Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. I thank the Deputy for raising this issue as it provides me with an opportunity to reaffirm the Government's commitment to services for older people generally and, in particular, to the importance attached to developing home help services locally. Government policy on...
- Health Services. (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: This situation is being addressed by the HSE in the context of the ongoing delivery of the service to individual clients. It is clear from the measures I have outlined that the Government has made considerable improvements nationally to home help provision and other community-based services for older people generally. It is our intention that such services, including the home help...
- Hospital Services. (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I am taking the Adjournment on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. The Government is committed to the provision of high quality gynaecological services throughout the country, including in the Cork region. The gynaecology service in Cork University Hospital currently provides five gynaecology theatre slots. There were approximately 1,152...
- Hospital Services. (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: In addition, approximately 17 emergency procedures are carried out each month. There are three operating theatres in Cork University Maternity Hospitalââ
- Hospital Services. (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I have to confirm that no misinformation was given in the House earlier nor will there be.
- Hospital Services. (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I am not prepared to be accused of providing misinformation.
- Hospital Services. (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: There are three operating theatres in Cork University Maternity Hospital â one obstetric and two gynaecological theatres. The obstetric theatre is fully staffed and the hospital is currently recruiting senior nursing staff to open and lead the gynaecology theatre service. In the interim, the gynaecology procedures continue to be carried out in the main theatres in Cork University...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Home Help service nationally is a well established and successful component of this Government's strategy to provide a range of services to enable older people to remain in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. While the service is subject to on-going monitoring by my Department and the Health Service Executive, no specific review of funding is planned or underway. In...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The new nursing home support scheme, A Fair Deal, was announced in December 2006. Since then, my Department has met with the National Federation of Pensioners' Associations, the Irish Farmers Association, the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament and the Social Partners. The Department also attended the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament AGM at its request and participated in a workshop on the new...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...