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Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (31 May 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, HSE, 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 HIV-AIDS treatment services. The health protection surveillance centre, HPSC, of the HSE which is...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (31 May 2005)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 161 and 163 together. 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 under the Nursing...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 May 2005)

Seán Power: As the Deputy may be aware, the Health Service Executive has been piloting home care grant schemes in a number of areas. These schemes have been targeted at supporting older people living in the community as an alternative to long-term residential care and for older people who are being discharged from the acute hospital system. In the HSE eastern regional area, people have been discharged...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (31 May 2005)

Seán Power: As the Deputy will be aware, the placing of a person in a private nursing home is a private matter between the person or his or her representatives and the nursing home proprietor, as are the fees charged in these facilities. The Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 allows for the payment of a subvention towards the cost of such care based on a medical and means assessment. The process used in...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 May 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. This includes responsibility for health services in County Cavan. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's...

Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: We do not remember that long ago.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Jun 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 County Kildare. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (1 Jun 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 the housing aid scheme for the elderly in Clare, on behalf of the Department of the...

Written Answers — Smoking Ban: Smoking Ban (1 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: On 29 March 2004 most enclosed places of work became smoke-free. The primary purpose of this measure is to protect the health of workers and the public from exposure to toxic second hand tobacco smoke. The response to date across all sectors is very positive, with compliance at a very high level. The successful introduction of the new measure reflects the widespread public support and...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Jun 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 County Kildare. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (1 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: As the Deputy is aware, responsibility for the provision of health services in the Limerick area rests with the Health Service Executive mid western area in the first instance. As part of the executive's responsibility to prepare and submit an annual service plan for the Tánaiste's approval, it is obliged under section 31 of the Act to indicate any capital plans proposed by the executive. In...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (1 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: As the Deputy will be aware, the Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive — HSE — 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 proposed developments at St. Brendan's, Loughrea. The HSE...

Written Answers — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (1 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1st 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 the home help service in county Sligo. Accordingly, my Department has requested the...

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: I welcome the opportunity to address the Seanad on this sensitive issue. Like other Members and the public in general, I was extremely disturbed by the findings of "Prime Time" last Monday. It is outrageous that older people should be subjected to the type of environment portrayed in the programme and I am pleased that the Health Service Executive has reached agreement with the owners of the...

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: I welcome the opportunity to reply to the debate in which most Members have been constructive. They might have got off to a bad start——

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: ——but those speakers who came afterwards made amends. Reference was made to the Tánaiste, and some criticism was expressed about her not getting involved in it. I was given responsibility for services for older people, and I cannot see anything wrong with the Tánaiste allowing me to deal with the issue. It was brought to my attention towards the end of last week that it was intended to...

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: There is a certain understanding and realisation that there is an issue regarding elder abuse, the vast majority of which, unfortunately, takes place in people's own homes. We are aware that the issue exists, but it came as a terrible surprise to people to see the type of abuse that went on in that home. We must be honest and say that, while there are gaps in the legislation, if people want...

Written Answers — Helpline Service: Helpline Service (14 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: 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 — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (14 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: The Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 allows for the payment of a subvention towards the cost of nursing home care based on medical and means assessments. The process used in determining a person's eligibility for subvention is set out in the Nursing Homes (Subvention) Regulations 1993. As the Deputy will be aware, the placing of a person in a private nursing home is a private matter between...

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (14 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: The Food Safety Authority of Ireland or FSAI is the competent authority in Ireland for the enforcement of EU legislation regarding genetically modified or GM foods. The FSAI carries out checks of the marketplace for compliance with the GM legislation. Under EU rules, only authorised GM foods or foods containing ingredients thereof can be placed on the market. New legislation which came into...