Results 521-540 of 11,978 for speaker:Helen McEntee
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (30 Jun 2016)
Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 222 and 223 together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (30 Jun 2016)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: When the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS) commenced in 2009, a commitment was made that it would be reviewed after three years. The Report of the Review was published in July 2015. Arising out of the Review, a number of key issues have been identified for more detailed consideration across Departments and Agencies, including the treatment of business and farm assets for the purposes of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Charities Regulation (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: Console is one of the charities part-funded through the HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention, to provide counselling, therapy and support services to people who have been bereaved by suicide. The National Office for Suicide Prevention funds over 40 individual organisations (including Console) and co-ordinates suicide prevention initiatives around the country. Funding of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with the HSE.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with the HSE.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act, 2009 provides that the components that make up the cost of care in public residential facilities must be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas, and the HSE have complied with this requirement. There is no legal obligation under the Act for the HSE to publish the public cost of care. Over the past number of years the cost of care for public nursing...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS) is a system of financial support for those assessed as needing long-term nursing home care. Participants contribute according to their means while the State pays the balance of the cost. The Scheme aims to ensure that long-term nursing home care is accessible and affordable for everyone and that people are cared for in the most appropriate setting. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 533 and 534 together. I am aware of the research referred to by the Deputy. Long – term nursing home care is provided through a mix of public and private provision, with the public sector providing about 20% of all beds. There are a number of reasons why the costs of public facilities are generally higher than those in the private sector. I...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: The Health Service Executive was responsible for inspecting private nursing homes up to 2009 when statutory responsibility was given to the Health Information and Quality Authority for the registration and inspection of certain categories of designated centres, including nursing homes for older people. The definition of a designated centre is set out in the Health Act 2007 and there are a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: The HSE provides home support services, either directly or through service agreements with private and voluntary sector providers, to assist older people to live independently in their own homes. In addition to the mainstream Home Help Service, enhanced home care is provided through the Home Care Packages (HCP) Scheme. The core resources allocated for these services in 2016 was in the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 562 and 564 together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (5 Jul 2016)
Helen McEntee: The HSE’s National Service Plan for 2016 provides for a target of 10.4 millionHome Help Hours to support about 47,800 people. It also provides for 15,450 Home Care Packagesand130 Intensive Home Care Packages for clients with complex needs. A further 60 clients with dementia will be supported with co-funding from Atlantic Philanthropies under the Irish National Dementia Strategy. Home...