Results 601-620 of 2,629 for speaker:Tim O'Malley
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: 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 matter referred to by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the executive's national...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: 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 matter referred to by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the executive's national...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: 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 matter referred to by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the executive's national...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: 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 matter raised by the Deputy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (26 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: 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 the provision of psychiatric facilities. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the Health Service...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: 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 payment of and entitlement to domiciliary care allowance. Accordingly, my Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (26 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: 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. The medical assessment for the purpose of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax concessions scheme) is carried out by the...
- Written Answers — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (26 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: 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 the provision of suicide prevention programmes. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the Health...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (26 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: 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 funding. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's...
- Health Services. (27 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: 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 acute hospital services and the appointment of new or replacement consultant posts. As...
- Care of the Elderly. (27 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: As the House will be aware, the policy of the Department of Health and Children for the development and delivery of services for older people is to maintain them in dignity and independence at home for as long as possible in accordance with their wishes as expressed in many research studies; to restore to independence at home those older people who become ill or dependent; and to encourage...
- Care of the Elderly. (27 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: I will deal with the figures, if the Deputy can be as patient as I was. There are a number of reasons there are increasing demands on the home help service, one of which is the demographic fact that approximately 6,000 people are coming into the over-65 bracket every year with a proportionately higher percentage increase in the more dependent over-80 category. The aim of the home help service...
- Care of the Elderly. (27 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: The HSE south western area confirmed the following figures for the last three years: In 2002 the number of home help hours was 527,622 and the corresponding funding was â¬3,558,849; in 2003 the home help hours were 441,096 and the funding was â¬4,745,000; in 2004 the home help hours were 428,642 with funding of â¬4,565,000. I acknowledge a discrepancy in the figures. I will confirm the...
- Care of the Elderly. (27 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: I must correct the Deputy. The Tánaiste does not have 14 spin doctors but it is a good line.
- Care of the Elderly. (27 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: Does the Deputy believe everything he reads in the Sunday Independent?
- Care of the Elderly. (27 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: The Government has made services for older people a priority and is fully committed to the development of a comprehensive health service capable of responding quickly, fully and effectively to the health service needs of older people. In recent years, health and social services for older people have improved both in hospitals and in the community. Since coming into office, the Government has...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (27 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: 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 the development and modernisation of mental health services in east Galway and Roscommon. Accordingly, my Department has...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: In the Book of Estimates for 2004, the estimate for mobility allowance was â¬2.949 million.
- Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: That was unnecessary.
- Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)
Tim O'Malley: Hear, hear.