Results 621-640 of 1,371 for speaker:Máire Hoctor
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Apr 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 — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (29 Apr 2008)
Máire Hoctor: My Department operates a number of options to assist older people to secure necessary improvement works to their homes. The Housing Aid for Older People Scheme, which is administered by local authorities, provides targeted support to improve conditions in the existing housing of older people. The types of works which may be grant aided under the Scheme are varied and may include the...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (30 Apr 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 — Health Services: Health Services (1 May 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 — Health Services: Health Services (1 May 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...
- Seanad: Irish Language (1 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Gabhaim buÃochas leis an gCathaoirleach as ucht an seans seo a thabhairt dom an cheist seo a fhreagairt sa Teach inniu. Gabhaim buÃochas freisin leis an tSeanadóir à Dochartaigh, a d'ardaigh an tábhar seo. Ãs rud é gur tháinig an cheist chugam i mBéarla, nÃl rogha agam ach freagra a thabhairt i mBéarla freisin. As we received the matter in English, the response came to me in...
- Seanad: Irish Language (1 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: If the Senator reads the script again, he will see that at no stage was it ever suggested that gaelscoileanna were not inclusive. It was indicated that it is apparent that the achievements of gaelscoileanna pupils are higher than those of pupils who are not exclusively from gaelscoileanna. The point was also made that if gaelscoileanna are inclusive, they take into account children from all...
- Seanad: Control of Dangerous Dogs. (1 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I thank the Senator for raising this matter, which I will be taking on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley. I wish to outline the current requirements applying in respect of particular breeds of dogs to which the Senator refers. The Control of Dogs Regulations 1998 provide for special controls in respect of the following...
- Seanad: Control of Dangerous Dogs. (1 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Senator has raised an important issue and has identified the fact that even though a dog might be on private property, said property might not belong to its owner. The definition in that regard may not be sufficiently clear and I assure the Senator that I will raise the matter with the Minister, Deputy Gormley, on the next occasion on which we meet.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion. (7 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: That is not true. Deputy Enda Kenny should check his facts.
- Health Services (13 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I take this Adjournment on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. I emphasise the Government's commitment to providing a high quality service to all people with a disability. This commitment is illustrated by the substantial investment in disability services in recent years. The national disability strategy launched in September 2004 reinforces...
- Hospital Services. (13 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I will take the Adjournment on behalf of my colleague the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. The teamwork report, prepared for the Health Service Executive, has helped to inform the approach being adopted with regard to the transformation programme. The report clearly indicated that the current service configuration in the north-east region is unsustainable and recommended...
- Hospital Services. (13 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The HSE has advised the Department that a draft interim report for the north-east transformation programme has been produced primarily to facilitate engagement and meaningful input, via the partnership process, with staff and unions. This interim report addresses many of the key short and medium-term planned service changes in Cavan and Monaghan together with a number of the initial changes...
- Hospital Services. (13 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: âârehabilitation and non-acute services, packages of primarily community-based care and additional long-stay services. It is not possible until the current detailed planning phase is complete to be definitive as to what aspects of north-east transformation can be implemented during this year and what can be achieved in 2009. In its draft capital plan, the HSE proposes to spend...
- Hospital Services. (13 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Monaghan Hospital will continue to have an important role to play in the provision of health services in the north east. This view was confirmed in the teamwork report and also in the north-east transformation programme. The reconfiguration of services in the north east in a way which demonstrably delivers safer and more effective services for people in that region will continue to have the...
- Child Care Services. (13 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and I welcome the opportunity to respond to the debate on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Barry Andrews, the Minister of State with responsibility for children and youth affairs. In all cases where there is a serious and immediate risk to the health or welfare of a child, the HSE responds immediately and takes appropriate action. All child abuse...
- Protection of Animals. (13 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I thank Deputy Andrew Doyle for raising this issue. The role of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government relates primarily to dog licensing and controls on dangerous dogs in the interest of the protection of the public and other animals, i.e., the Control of Dogs Acts 1986 and 1992 along with associated regulations. In the light of a number of reports about...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (20 May 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 (20 May 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 (20 May 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...