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Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (27 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...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (27 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: The maximum rate of basic subvention was increased from €190 per week to €300 per week in January 2007. In addition to basic subvention, the HSE may pay a discretionary enhanced subvention. The maximum amount that can be provided as enhanced subvention is not set out in legislation and is determined by the HSE itself subject to its resources. Additional funding of €85m was allocated...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 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...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (27 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: The Bill providing for the Fair Deal scheme is being finalised by the Office of the Attorney General at present. The legislation is complex and requires careful drafting in order to ensure that the interests of older people requiring residential care are fully protected. In the course of progressing the legislation, the Department has received legal advice in relation to a number of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 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 (27 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 to 254, inclusive, together. 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...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 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 — Palliative Care: Palliative Care (27 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: My Department has contacted the Health Service Executive in relation to the Deputy's question. As the Deputy is aware, due to the temporary unavailability of specialist nursing staff it has been necessary to reorganise the service in Wicklow. The Executive has stated that work continues to ensure that the specialist Palliative Care service is re established in the Local Health Office,...

Vaccination Programme. (28 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. I thank Deputy Clune for raising the matter as it provides me with an opportunity to outline to the House the importance the Department of Health and Children and the Health Service Executive attach to this issue. The BCG vaccine, which protects against tuberculosis, is usually given...

Health Service Staff. (28 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin provides acute, secondary and tertiary hospital services for children. The hospital receives a significant proportion of its funding from the Exchequer via the Health Service Executive. In 2008, the hospital has an allocation of €137 million, up from €128 million in 2007. The hospital's budget has risen by over €38 million since 2004, which...

Hospital Services. (28 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I am taking the matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. The Government is committed to the provision of a high level of quality health services throughout the country, including in the Cork region. The HSE is obliged to provide services in line with available funding. In turn, all its managers and agencies have a clear responsibility to...

Community Employment Schemes (28 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Mary Coughlan. The FÁS community employment programme is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed-term...

Health Services (29 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I will take this Adjournment debate on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. A keystone of the Government's policy on older people is to support them to live in dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. To cater for the needs of older people the Government has invested heavily in this important area,...

Health Services (29 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I understand from the HSE that, on the basis of detailed risk analysis and in the context of the requirement to maintain appropriate staffing and safety levels, plans are being considered which may result in alteration to current levels of service in the near future.

Health Services (29 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: The executive has indicated that no final decision has been taken at this point regarding any curtailment of primary or community services in Laois-Offaly and it will keep the matter under regular review.

Health Services (29 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I take this Adjournment debate on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. I am pleased to have this opportunity to address the issue raised by the Deputy. The Department of Health and Children has been informed by the Health Service Executive that the facilities referred to by the Deputy are new Cheshire Ireland supported accommodation which was...

Health Services (29 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I mentioned the bungalows to which Deputy McManus referred.

Health Services (29 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: The two young men have been assessed.

Job Creation. (29 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I am also familiar with the concerns of the people of Thurles about the closure of the factory, and I will give the response of behalf of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Following notification of the redundancies by the company in question, representatives of FÁS visited the company with a view to carrying out a needs analysis...

Military Aircraft. (29 May 2008)

Máire Hoctor: The Deputy has raised a number of wider issues on extraordinary rendition which have been dealt with on a number of occasions on the floor and in committees of this House. As recently as yesterday, the Taoiseach reiterated to the House our unequivocal opposition to the practice of extraordinary rendition. The Taoiseach went on to state that none of the various investigations into...