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Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (17 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive (HSE) under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. The HSE's responsibility includes the operation of the Housing Aid Scheme for the Elderly, on behalf of the Department of Environment,...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (17 Jun 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 (17 Jun 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 (17 Jun 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 investigated...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Jun 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 investigated...

Hospital Services. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I welcome the opportunity to set out the current position to Deputies Clune and Lynch in respect of the restructuring of cancer services, with particular reference to breast cancer services in the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital, Cork. The implementation of the national quality assurance standards for symptomatic breast disease will ensure that every woman in Ireland who develops...

Hospital Services. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: Planning is proceeding to achieve this consolidation by early 2009. The decision to consolidate the symptomatic breast service provided by CUH and South Infirmary for the southern region into the designated cancer centre at CUH is consistent with the national programme for the centralisation of breast cancer services in eight designated specialist centres. The relocation of the South...

Hospital Services. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: It is clear from the wide-ranging, evidence-based work behind the national cancer control programme that the best interests of the women of Cork and of the southern region will be served by this consolidation. The Government is confident that the consolidated service will meet or exceed the national standards for symptomatic breast care as approved by the Health Information and Quality Authority.

Hospital Services. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: The programme recently completed a detailed review of resource requirements to create capacity for the progressive transfer of all symptomatic breast cancer services to the eight designated cancer centres with the objective of completing 60% transfer by the end of this year and 90% by the end of 2009. Funding of €7 millionhas been allocated from the programme across the eight centres to...

Hospital Services. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: The Government is committed to providing symptomatic breast disease services in eight centres nationally. Roll-out of the national breast screening programme and a quality assured symptomatic breast disease service will ensure that women will have the best chance for early detection and treatment of breast cancer. The developments which I have outlined today will ensure that a comprehensive...

Mental Health Services. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I will take this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. I thank Deputy Ring for raising this matter on today's Adjournment and for giving me the opportunity to reaffirm the Government's commitment to mental health. The document, A Vision for Change, represents our action plan for the development of a quality mental health service. The...

Services for People with Disabilities. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I will speak on this matter on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children. The Government is committed to providing a high quality service to all people with a disability. This commitment is illustrated by the substantial investment we have been making in disability services over the last number of years. The national disability strategy, launched in September 2004, reinforces equal...

Services for People with Disabilities. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: ——Residential places — ten; respite places — two; and day places — 15.

Services for People with Disabilities. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: The HSE states that St. Michael's House also received an indicative allocation of five residential places in 2008——

Services for People with Disabilities. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: ——for children in the Meath local health office. Two new residential places and two new day places have been allocated to St. Michael's House in 2008 from the Dublin mid-Leinster region. As the Deputy is aware, an additional €50 million was allocated by the Government for the provision of disability services in the 2008 budget. The 2008 service plan, developed by the HSE and approved...

Services for People with Disabilities. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: Clearly, it is essential that the HSE lives within is overall budget for the year. It needs——

Services for People with Disabilities. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: ——to manage its activity levels and cost drivers appropriately to achieve this and the Minister does not believe it is desirable to resort to using development funding to offset expenditure pressures arising in respect of ongoing health services.

Services for People with Disabilities. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I understand that the HSE is currently reviewing its overall financial position for the year and the roll out of planned development in disability services is being considered in that context. The Minister has been in communication with the HSE with a view to an early determination on the matter.

Child Care Services. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Barry Andrews. The main supports the Government makes available to parents in respect of their child care costs are child benefit and the early child care supplement. The latter payment, in recognition of the higher child care costs of pre-school children, is the...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (18 Jun 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 matters...