Results 741-760 of 1,371 for speaker:Máire Hoctor
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (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...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (18 Jun 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 151 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 matters raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (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...
- Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (19 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 matter...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (19 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 matter...
- Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (19 Jun 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I understand that the Deputy's question refers to a legal case concerning a person in a private long stay in-patient facility. The Department and the Health Service Executive are involved in a number of cases relating to this area. These are being dealt with in accordance with legal advice that the Department is receiving and the Department does not propose to comment on individual cases.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 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 matter...
- Seanad: Older Persons: Statements (19 Jun 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Gabhaim buÃochas leat, a Chathaoirligh, agus le gach Seanadóir as ucht an deis seo a thabhairt dom labhairt sa Teach mar gheall ar chúrsaà a bhaineann le daoine nÃos sine. Tá mé sásta éisteacht leis na cainteoirà ar gach taobh. Tógfaidh mé na pointà éagsúla faoi deara. I thank the Cathaoirleach and Senators for giving me this opportunity to make a statement on the subject of...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (24 Jun 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The legislation providing for the nursing home subvention scheme enables the HSE to undertake a review of a person's means on the same basis as the original financial assessment. In terms of the specific query raised by the Deputy, operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 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 case investigated...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (24 Jun 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 183 together. 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. My colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, intends to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 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 case investigated...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 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 case investigated...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 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...
- Seanad: Older Persons: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I thank all the contributors to this debate and commend the Senators for their interest in what is an exciting area, most certainly for me as the recently appointed Minister of State with responsibility for older people. I want to return to some of the issues raised by Senators, both last week and today. The issue of elder abuse was raised. It was the main topic for discussion at a...
- Toxic Waste. (26 Jun 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Minister, Deputy Gormley, could not be present this afternoon owing to a prior arrangement. He is in Cork attending a regional seminar on local government reform which was arranged a long time ago. I am happy to deal with the issue and will outline to the Deputies the situation as it stands. As the Deputies are aware, Irish Ispat went into liquidation in June 2001, having been in...
- Toxic Waste. (26 Jun 2008)
Máire Hoctor: No such estimate has been reached yet in relation to this site. The future use of the site will determine the nature of the rehabilitation and that has not been determined or even explored. Costs were not the determining factor in this and, as I outlined in my response, the subcontractors were in breach of the contract in the work they were carrying out.
- Toxic Waste. (26 Jun 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The interests of public health and safety are paramount in this issue. This is never called into question. In respect of health and safety, the local authority has acted as the agent on behalf of the Department in the daily carrying out of work on this and monitoring the work of the contractor.
- Toxic Waste. (26 Jun 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The local authority has been a lead agent in this. The EPA has been involved in it.
- Toxic Waste. (26 Jun 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Does Deputy Sherlock want to hear my answer? They have worked hand in hand on the partnership rehabilitation of this site. We are talking about a site whose future has not been decided. This will be a matter for the Minister and Government at a later stage this year. In respect of the toxic waste mentioned by Deputy Ciarán Lynch, this waste was exported to Germany at that time. The...