Results 861-880 of 1,371 for speaker:Máire Hoctor
- Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (24 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Government has undertaken a broad range of actions as part of a strategic response to enhance the range of housing supports and services available to the disadvantaged and vulnerable in society, including older people and people with a disability. These actions range from the introduction of better-targeted financial supports to the development of inter-agency protocols to ensure...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Sep 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 (25 Sep 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 (25 Sep 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. The Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (25 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Budget 2008 provided â¬110 million for the implementation of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, A Fair Deal. My colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, and I are conscious of the effect that the unavoidable and unforeseen delays in implementing Fair Deal are causing to some older people and their families. To date, â¬13 million has been allocated from the additional monies...
- Promised Legislation. (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Both the Minister for Health and Children and I are fully committed to introducing the new nursing homes support scheme in 2009. The legislation required in order to introduce the scheme is complex and has involved careful drafting to ensure that the interests of older people requiring residential care are fully protected. The Minister expects to publish the Bill within the next two weeks...
- Promised Legislation. (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: A number of legal issues led to the undesirable delay that occurred in respect of the finalising of the Bill for Government. Legal issues emerged in the discussions with the Parliamentary Counsel and these had to be cleared before the Bill could come before Government for approval. Thankfully we are now at a very advanced stage. On Deputy Reilly's question on the â¬110 million for the...
- Promised Legislation. (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I have made clear what has been allocated at this point.
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Both the Minister for Health and Children and I are fully committed to introducing the new Nursing Homes Support Scheme in 2009. The legislation required in order to introduce the Scheme is complex and has involved careful drafting in order to ensure that the interests of older people requiring residential care are fully protected. The Minister expects to bring the Bill before the Houses of...
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Final Report from the Commission of Investigation, established to investigate the management, operation and supervision of the former Leas Cross Nursing Home was due to be completed and submitted to the Minister for Health and Children earlier this month. The Sole Member to the Commission recently advised that this report would not be completed within the time originally envisaged. He...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: There are no plans at present to licence nursing agencies providing home-based care or home help providers. With regard to private health care facilities, the present standards for nursing homes are set out in the Care and Welfare Regulations and the Health Service Executive (HSE) inspects private nursing homes on the basis of these standards. Earlier this year, the Health Information and...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The National Treatment Purchase Fund's (NTPF) role under the proposed Nursing Homes Support Scheme is not to identify suitable nursing homes for individual persons. Under the new scheme, NTPF will negotiate prices for long-term care with private nursing home owners on behalf of the State. Where nursing homes agree prices for the purposes of the scheme with the NTPF, the NTPF will recommend...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Both the Minister for Health and Children and I are fully committed to introducing the new Nursing Homes Support Scheme in 2009. The legislation required in order to introduce the Scheme is complex and has involved careful drafting in order to ensure that the interests of older people requiring residential care are fully protected. However, the principles of the scheme remain the same as...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Government has committed very significant investment in recent years to develop both community-based and residential services for older people. Additional funding of just over â¬400 million was provided under Budgets 2006 and 2007, of which â¬190 million was ear-marked for community-based services such as Homecare Packages, Home-Helps, Day Care, Respite and Meals on Wheels. In this...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: In 2006, the HSE, in conjunction with Prospectus, undertook a Needs Assessment of bed capacity requirements in the areas of long-stay, dementia-specific and respite care beds for the period 2006-2036. This report was submitted to the Department of Health and Children in September 2006. It indicated, among other issues, the uneven distribution of beds between and within regions. In...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The importance this Government attaches to the continued development of community-based services for older persons is reflected in the unprecedented levels of funding given to this sector in recent years. In 2006 and 2007, just over â¬400 million was provided to enhance service developments across the older persons sector. Of this specific investment of â¬110 million over those years has...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Sep 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 — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The over-arching policy in relation to older people is to support them insofar as possible to live at home and in their own communities. The Home Help Service, delivered by or on behalf of the Health Service Executive (HSE), is therefore a core community service enabling people to remain at home, where appropriate, who otherwise might need to be cared for in long-term residential care. It...
- Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: A response to the Parliamentary Question referred to has issued to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Responsibility for funding a range of agencies dealing with services for older people rests with the Health Service Executive. Applications for funding for the purposes described by the Deputy would, in the first instance, be a matter for consideration by the Executive. In addition, the Office for Older People intends to progress the Strategy on Positive Ageing. Research needs and how to...