Results 881-900 of 1,371 for speaker:Máire Hoctor
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Department requested that the Health Service Executive contact the Deputy directly on this matter. I am informed by the Executive that an explanation together with an apology issued to the Deputy on 26th September.
- 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 — Health Services: Health Services (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: No application relating to such a proposal has been received in my Department. Issues relating to Carers are primarily the responsibility of the Department of Social and Family Affairs, including the commitments in the national partnership agreement "Towards 2016" and in the Programme for Government to develop various initiatives under a National Carers Strategy.
- 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 — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (30 Sep 2008)
Máire Hoctor: A combined allocation of â¬1,820,130 was made to Galway County Council earlier this year for the purposes of the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant Scheme and the Housing Aid for Older People Scheme, which amalgamates the provisions of the Essential Repairs Grant and the Special Housing Aid for the Elderly Scheme. Following a period of overlap...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (1 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Home Care Packages form a key component of the Government's strategy of supporting older people to live at home and in their communities for as long as possible. In this context, funding of â¬120 million was allocated to the Health Service Executive over the years 2006-8 inclusive to underpin this initiative. The Deputy will appreciate that operational responsibility for the management and...
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: There is no matching funding.
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (2 Oct 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 (2 Oct 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. 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 (2 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The existing subvention scheme is governed by the Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Act 2007. Under the Act, the maximum amount for basic subvention is â¬300 per week. The Act also provides for enhanced subvention to be paid. However, there is no maximum amount set for enhanced subvention. The amount paid is at the discretion of the HSE. It varies according to the cost of care and is...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (2 Oct 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 Minister expects to publish the Bill within the next two weeks or so and to bring it before the Houses of the Oireachtas for debate in this Dáil session. The legislation required in order to introduce the Scheme is complex and has involved careful drafting in...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (2 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Home Care Packages form a key component of the Government's strategy of supporting older people to live at home and in their communities for as long as possible. Home Care Packages are an additional support over and above mainstream community services and are designed to enhance rather than replace existing home support services. The Initiative was formally introduced by the Government in...
- Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (2 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: North Tipperary County Council has received 47 applications under the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, 35 applications under the Mobility Aids Grant Scheme and 190 applications under the Housing Aid for Older People Scheme since their introduction on 1 November 2007. A combined capital allocation of â¬1,571,700 was made to North Tipperary County Council in May 2008, for...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: My colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, met the Carers' Association on 26 September last when, among other things, they set out their view that the forthcoming Carers' Strategy should provide for a full needs assessment for carers. Such an assessment would encompass more than health matters. In so far as the health matters are concerned, she has noted the suggestion in the context...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (7 Oct 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...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (7 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The existing subvention scheme is governed by the Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Act 2007. In order to qualify for a subvention, an individual must be: (a) sufficiently dependent to require maintenance in a nursing home, and (b) unable to pay any or part of the cost of maintenance in the home. In order to determine this, they must undergo a means assessment which takes account of their...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (8 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The aim of the Nursing Home Subvention Scheme is to provide financial assistance to older people towards the cost of maintenance in a private nursing home. The existing subvention scheme is governed by the Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Act, 2007. Under the Act, the maximum amount for basic subvention is â¬300 per week. The Act also provides for enhanced subvention to be paid. However,...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (9 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: In 2007, expenditure by the HSE on nursing home subventions was almost â¬205 million. This year the Government has redirected an additional â¬25 million from the overall allocation in respect of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, A Fair Deal, for the purpose of nursing home supports, including subvention. This includes â¬13 million for the provision of 200 contract beds. In addition, the...
- Written Answers — Health Service Payments: Health Service Payments (14 Oct 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. Accordingly, the Department is advised by the HSE that it is currently working to distribute the funding referred to by the Deputy. The HSE further advise that all private nursing home providers have been written to and...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Standards: Nursing Home Standards (14 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 53 and 80 together. The present standards for nursing homes are set out in the 1993 Care and Welfare Regulations and the HSE inspects private nursing homes on the basis of these standards. Under the Health Act, 2007, statutory responsibility is given to the Chief Inspector of Social Services for inspecting and registering all residential centres for older...