Results 941-960 of 1,371 for speaker:Máire Hoctor
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (23 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. The Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Subventions: Nursing Homes Subventions (23 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008 was published on the 9th October. The Minister intends to bring the legislation through the Houses of the Oireachtas as soon as possible. Budget 2009 provided â¬55 million for the implementation of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme next year. This brings the total funding in the subhead for long-term residential care to â¬909 million. The scheme...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Subventions: Nursing Homes Subventions (23 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Budget 2009 provided â¬55 million for the implementation of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme next year. This brings the total funding in the subhead for long-term residential care to â¬909 million. The Department is carefully considering the implementation of the scheme within the context of that allocation.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Subventions: Nursing Homes Subventions (23 Oct 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. 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...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Subventions: Nursing Homes Subventions (23 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Regulatory Impact Assessment referred to by the Deputy will include an assessment of the resource/financial implications of the draft standards. It is hoped to complete the RIA shortly.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (23 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme will apply to public and voluntary nursing homes and to approved private nursing homes. In order to become approved for the purposes of the scheme, a private nursing home must: (a) be registered under the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 at present and, in the future, under the Health Act 2007 (once the relevant sections are commenced), (b) have agreed a price...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Grants: Local Authority Grants (23 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Housing Aid for Older People Scheme is administered by local authorities and is part of a revised framework of grant aid, introduced in November 2007, to assist older people and people with a disability with their accommodation needs. The Scheme, which amalgamates the provisions of the old Essential Repairs Grant Scheme and the scheme of Special Housing Aid for the Elderly Scheme (SHAE),...
- Mental Health Services. (29 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I take this matter on behalf of my colleague the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. I am pleased to take this opportunity to address the issue raised by the Deputy. It is particularly significant in terms of demonstrating the Government's resolute assurance to support and protect the needs of disadvantaged groups, including people with disabilities within Irish society,...
- Written Answers — Voluntary Sector Funding: Voluntary Sector Funding (29 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 221 and 229 together. The Deputy will be aware that funding for health services has been provided as part of the Executive's overall vote for health and personal social services in 2008. The allocation of resources is a matter for the Executive in accordance with the overall priorities for particular services as set out in its Service Plan and the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (29 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 244 and 246 together. The existing Nursing Home Subvention Scheme is governed by the Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Act, 2007. The Act provides for two different types of subvention, a) basic subvention and b) enhanced subvention. Under the Act, the maximum amount for basic subvention is â¬300 per week. However, there is no maximum amount set for...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (29 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. 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 (29 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 to 249, inclusive, together. There are almost 8,500 public long-term residential care beds and approximately 17,600 private long-term residential care beds at present. Taking occupancy rates into account, this equates to approximately 7,700 public long-term residents and approximately 15,200 private long-term care residents. Of the private long-term care...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (29 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. In order to alleviate the financial pressure for older people and their...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 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. 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 (4 Nov 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 (4 Nov 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 (4 Nov 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme, A Fair Deal, is intended to replace both the existing Nursing Home Subvention Scheme, which applies to private nursing homes, and the system of charging in public and voluntary nursing homes. The new scheme will apply to public and voluntary nursing homes and to approved private nursing homes. In order to become approved for the purposes of the scheme, a...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (5 Nov 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme, A Fair Deal, is designed to ensure that nursing home care is affordable for all who need it. As such, my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, and I expect that the majority of subvented and unsubvented residents in private nursing homes will apply for the scheme upon its introduction. Thereafter, the scheme will apply to all new entrants to...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (5 Nov 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I would firstly like to clarify for the Deputy that the cost estimates which underpin the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, A Fair Deal, are based predominantly on average length of stay rather than on the distribution of nursing home residents by projected length of stay. However, the distribution data which was used to inform the costings for the scheme was taken from the Department of Health...
- Seanad: Nursing Home Standards: Statements (5 Nov 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I thank the Cathaoirleach and Senators for giving me this opportunity to make a statement on the nursing homes support scheme and on the standards for residential care settings for older people. The Government is committed to ensuring access to quality nursing home care for all who need it. Two key initiatives in this area are the new nursing homes support scheme, which will address issues...