Results 981-1,000 of 1,546 for speaker:Áine Brady
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (29 Apr 2010)
Áine Brady: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme is a new system of financial support for individuals in need of long-term residential care. The commencement of the scheme brought about a fundamental change in the way in which such care is funded and, consequently, the way in which nursing homes and community hospitals are funded. In the past, these facilities were allocated a lump sum annually. In...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2010)
Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2010)
Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Care of the Elderly (5 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I thank Deputy Byrne for raising this matter. It provides me with an opportunity to update the House on Government policy on community services for older people. The overarching policy of the Government is to support older people to live in dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. Where this is not feasible, the health service supports access to...
- Waste Management (5 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley. I thank Deputy Breen for raising this important issue. The Litter Pollution Acts 1997 to 2009, rather than the Waste Management Acts, provide the statutory framework for combating litter. Under the Litter Pollution Acts, the primary management and...
- Schools Building Projects (5 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I will take this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Mary Coghlan. I thank Deputy Joe McHugh for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to the Dáil the Government's strategy for capital investment in education projects and also to outline the current position on St. Eunan's College,...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (5 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Eating Disorders: Eating Disorders (5 May 2010)
Áine Brady: My Department does not have data quantifying the proportion of cardiovascular disease which is directly related to either alcohol misuse or childhood obesity. Both the misuse of alcohol and obesity are among the leading risk factors contributing to the onset of cardiovascular disease. Prevention of these risk factors will be addressed in the forthcoming Cardiovascular Policy. In addition,...
- Written Answers — Eating Disorders: Eating Disorders (5 May 2010)
Áine Brady: The tax system through VAT differentiates between food products. Most food and drink sold by retail shops is chargeable at the zero VAT rate. The type of products attracting this rate includes low-cost healthy foodstuffs such as bread, milk, meat and vegetables, which might help low income households guard against obesity and stay healthy. Certain items of food and drink are specifically...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (5 May 2010)
Áine Brady: The Financial Assessment for the Nursing Homes Support Scheme takes all of a person's income and assets into account. The person's contribution to care is then worked out based on 80% of the person's assessable income, which includes income generated from the rental of any property, and 5% of the value of their assets per annum. The first â¬36,000 of the person's assets, or â¬72,000 in the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Cancer Screening Programme (11 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I will take the Adjournment on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. I welcome the opportunity to set out the position on breast cancer screening services in County Clare. BreastCheck, the national breast screening programme, provides free breast screening to women aged 50 to 64 area by area. BreastCheck operates from four clinical units based...
- Mental Health Services (11 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I am responding to this matter on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and for giving me the opportunity to update the House on the ongoing regulatory programme undertaken by the Department of Health and Children. The Health and Social Care Professionals Act was passed by the Oireachtas in 2005. The Act provides for the...
- Road Network (11 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I am responding to the Deputy on behalf of the Minister for Transport, Deputy Noel Dempsey. I thank Deputy Coveney for giving me an opportunity to address this issue in the House. The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on such roads are...
- Written Answers — Patient Statistics: Patient Statistics (11 May 2010)
Áine Brady: The new Nursing Homes Support Scheme commenced on the 27th October 2009. The scheme was introduced in order to address the inequity in the treatment of public and private long-term nursing home residents and in order to alleviate the financial hardship being experienced by long-term residents in private nursing homes. The Nursing Homes Support Scheme is now the single system of financial...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (11 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.