Results 1,081-1,100 of 1,546 for speaker:Áine Brady
- Seanad: Youth Services (2 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State with responsibility for children and youth affairs, Deputy Barry Andrews. As the Senator will be aware, on 12 April the Minister of State announced details of a dedicated youth café funding scheme of â¬1.5 million from the dormant accounts fund. This is the first dedicated youth café funding scheme in...
- Seanad: Voluntary Housing Programmes (2 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley. I thank the Senator for raising this matter, as it affords me an opportunity to restate to the Seanad the Government's commitment to meeting the housing needs of persons and families with special needs. Despite the current funding constraints, we...
- Seanad: Voluntary Housing Programmes (2 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: Yes, that is what I said.
- Seanad: Voluntary Housing Programmes (2 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Voluntary Housing Programmes (2 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: Yes, that is what I said.
- Seanad: Voluntary Housing Programmes (2 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I will check that out. As the Senator is aware, this pertains to my portfolio.
- Seanad: Waste Disposal (2 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I will be taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, and I thank Senator Mooney for raising this issue. The environmental management of waste tyres was highlighted in a recent "Prime Time Investigates" programme and, at the time, the Minister, Deputy Gormley, expressed his concerns regarding the...
- Seanad: Waste Disposal (2 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I will certainly do that.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (3 Jun 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 — Hospital Inspections: Hospital Inspections (3 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is given statutory responsibility for the inspection of hospitals under the Health Act, 2007. I have been informed by the Authority that it continues to monitor compliance with National Hygiene Services Quality Standards. This takes the form of ongoing unannounced visits to randomly selected acute hospitals, with this series of inspections...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (3 Jun 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 — Nursing Home Costs: Nursing Home Costs (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: Under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, the weekly cost of long-term residential care in both public and private nursing homes is published on the HSE's website. Based on this, the average cost of care per week in a private nursing home is â¬850 for a single room and â¬844 for a shared room. In the case of private nursing homes, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has to agree a price for...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: A key purpose of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme is to ensure that individuals do not have to sell or re-mortgage their homes in order to meet their long-term nursing home care costs. For this reason, the scheme provides that a person's principal residence is only taken into account in the financial assessment for their first three years in care. It also provides that the portion of the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: Under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has to agree a price for long-term residential care with each private nursing home provider wishing to partake in the scheme. The services which fall within the scope of long-term residential care and which are covered by this agreed price are: nursing and personal care appropriate to the level of care needs...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Jun 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 — Tobacco Control: Tobacco Control (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: The national focal point for tobacco control is the Assistant Principal Officer in the Tobacco Control Unit in my Department, as notified to the European Commission.
- Written Answers — Tobacco Control: Tobacco Control (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: Section 6 of the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act, 2009 provides for regulations to facilitate the introduction of the combined text and photo warnings on tobacco products and the regulations are currently being drafted. The date for the introduction of the new warnings will be determined following consultation with the relevant stakeholders.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Jun 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 — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (9 Jun 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 — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: The Health Service Executive engaged Counsel in 2007 to carry out the Non-Statutory Inquiry referred to by the Deputy. The Inquiry's Report was delivered to the HSE in October 2009. Following receipt of the report two of the parties requested that they be allowed make further submissions and these requests were granted. These submissions were made in early 2010 and were considered by the...