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Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: Amendments Nos. 37 and 44 are technical drafting amendments to correct typographical errors in section 79 and Schedule 1 of the Bill. Determination of appropriate qualifications for registrants will be a matter for each registration board under section 38. However, the Bill contains transitional arrangements for the registration of existing practitioners. This system of grandparenting applies...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I thank all the Senators for their valuable contributions to this very important Bill during its passage through the Seanad. The Bill represents a major step forward, not alone for the professions, but more importantly, the public. The whole thrust of the Bill is to safeguard the public and ensure that quality health services are on offer from the various professions. I was not aware that it...

Order of Business. (24 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: It was a very good answer.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Tánaiste and I am aware of, and acknowledge, the services provided by Lucan Disability Action Group. The Tánaiste has met this group in recent months. The group has been in receipt of funding from FÁS for the past numbers of years under the social economy programme. I understand there is potential for the organisation to seek continuing funding from FÁS, albeit at a reduced rate, for...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (24 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The report referred to by the Deputy was not commissioned or funded by my Department. I understand that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform will arrange for its publication on the website of the Irish Prison Service.

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: In the Estimates for 2006 which were recently published, significant additional funding was included for the improvement of services for people with disabilities. As part of this provision, funding will be made available to address core under-funding and staffing issues in services for people with disabilities provided by the voluntary sector. The principles underpinning the allocation of...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: In the Estimates for 2006 which were recently published, significant additional funding was included for the improvement of services for people with disabilities. As part of this provision, funding is being made available to address core under-funding and core staffing issues in services provided by the non-statutory sector. The Health Service Executive will be asked to allocate this funding...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 123 and 124 together. The Deputy's questions relate to the management and delivery of health and personal social services. The Health Act 2004 provided for the creation of the Health Service Executive, HSE, which was established on 1 January 2005. Pursuant to the Health Act 2004, the HSE has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered...

Ambulance Service. (29 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I am responding on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. I thank Deputy Healy for raising this matter. Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive, HSE, has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of...

Written Answers — Disability Payments: Disability Payments (29 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: Under the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness, an interdepartmental working group, chaired by the Department of Health and Children, was established to examine the feasibility of introducing a cost of disability payment. The National Disability Authority, NDA, on behalf of the working group, and in line with its own remit, commissioned research into the feasibility of a cost of disability...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (29 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The recently published Estimates for 2006 included significant additional funding for the improvement of services for people with disabilities. As part of this provision, funding will be made available to address core under-funding and core staffing issues in services provided by the non-statutory sector. The Health Service Executive will be asked to allocate this funding on an equitable...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: My Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to review the reply which issued from the executive to the Deputy, to investigate the further issues raised by the Deputy and to have a response issued to the Deputy as a matter of urgency.

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (29 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: As the Deputy may be aware, the second report of the working group on child and adolescent psychiatry, published in June 2003, contains proposals for the development of psychiatric services for 16 to 18 year olds. It recommends that, in the further development of child and adolescent psychiatric services, priority should be given to the recruitment in each Health Service Executive area of a...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (29 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 and 165 together. The Deputy's questions relate to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have these matters investigated and to have...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (29 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's questions relate to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have these matters investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (29 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (29 Nov 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.