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Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (1 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: 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, the 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 — Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence (1 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: 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 — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (1 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: The Irish Medicines Board is responsible for the licensing of human medicinal products in Ireland. Any company wishing to place a medicinal product on the market is required to submit a licence application, which is then assessed by the board: the board must be satisfied that the product is of an appropriate quality and that it is safe and effective for use. In the context of variant CJD, the...

Written Answers — Health Care Costs: Health Care Costs (1 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: The study to which the question refers is the Economic Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases in the Enlarged EU, by Leal J., Luengo-Fernández R., Gray A., Petersen S. and Rayner M. European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi733. I understand that the authors set out to provide an estimate of the economic costs of cardiovascular disease for EU countries. Data were obtained from published...

Written Answers — Cardiovascular Disease: Cardiovascular Disease (1 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 87 to 90, inclusive, together. Death rates from coronary heart disease and stroke have been decreasing steadily in Ireland in recent years. Half of all deaths in Ireland in 1980 were attributed to cardiovascular disease. By 2004, the proportion of all deaths attributed to cardiovascular conditions was 38%. I understand that factors associated with the trends...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: The Deputy's question refers 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 (1 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: The Deputy's question refers 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 (1 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: The Deputy's question refers 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 (1 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: The Deputy's question refers 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 — National Health Strategy: National Health Strategy (1 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: As the Deputy will be aware, additional funding of €150 million has been allocated in budget 2006 for services for older people and palliative care, €110 million of which is to be invested in 2006 and €40 million in 2007. Approximately two thirds of this money, €109 million, has been allocated to meet the full-year cost of community support for older people. Well funded and viable...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: That shows the futility of consistency.

Health and Safety Regulations. (2 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: Deputy Harney has got over it.

Eating Disorders. (2 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: The report of the national task force on obesity, Obesity — the Policy Challenges, was presented to the Taoiseach in May 2005. The report contains 93 recommendations aimed at tackling overweight and obesity. These relate to actions across six broad sectors: high level government; education; social and community; health; food, commodities, production and supply; and the physical environment....

Eating Disorders. (2 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: In recognising the seriousness of the obesity problem, we established a task force——

Eating Disorders. (2 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: The Deputy is the expert on lecturing in the House. She has asked a question and, if she will allow me, I will answer. In recognising the seriousness of the problem, we put in place a task force. It reported last May and, at the end of the year, I announced that, apart from the normal expenditure on obesity programmes, I would provide an additional €3 million to tackle the obesity problem....

Eating Disorders. (2 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: We are implementing a number of them. A number of initiatives were in place and we are expanding them. We will also implement other initiatives during the year. The provision of an additional €3 million demonstrates how serious we are about tackling the problem.

Eating Disorders. (2 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: I do not normally like repeating myself but if it is necessary, I will do so. The Department has provided an additional €3 million to support the implementation of the recommendations in the task force report.

Eating Disorders. (2 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: Some of the money will be used in St. Columcille's Hospital. I do not have the breakdown of how that money will be used but, as soon as I have the information, I will forward it to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: In 2005, the Tánaiste met with the Irish Heart Foundation to discuss, inter alia, services for patients with stroke. Following that meeting the foundation, with the support of a grant of €70,000 from my Department, convened a National Stroke Review Group, NSRG. The NSRG has representatives from the HSE — population health — and a wide range of relevant professional and voluntary...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: 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.