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- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Feb 2006)
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 (28 Feb 2006)
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 (28 Feb 2006)
Tim O'Malley: The report of the expert group on mental health policy, A Vision for Change, was launched on 24 January 2006. The report proposes a holistic view of mental illness and recommends an integrated multidisciplinary approach to addressing the biological, psychological and social factors that contribute to mental health problems. It proposes a person-centred treatment approach that addresses each...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Feb 2006)
Tim O'Malley: In the Estimates for 2006, significant additional funding totalling â¬100 million has been included for the improvement of health funded support services for people with disabilities. As part of this provision funding of â¬10 million has been made available to address core underfunding and staffing issues in services provided by the voluntary sector. The Health Service Executive has been...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Feb 2006)
Tim O'Malley: In the Estimates for 2006 significant additional funding totalling â¬100 million has been included for the improvement of health funded support services for people with disabilities. As part of this provision, funding of â¬10 million has been made available to address core underfunding and staffing issues in services provided by the voluntary sector. The Health Service Executive has been...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (1 Mar 2006)
Tim O'Malley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 74 and 97 together. As the Deputy may be aware, intensive efforts have been undertaken to improve staffing levels in speech and language therapy in the public health service. The success of these measures has contributed to an increase of 162 speech and language therapists, or 42% over the number employed at end-December 2000, and reflects significant...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Mar 2006)
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 (1 Mar 2006)
Tim O'Malley: An integral part of the national disability strategy is the implementation of the provisions of the Disability Act 2005 and the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. The multi-annual investment programme for disability services, published in December 2004 by the Government, contained details of specific commitments on the provision of specific high-priority disability...
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (2 Mar 2006)
Tim O'Malley: As the Deputy may be aware, the former health boards had the capacity and authority to dispose of lands and assets which were deemed to be surplus to requirements as alternative facilities were acquired and commissioned. The HSE now has a centralised function within its finance directorate which manages the entire estate and is responsible for the acquisition, maintenance, life cycle...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Mar 2006)
Tim O'Malley: The report of the expert group on mental health policy A Vision for Change was launched on 24 January 2006. This policy envisions an active, flexible and community-based mental health service where the need for hospital admission will be greatly reduced. It will require substantial funding, but there is considerable equity in buildings and lands within the current mental health system, which...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Mar 2006)
Tim O'Malley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 65 and 104 together. The report of the expert group on mental health policy, A Vision for Change, was launched on 24 January 2006. This report is the first comprehensive review of mental health policy since Planning for the Future was published in 1984 and has been accepted by Government as the basis for the future development of mental health policy. The...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Mar 2006)
Tim O'Malley: As part of the Estimates for health services in 2006, additional funding of â¬3 million was allocated specifically for the further development of neurology and neurophysiology services. This funding was provided to allow the Health Service Executive to further progress the implementation of the recommendations made by the former Comhairle na nOspidéal in respect of these services. The...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Mar 2006)
Tim O'Malley: The report of the expert group on mental health policy, A Vision for Change, was launched on 24 January 2006. The report proposes a holistic view of mental illness and recommends an integrated multi-disciplinary approach to addressing the biological, psychological and social factors that contribute to mental health problems. It proposes a person centred treatment approach that addresses each...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Mar 2006)
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 a reply on this issue sent directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (2 Mar 2006)
Tim O'Malley: While the Health Service Executive assists the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the local authorities in carrying out the assessment for the disabled person's grant, the scheme to which the Deputy refers does not come under the remit of my Department. Accordingly, the Deputy may wish to contact my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Mar 2006)
Tim O'Malley: The report of the expert group on mental health policy, A Vision for Change, which was launched on 24 January last, outlines an active, flexible and community-based mental health service in which the need for hospital admission will be greatly reduced. Such a policy would require substantial funding. As there is considerable equity in buildings and lands in the mental health system that could...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Mar 2006)
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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (7 Mar 2006)
Tim O'Malley: My Department has received the correspondence referred to by the Deputy. The primary medical certificate is a requirement of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax concessions) scheme. The Department of Finance has statutory responsibility for this scheme. Accordingly, the correspondence has been forwarded to the Minister for Finance.
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Mar 2006)
Tim O'Malley: The Tánaiste and I are aware of, and acknowledge, the services provided by Lucan disability action group. The Tánaiste has met with this group in recent months. The group has been in receipt of funding for the past numbers of years from FÃS under the social economy programme and I understand that there is potential for the organisation to seek continuing funding from FÃS, albeit at a...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Mar 2006)
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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.