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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 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 have this matter investigated and reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 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 — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (21 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: The parliamentary affairs division of the Health Service Executive has informed the Department that as the previous parliamentary questions raised a national issue, replies were sought from all Health Service Executive regions. To date the parliamentary affairs division has received responses from three Health Service Executive areas and is actively pursuing the outstanding information with a...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 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. The Health Service Executive has advised that it issued a reply to the Deputy on 17 February 2006 in respect of the questions to which the Deputy refers.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: I gather from the Deputy's question that he is referring to the working group established to examine policy on long-term care. The Mercer report on the future financing of long-term care in Ireland, which was commissioned by the Department of Social and Family Affairs, examined all issues surrounding the financing of long-term care. Following on the publication of this report, a working group...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 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.

Seanad: Housing Aid for the Elderly. (22 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: I thank Senator White for raising this matter and for the interest she has shown in older people and services for them. The latest figures supplied to the Department by the Health Service Executive on delayed discharges in the Dublin area teaching hospitals indicate that on 14 March 2006, 398 people were categorised as delayed discharges. The number of older people in this category was 349....

Care of the Elderly: Statements. (23 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: I welcome the opportunity to address the House on the provision of services for older people and to outline what the Government is doing to meet the needs of this group. The significant growth in funding available for this sector in recent years is indicative of the Government's commitment to the ongoing development of health funded services for older people. Advances in medicine and health...

Care of the Elderly: Statements. (23 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: The Deputy should wait until that is decided.

Care of the Elderly: Statements. (23 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: I thank Members for their contributions to this informative debate. It is obvious that Members are in touch with older people and the various organisations representing them and are aware of their needs. Many contributions mentioned the issue of home help. There have been some difficulties with regard to the qualifying criteria for home help. Moreover, in some cases people may have felt that...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, for which the Health Service Executive is responsible under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department of Health and Children has asked the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange for this matter to be investigated and a reply to be issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (23 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, for which the Health Service Executive is responsible under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department of Health and Children has asked the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange for this matter to be investigated and a reply to be issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Alcohol Action Ireland Survey: Alcohol Action Ireland Survey (28 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: I am aware of the recently published survey referred to by the Deputy. Officials from this Department have invited Alcohol Action Ireland to submit a copy. A strategic task force on alcohol was established in January 2002 and given a remit to recommend specific evidence-based measures to Government to prevent and reduce alcohol related harm. It has published two reports which together provide...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 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 — Health Services: Health Services (28 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. This includes responsibility for the provision of the housing aid scheme for the elderly, on behalf of the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Accordingly, the Department has requested...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 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. This includes responsibility for the provision of the housing aid scheme for the elderly, on behalf of the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Accordingly, the Department has requested...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 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. This includes responsibility for the provision of the housing aid scheme for the elderly, on behalf of the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Accordingly, the Department has requested...

Written Answers — Alcohol Policy: Alcohol Policy (28 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: The Department of Health and Children remains responsible for the development of alcohol policy. However, it is recognised that an integrated approach is required for effective implementation. The Department has led on the establishment of a strategic task force on alcohol and a working group on alcohol and the three reports of these groups form the basis for current alcohol policy. Since the...

Written Answers — Alcohol Policy: Alcohol Policy (28 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 160 to 162, inclusive, and 167 together. The working group on alcohol was established under the special initiative on tackling alcohol and drug misuse in Sustaining Progress to help mobilise the stakeholders through social partnership to achieve a targeted and measurable reduction in alcohol misuse. Its remit was to examine the areas of high risk drinking,...

Written Answers — Alcohol Policy: Alcohol Policy (28 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 163 to 166, inclusive, together. The Department of Health and Children has funded a research project which involves a review of maternal records held by the Coombe Women's Hospital for the period 1996 to 2004. The aims of the project are to describe the prevalence and patterns of alcohol and nicotine use in a sample of pregnant women in Ireland between 1986...