Results 2,101-2,120 of 2,629 for speaker:Tim O'Malley

Written Answers — Irish Psychiatric Association Survey: Irish Psychiatric Association Survey (22 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I understand that the full details of the survey referred to by the Deputy have yet to be published. From the limited information available at this time, it appears that this survey highlights operational issues relating to the timing of appointments to key posts in the mental health services. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The information requested by the Deputy is not routinely collected by my Department. The expert group on mental health policy is preparing a national policy framework for further modernisation of the mental health services, updating the 1984 policy document, Planning for the Future. The expert group has several sub-groups looking at specialist issues in mental health services, including the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act the executive 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 mental health services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I am aware that a report in the matter referred to by the Deputy was submitted to the Inspector of Mental Health Services by the clinical director of the south Lee mental health service. Following receipt of the correspondence referred to by the Deputy, I intend to ask the Mental Health Commission for a report on the matter and will consider the need for any further action in light of the...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The development of services for the management and treatment of attention deficit disorder-attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADD-ADHD, was considered by the working group on child and adolescent psychiatric services established by the Department of Health and Children in June 2000. In its report, presented in March 2001, the working group stated that the prevalence of ADD-ADHD in...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: My Department, in partnership with the National Disability Authority, NDA, has developed draft national standards for disability services, NSDS, in consultation with people with disabilities, their families, carers, service providers, the health boards-authority and other stakeholders. These standards are designed to ensure that services are provided to an agreed level of quality and that the...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive 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 mental health services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive 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 mental health services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (10 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive 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 mental health services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the executive's eastern regional area to investigate the matter raised and...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's eastern regional area to investigate the matter raised and...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (9 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 174 to 177, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy is not routinely collected by my Department. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (9 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I thank the Senators for their contributions to this debate. Regarding the 80% charge mentioned by one or two speakers, this is a maximum of the old age non-contributory pension that can be deducted. There is flexibility in this regard. Senator Henry raised a point about flexibility regarding the doctor-only card and expressed concern over whether patients would have a choice of doctors....

Hospital Services. (8 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I am pleased to have the opportunity to set out the position in regard to the delivery of oncology services for the southern area. The Health Service Executive, southern area, has confirmed that the consultant medical oncologist referred to by the Deputies has resigned to take up a position in Beaumont Hospital after the summer of 2005. He is based at Cork University Hospital and holds a...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (8 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I am glad to have the opportunity to outline to the House the position of the Department of Education and Science concerning staffing in primary schools, including in Cahergal national school. The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous year, with schools staffed on the basis of having a maximum average...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (8 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I am glad to have this opportunity to outline to the House the improvements that have been made in primary class sizes by the Government. Since 1997, the Government has dramatically increased the number of teachers in our primary schools. In that time more then 4,000 additional teachers, including nearly 2,500 resource teachers, have been employed....

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive 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 services for people with an intellectual, physical and, or, sensory disability....

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 and 179 together. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive 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 speech and language therapy, for...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 185 together. The Health Act, 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January, 2005. Under the Act, the executive 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 topic referred to by the Deputy....

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (8 Mar 2005)

Tim O'Malley: My Department contacted the Health Service Executive Southern Area on the Deputy's behalf and has been advised by it that a response issued to him on 22 November 2004. My Department will forward a copy of this reply to the Deputy for his information.