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Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Power: The Dingle community hospital project is at pre-tender stage and is included in the HSE capital plan for 2006 as part of the rolling capital programme 2006 to 2010. The capital plan has been approved by the HSE board and was recently submitted to the Tánaiste for consideration. The Department is in discussion with the HSE on the plan.

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (21 Feb 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 (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Power: A sum of €55 million was allocated to home care packages in the 2006 budget. This is a full year cost, €30 million of which is for 2006, during which an additional 2,000 packages will be provided by the Health Service Executive across the country. The priority will be older people living in the community or who are inpatients in an acute hospital who may otherwise require admission to...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Power: The Nursing Home (Subvention) Regulations 1993 are administered by the Health Service Executive. There are currently three rates of subvention payable, that is, €114.30, €152.40 and €190.50, for the three levels of dependency which are medium, high and maximum. The changes that were announced on budget day were incorporated into the Nursing Homes (Subvention) (Amendment) Regulations...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (21 Feb 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. The nursing home...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (21 Feb 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. I have outlined...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Power: Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, is included in the HSE capital plan for 2006 as part of the rolling capital programme 2006-10. The capital plan has been approved by the HSE board and was recently submitted to the Tánaiste for consideration. The Department is in discussion with the HSE on the plan.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (21 Feb 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 — Bullying in the Workplace: Bullying in the Workplace (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Power: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services in a particular hospital, which is 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...

Written Answers — Bullying in the Workplace: Bullying in the Workplace (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Power: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services in a particular hospital, which is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. The HSE has advised that, following complaints made regarding the hospital, a review was carried out by the former health board in which the hospital is situated. A copy of the...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (21 Feb 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 — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Power: The Nursing Home (Subvention) Regulations 1993 are administered by the Health Service Executive. There are three rates of subvention payable —€114.30, €152.40 and €190.50 — for the three levels of dependency, which are medium, high and maximum. The HSE has discretion to pay more than the maximum rate of subvention relative to an individual's level of dependency in a case, for...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (21 Feb 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 Feb 2006)

Seán Power: As the Deputy will be aware the Tánaiste, Deputy Harney, and the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Brennan, established a working group to identify the policy options for a financially sustainable system of long-term care, including improvements in community care and home care packages. The report of the working group on the future financing of long-term care has been presented...

Written Answers — Smoking Ban: Smoking Ban (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Power: The Public Health (Tobacco) Acts 2002 and 2004 provide for the imposition of a fine on a person found guilty by the courts of a breach of the smoke-free workplace legislation: the maximum fine that may be imposed is €3,000. The decision to prosecute a person for an alleged breach of the legislation is a matter for the authorised officers from the appropriate enforcement agencies. As...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Power: As the Deputy will be aware, the NESF report on care for older people was launched on 29 January 2006. The Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children and I have received copies, as have officials in the Department, and we will consider the report in the context of overall policy development around services for older people. As the Deputy will be aware, the Tánaiste and the Minister for...

Written Answers — Alcohol Abuse: Alcohol Abuse (16 Feb 2006)

Seán Power: 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 members included representatives from the Health Service Executive, the Garda, IBEC, ICTU, the community and voluntary pillar,...

Written Answers — Banned Substances: Banned Substances (16 Feb 2006)

Seán Power: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which includes the development and implementation of drug awareness campaigns. These are now the responsibility of the Health Service Executive which was established under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to...

Written Answers — Marketing of Alcohol: Marketing of Alcohol (16 Feb 2006)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104 and 105 together. The remit of the alcohol marketing communications monitoring body is to oversee the implementation of, and adherence to, the voluntary code of practice on alcohol advertising. I understand that it has met once since its establishment in January and will continue to meet over the course of the year. The decision to await the annual report...

Written Answers — Marketing of Alcohol: Marketing of Alcohol (16 Feb 2006)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 and 107 together. The strategic task force on alcohol was established in January 2002 and was given a remit to recommend specific evidence based measures to Government to prevent and reduce alcohol related harm. It published an interim report in May 2002 and a second report in September 2004. The reports provide approximately 100 recommendations across a...