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Social Services Inspectorate: Motion. (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: ——has been established by the Department to develop the standards for residential care settings for older people. Membership of the group comprises officials from the Department, the HSE, the SSI and the Irish Health Service Accreditation Board. The group will commence the development of standards for the inspection of both public and private residential care for older people and, in...

Social Services Inspectorate: Motion. (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: I listened closely to what Deputy Connaughton had to say and I know that in setting up the HSE the intention was to have uniformity in the delivery of services throughout the country. He made a case with regard to subvention and how it works in his area. I will take on board what he said and report back to the Deputy in the near future on it. Some €8 million is being provided to cover the...

Social Services Inspectorate: Motion. (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: We do not have to listen to lectures from the Deputy about how we deal with older people——

Social Services Inspectorate: Motion. (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: To listen to the Deputy one would think he was the only one who understood the needs of older people. We are all supposed to bow to his judgment on this. We do not have to listen to him to bring forward change.

Social Services Inspectorate: Motion. (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: I will be happy enough to go before the people of Kildare and let them decide whether I should resign.

Social Services Inspectorate: Motion. (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: I would be happy to do so.

Social Services Inspectorate: Motion. (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: Speaking of nursing homes in Kildare, lest people think I have a hidden agenda, I should declare an interest at this stage. An aunt of mine and her son have been running a nursing home in Kildare for a number of years.

Social Services Inspectorate: Motion. (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: Following an RTE programme last year which shocked us with its portrayal of the treatment of a number of people in a particular nursing home, we gave commitments in the House that we would remedy the situation. That commitment stands and we will honour it in the near future.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: In 2005, the Tánaiste met 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 from a wide range of relevant professional and voluntary...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: The National Council on Specialist Palliative Care was established arising from the report of the national advisory committee on palliative care which is the blueprint for the development of palliative care services. The terms of reference of this council include examining, monitoring and making recommendations on the development and implementation of national policy on palliative care...

Written Answers — Health Promotion: Health Promotion (31 Jan 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 — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 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 — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 and 228 together. In April 2004 funding of €500,000 was allocated to the Southern Health Board under the cardiovascular health strategy. The funding enabled the board to establish a consultant-led cardiology service for patients in Kerry for the first time. A consultant cardiologist was appointed in March 2005 by way of a sessional partnership between...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (31 Jan 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. There are...

Written Answers — Food Safety: Food Safety (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: Food safety legislation in Ireland derives in the main from our membership of the European Union and in this regard on 1 January 2006, new European food and feed hygiene legislation came into effect. The hygiene package is a legislative package which merges, harmonises and simplifies detailed and complex hygiene requirements previously contained in a number of Council directives and creates a...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: The report of the working group on the future financing of long-term care has been presented to Government. The Government will now decide on its publication.

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: The national task force on obesity reported an increase in type 2 diabetes and that it is affecting people at a younger age. Additional funding of €3 million has been made available to the Health Service Executive to support the implementation of the report's recommendations. The issues raised by the Deputy relate to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: Legislation is being prepared in the Department to provide for the establishment of the health information and quality authority, HIQA, and the establishment of the social services inspectorate, SSI, function as part of HIQA on a statutory basis. The SSI function will be vested in a new statutory office to be known as the Office of the Chief Inspector of Social Services. The legislation will...

Written Answers — Task Force on Obesity: Task Force on Obesity (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 220 and 239 together. A multi-sectoral and multidisciplinary approach is required to implement the recommendations arising from a range of health promotion policies including the report of the national task force on obesity, which was launched in May 2005. The Department is considering how this approach could be advanced. Additional funding of €3 million has...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (31 Jan 2006)

Seán Power: The HSE has informed me that it sent a reply to the Deputy yesterday on this matter. The information contained in the reply, which was provided to Deputy Kehoe in response to a parliamentary question on 22 November 2005, is that the 2004 figure of 8.9 million home help hours refers to projected figures for 2004. In some cases, owing to different recording mechanisms in different HSE areas,...