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Health Services: Motion. (25 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: In the near future the Government will make a number of changes to the home help and home care subvention packages. Care of the elderly has always been a priority for this Government and this will continue to be the case.

Seanad: Hospital Services. (25 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: I thank Senator Browne for raising this matter on the Adjournment. I have the pleasure of taking the Adjournment on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. As the Senator has remarked, the manner in which St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny is run has been put forward as a showcase for accident and emergency treatment. I had the pleasure of...

Seanad: Health Service Reform. (25 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: I will take this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. I thank Senator Bannon for raising the matter as it provides me with an opportunity to update this House on the proposals to establish the regional health forums. As Members and councillors will be aware, the need for the involvement of public representatives and...

Seanad: Health Service Reform. (25 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: Soon.

Seanad: Health Service Reform. (25 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: We will keep the Senator fully informed.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: My Department does not directly fund or co-ordinate health and personal social services to victims of abuse. Moneys are made available each year, formerly through the health boards and now through the Health Service Executive, for the provision of services to women victims of violence. In recent years there has been a substantial increase in funding so that now over €12 million is provided...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (20 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: As the Deputy will be aware, 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 social services. This includes responsibility for the proposed developments at St. Brendan's Hospital, Loughrea, County Galway. The...

Seanad: Acute Hospital Services: Statements. (20 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: At the outset, this is a difficult debate in which to participate. However, I thank Members for their contributions and the dignified way in which they made them. I would like to repeat something I said earlier in regard to the report of a steering group, which was established in 2004. That group was representative of all the key professionals and stakeholders. It included consultant...

Seanad: Homemakers Scheme. (20 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: On behalf of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Seamus Brennan, I wish to reply to the matter raised by Senator Terry whom I thank for raising the matter. The social welfare pension rights of those who take time out of the workforce for caring duties are protected by the homemakers scheme. The scheme was introduced from 1994 and allows up to 20 years spent on caring duties to...

Seanad: Acute Hospital Services: Statements. (20 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: At the outset, I would like to take this opportunity to offer my sincere sympathies and those of the Tánaiste to the family of the late Mr. Patrick Walsh, who died tragically at Monaghan General Hospital on Friday, 14 October 2005. Like everyone in this House, I was shocked and saddened to learn of Mr. Walsh's death. No words from anyone in either House will be of any great comfort to the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Oct 2005)

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 (19 Oct 2005)

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 Education: Health Education (19 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: It is important that smoking prevalence and particularly smoking by young persons is tackled in a comprehensive manner. This includes legislation, regulation, health promotion and education. The national health and lifestyle survey, Slán, published in 1999 revealed a worrying trend in that 36% of teenage girls in the 15 to 17 year old age group smoked. This figure exceeded that of young boys...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (18 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: I see as a priority supporting people to stay in their own homes and communities and moving away from the practice of placing people in residential care as a first option. This is the express wish of the majority of our older people. 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...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: 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 numbers of people awaiting treatment and the necessary funding of hospitals. Accordingly, my...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (18 Oct 2005)

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 (18 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: The HSE has advised that there were 22 home care teams throughout the country at the end of 2004 providing services to the ten former health board areas. The HSE has estimated that the total number of patients who accessed palliative care services provided by the home care teams was 7,203, with an estimated 95,000 home visits. The HSE has advised that criteria for accessing palliative care...

Written Answers — Health Education: Health Education (18 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: Physical activity is important for health, well being, disease prevention and treatment. The almost €60 million invested by the Government in recent years towards the implementation of the cardiovascular health strategy has helped put much of the infrastructure in place to address obesity prevention. Part of this funding provided for the appointment for the first time of physical activity...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (18 Oct 2005)

Seán Power: The report of the working group on elder abuse, "Protecting Our Future", was launched on 11 November 2002. One of the recommendations in the elder abuse report is the establishment of a national implementation group, which was established in December 2003. Earlier this year the Department appointed a senior policy adviser and a secretary to assist the group in its work and, more recently, the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Oct 2005)

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.