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- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Sep 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 — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (28 Sep 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 previously 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...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (28 Sep 2005)
Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 393 and 397 together. The Deputy's questions relate 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...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (28 Sep 2005)
Seán Power: The Government has agreed the key elements of a scheme for the repayment of long stay charges for publicly funded residential care, some of whom may be resident in private nursing homes. All those who were charged and are alive and the estates of all those who were charged and died in the six years prior to 9 December 2004 will have the charges repaid in full. The scheme will not allow for...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (28 Sep 2005)
Seán Power: The Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 allows for the payment of a subvention towards the cost of private nursing home care based on a dependency and means assessment. The criteria used in determining a person's eligibility for subvention is set out in the Nursing Homes Regulations 1993. The subvention scheme was introduced to assist with the cost of private nursing home care and it was never...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (28 Sep 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 previously 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...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 2005)
Seán Power: The Deputy's questions 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 — Sudden Cardiac Death Syndrome: Sudden Cardiac Death Syndrome (28 Sep 2005)
Seán Power: In September 2004, a national task force on sudden cardiac death was established to address the problem of sudden cardiac death in Ireland. The task force, chaired by Dr. Brian Maurer, will make recommendations on the prevention of sudden cardiac death and on the detection of those at high risk. The task force will also advise on equipment and training programmes to improve the outcome in...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Sep 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 — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (28 Sep 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 — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (28 Sep 2005)
Seán Power: The Health Service Executive, HSE, responded to the Department's inquiry into the matter on 26 September 2005. The home help hours provided for older persons in Kildare west-Wicklow was as follows: 2003 â 440,883; 2004 â 349,408, including some young chronic sick, families under stress and mental health; 2005 â 138,900, January-June. The home help hours provided for all disciplines in...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (28 Sep 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, HSE, under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department previously 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...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (28 Sep 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, HSE, under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department previously 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...
- Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (28 Sep 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 — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (28 Sep 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.
- Seanad: Hospitals Building Programme. (28 Sep 2005)
Seán Power: I know this is a matter Senator Glynn has taken a keen interest in and been supportive of over many years. The original general hospital in Mullingar was built in the 1930s and subsequently extended through a phase 1 development which was officially opened in 1990. Planning then commenced on phase 2 of the development of the hospital, which was subsequently divided into two phases, phase 2A...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jun 2005)
Seán Power: The north west alcohol forum is a multi-sectoral community initiative comprised of people in the north west with a special interest in alcohol abuse. It was established in response to the interim report of the strategic task force on alcohol 2002. The forum published a report in June 2004 entitled A Portrait of Our Drinking. This outlined local and national data in describing the impact of...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (30 Jun 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, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Jun 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, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to reply directly to the Deputy.