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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Apr 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 provision of respite care. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Apr 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 provision of health services in the Dublin 8 area. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Nutrition and Health Foundation: Nutrition and Health Foundation (19 Apr 2005)

Seán Power: My Department has been invited by IBEC to be associated with its newly formed nutrition and health foundation. The matter is currently under consideration and a decision on our involvement will be made shortly.

Health Services. (19 Apr 2005)

Seán Power: The report of the national advisory committee on palliative care is seen as the blueprint for the future development of such services. At its launch, a commitment was given to implement the recommendations of the report within a five to seven year timeframe and within the context of the national health strategy. Since October 2001, an additional €16.384 million has been invested in...

Written Answers — Hospice Care: Hospice Care (14 Apr 2005)

Seán Power: The publication of the report of the national advisory committee on palliative care was approved by the Government and launched on 4 October 2001. The report describes a comprehensive palliative care service and acts as a blueprint for its development over a five to seven year period. I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has provided funding to all the former health boards on a...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (14 Apr 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 provision of the housing aid scheme for the elderly in Limerick, on behalf of the Department of the...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (14 Apr 2005)

Seán Power: As the Deputy will be aware, it has been forecast that the percentage of the population aged over 65 will increase to between 18% and 21% by 2031. The Government is aware that our population is ageing and it has already addressed some of these issues in the health strategy, Quality and Fairness: A Health System for You, published in 2001. I can assure the Deputy that this Government is...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (14 Apr 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 provision of health services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (13 Apr 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 provision of the housing aid scheme for the elderly in Kilkenny, on behalf of the Department of the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Apr 2005)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 to 173, inclusive, together. The further expansion of palliative care facilities is one of the specific actions included in the ten point plan to improve the delivery of accident and emergency services. I understand that the Health Service Executive, eastern region, has had discussions with Blackrock Hospice with a view to commissioning additional...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (13 Apr 2005)

Seán Power: As the Deputy will be aware, the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 and the Nursing Homes Regulations 1993 provide for the payment of subvention for private nursing home care for applicants who qualify on both medical and means grounds. Under the regulations the Health Service Executive when considering an application for subvention carries out a means test which takes into account the means of...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (13 Apr 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. As part of the executive's responsibility to prepare and submit an annual service plan for my approval, it is obliged under section 31 of...

Written Answers — Health Action Plan: Health Action Plan (13 Apr 2005)

Seán Power: The position on the proposed health infrastructure development in Athlone is that an option appraisal has been completed. My Department subsequently conveyed approval last September to the Midland Health Board to undertake a development control plan, DCP, for one of the sites in question at Clonbrusk. The process for the appointment of a design team for the DCP has commenced. As the Deputy...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Apr 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 provision of health services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (12 Apr 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 provision of the housing aid scheme for the elderly in Wexford, on behalf of the Department of...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (12 Apr 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 provision of the housing aid scheme for the elderly in Clare, on behalf of the Department of...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (12 Apr 2005)

Seán Power: My Department is currently studying the Supreme Court judgement in detail and will take on board all the consequences for policy and law arising from the judgement. A special Cabinet sub-committee comprising the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance, the Attorney General and the Tánaiste has been established to consider the issue of repayment in light of the judgement. Persons who were in...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (12 Apr 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 is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. As part of the executive's responsibility to prepare and submit an annual service plan for my approval, it is obliged under Section 31 of the Act to...

Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (12 Apr 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 provision of health services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (12 Apr 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 is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. As part of the executive's responsibility to prepare and submit an annual service plan for my approval, it is obliged under section 31 of the Act to...