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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 County Limerick, on behalf of the Department...

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 County Limerick on behalf of the Department...

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 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 Clare on behalf of the Department of 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 Clare on behalf of the Department of 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 Clare on behalf of the Department of 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 Clare on behalf of the Department of 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 Clare on behalf of the Department of the...

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (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 in County Clare. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

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

Seán Power: My Department is studying the Supreme Court judgment in detail and will take on board all the consequences for policy and law arising from the judgment. 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 judgment. Persons who were in publicly...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (12 Apr 2005)

Seán Power: Action 49 of the National Drugs Strategy 2001-2008 called for the development of a protocol for the treatment of those under 18 presenting to drug services with serious drug misuse problems. In response to this action a working group was established, which was chaired by an official from my Department and comprised members of the statutory and voluntary sectors. To fulfil its remit, the group...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (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 drug treatment services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the executive to investigate the...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (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 drug treatment services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer of the executive's...

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 County Clare, on behalf of the Department of...

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

Seán Power: My Department has received counsel's advice on the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 and regulations made thereunder. This advice, which is privileged, is currently being examined in consultation with the Attorney General's Office and it would be inappropriate at this stage to comment on the advice.

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. Home help, home care grant and other community services are a matter for the HSE, depending on the assessed circumstances of each individual...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (12 Apr 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 personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of a new community hospital in Tralee, County Kerry. At present...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Apr 2005)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 299, 308, 309 and 310 together. The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1st 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 home care grant scheme in 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...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (12 Apr 2005)

Seán Power: A request to meet with this group was received in the Tánaiste's office and I understand that a letter has issued to arrange a meeting.