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Written Answers — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (8 Mar 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 home help services in the Dublin area. Accordingly, my Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Health Records: Health Records (8 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: I have no plans to develop a campaign of this nature in 2005. However, a key element of the report, Health Information — A National Strategy, which was published in 2004, is the development of the electronic health care record. This will provide appropriate secure access by clinicians to patient records at the point of care. It is anticipated that access to the electronic health care record...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Mar 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 number of public long stay beds. Accordingly, my Department has requested the national director of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Mar 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 Dublin 9. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (3 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: As the Deputy is aware, responsibility for the administration of the Nursing Home (Subvention) Regulations, 1993 rests with the Health Service Executive. There are currently three rates of subvention payable under the regulations, €114.30, €152.40 and €190.50 for the three levels of dependency which are medium, high and maximum. Under Article 10.6 of the Nursing Homes (Subvention)...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Mar 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 funding of projects relating to drug treatment services. Accordingly, the Department has requested...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Mar 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 palliative care. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Mar 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 home care grant scheme in the Cork area. Accordingly, my Department has requested...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Mar 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 Maynooth community care unit. Accordingly, my Department has...

Seanad: Food Safety: Statements. (3 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: I thank Senators for their constructive contributions on the discussion. We all need a little food every day and some of us probably have a little too much of it. Everyone has an interest in food safety and it was interesting to note the different angles from which Senators approached the debate and the variety of issues they addressed. The importance of the food industry to the economy has...

Seanad: Food Safety: Statements. (3 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The recent widely reported contamination of food products with an industrial dye — Sudan Red 1 — has given rise to legitimate concerns in the minds of consumers regarding the safety of food sold in our shops and served by restaurants and other cateringoutlets. As has been widely reported, Sudan Red 1 is a synthetically produced red dye normally used for colouring solvents, oils, waxes,...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Act 2004 provided for the creation of 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 have delivered on its behalf health and personal social services. Its responsibilities include the provision of palliative care. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer...

Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (2 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: In Ireland responsibility for food safety is shared across a number of Departments and agencies. For example, the Department of Agriculture and Food is responsible for policy matters in relation to food of animal origin while the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources is responsible for policy aspects of fishing and aquaculture. My Department has policy responsibility for...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Bill, which provides for the amendment of the Health Act 1970 to address two substantive matters: the provision of a legal framework for the charging of patients for the maintenance element of inpatient services in publicly funded long-term care residential units and the introduction of doctor visit medical...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Written Answers — Violence Against Women: Violence Against Women (1 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The National Steering Committee on Violence against Women was established following the report of the task force on violence against women in 1997. Its purpose is to provide a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and cohesive response to the problem of violence against women and it is chaired by the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. My Department does not...

Written Answers — Violence Against Women: Violence Against Women (1 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: Following a recommendation from the National Steering Committee on Violence against Women that the need for additional sexual assault units around the country should be examined by my Department, I have established a committee under the chairmanship of a senior official of my Department to consider the matter. The first meeting of this group took place on the 24 February 2005. The committee...

Written Answers — Violence Against Women: Violence Against Women (1 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The National Steering Committee on Violence against Women was established following the report of the task force on violence against women in 1997. Its purpose is to provide a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and cohesive response to the problem of violence against women and it is chaired by the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. My Department does not...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (1 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the HSE 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 nursing home subvention in the County Kildare area. Accordingly, my Department has requested...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (1 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: At the time of the meeting mentioned by the Deputy, the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children with responsibility for services for older people was Deputy Ivor Callely and the Health and Children (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2002 conferred upon him powers and duties under sections 6, 7 and 10 of the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990. As the Deputy...