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Written Answers — Health Care Funding: Health Care Funding (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 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 allocation of funding in the Dublin 12 area. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Food Safety Authority: Food Safety Authority (1 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: The Food Safety Authority of Ireland, (FSAI), operates a "name and shame" policy in accordance with the provisions of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998. Under the Act the authority is empowered to issue three different types of enforcement orders for breaches of food safety legislation: improvement notices, closure orders, and prohibition orders. Food premises served with...

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 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 nursing home subvention scheme in the Kildare area. Accordingly, my Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (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 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 addiction counselling services. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Health Service Executive to...

Written Answers — Alzheimer's Disease: Alzheimer's Disease (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 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 patients with Alzheimer's disease. Accordingly, my Department has requested the national director of...

Written Answers — Food Safety: Food Safety (1 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 and 170 together. Sudan Red 1 has been banned as a food colourant throughout the European Union since 2003 due to concerns about its potentially carcinogenic properties. On 18 February 2005 the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, FSAI, issued a public warning about food products that contained Sudan Red 1. The authority's warning followed the receipt of...

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

Seán Power: My Department is studying in detail the Supreme Court judgement on the repayment of charges for publicly funded long-term residential care 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, Deputy Cowen, the Attorney General, Mr. Brady, and me has been established to...

Written Answers — Food Safety: Food Safety (1 Mar 2005)

Seán Power: A number of food ingredients have been prohibited from sale across the European Union in recent years. In May 2003 the problem of Sudan Red 1 in a dried hot chilli product was identified by the French authorities and notified to the European Commission. As a result of concerns about the potentially carcinogenic properties of the contaminant, the European Commission set controls on three...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (23 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: A working group was established to look at all aspects of the subvention scheme and the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990. Among the aims of this working group is the development of a system, which will be transparent, provide equity, be less discretionary, be financially sustainable and ensure a high standard of care is on offer to clients. The capital allowances referred to were introduced as...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Service Executive was established under the Health Act 2004 on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive is responsible for managing and delivering, or arranging to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Therefore, it is responsible for the provision of health services in the Dublin 8 area. Accordingly, the Department of Health and Children has asked...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Service Executive was established under the Health Act 2004 on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive is responsible for managing and delivering, or arranging to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Therefore, it is responsible for the provision of health services in the Dublin 8 area. Accordingly, the Department of Health and Children has asked...

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme. (23 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: The national roll out of the breast screening programme to the remaining counties is a major priority in the development of cancer services. The Department of Health and Children has been working collaboratively with BreastCheck and the two host hospitals involved in progressing the roll out. I welcome the opportunity to describe the Government's position on the programme and to outline in...

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme. (23 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: Does a "brief question" warrant a brief reply?

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme. (23 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: I accept the Senator's interest in the matter and I hoped I had explained the position sufficiently, but obviously not everyone is as satisfied with my answer. We have shown the commitment of the Government and the moneys it has made available in rolling out the programme nationally. In such situations there must be a beginning and an end. The last counties to be addressed will feel hard done...

Seanad: School Staffing. (23 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: I thank the Senator for raising this matter on the Adjournment as it affords me an opportunity to advise the House of the position with regard to the provision made by the Department of Education and Science in respect of secretarial and cleaning services in primary schools. The Department provides funding towards the cost of secretarial and caretaking services in primary schools under two...

Seanad: School Staffing. (23 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: We realise the necessity for funds and for that reason, since 1997 we have increased the grant by 134%, which in anyone's language is a significant increase. We hope we can continue with that type of increase.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: The decision of the Supreme Court on 16 February 2005 in the matter of Article 26 of the Constitution and the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004 has brought clarity to the matter of the provisions of the Bill. The Supreme Court found the retrospective provision of the Bill in making lawful the imposition and payment of such charges in the past unconstitutional in so far as this concerns the...

Written Answers — Grant Aid: Grant Aid (22 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: The Carers Association received a grant of €899,026 in 2003 and €975,088 in 2004 from the Department of Health and Children. In addition, funding has been provided to local branches of the Carers Association. 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...

Written Answers — Grant Aid: Grant Aid (22 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: The National Council for Ageing and Older People received grant funding from the Department of Health and Children of €1.055 million in 2003 and €1.202 million in 2004.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (22 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: The question of a new capital development in Dingle is a matter to be addressed in the context of the Health Service Executive's national service plan, which will indicate its proposed capital plan for this year. I expect this plan will be presented shortly.