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Seanad: Home Subvention Scheme. (16 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: I thank Senator Ulick Burke for raising this matter on the Adjournment. I appreciate his interest in the area of subvention. It is nice that we agree the Government is a caring one.

Seanad: Home Subvention Scheme. (16 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: The Government's policy on developing and delivering services for older people is to maintain them at home in dignity and independence for as long as possible in accordance with their wishes. That policy involves restoring to independence at home older people who become ill or dependent and encouraging and supporting the care of older people in their own communities by family, neighbours and...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Statements. (16 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: It is very important that charges for long stay care are put on a sound legal basis and this is what we are endeavouring to do. In this regard it is good to note that the Supreme Court has not found the approach to the proposed charges in the Bill repugnant to the Constitution. This judgment only deals with the charges issue in long stay. It does not deal with the overall issue of eligibility...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Statements. (16 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: The Deputy also told her not to go to Israel.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176, 177 and 188 together. 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 services to victims of abuse. Accordingly,...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 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 3. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (15 Feb 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, 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 County Kerry. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 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 palliative care. I wish to advise the Deputy that my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Health...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (15 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: I wish to advise the Deputy that my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, met representatives from the North West Hospice on Wednesday, 9 February 2005.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (15 Feb 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 — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Feb 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, deliver or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes services delivered by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland and its associated branches which are located throughout the country....

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 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, deliver or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. This includes responsibility for the provision of public long-stay beds and publicly contracted long-stay beds in private nursing homes....

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (15 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 230 to 236, inclusive, together. 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 delivery of drug treatment...

Written Answers — Palliative Care Services: Palliative Care Services (15 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: The paediatric palliative care needs assessment and the design guidelines on specialist palliative care settings will be published shortly.

Services for People with Disabilities. (10 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: On behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, I thank the Deputy for raising the matter and giving me the opportunity to outline the position with regard to St. Mary's residential care facility, Drumcar, County Louth. I appreciate the Deputy's personal interest in the matter. The Department has, since 1997, allocated a significant level of...

Schools Building Projects. (10 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: I thank Deputy Ryan for raising this matter as it provides me with an opportunity to outline to the House the overall strategy of the Department of Education and Science to address the future requirements in both the primary and post-primary sectors in the Donabate area. At the outset, it is important to note that the school planning section of the Department works closely with the four local...

Written Answers — Alcohol Abuse: Alcohol Abuse (10 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: The strategic task force on alcohol was established in January 2002. Its remit is to provide specific evidence based measures to Government to prevent and reduce alcohol related harm. The task force published an interim report in May 2002 and has recently published its second report. Together, the two reports provide approximately 100 evidenced based recommendations which aim to tackle...

Written Answers — Patient Statistics: Patient Statistics (10 Feb 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 high dependency patients. Accordingly, my Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (10 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: As the Deputy may be aware, the report of the working group on elder abuse, Protecting Our Future, was launched on 11 November 2002. This report, in starting with a definition of elder abuse and recommending the putting in place of structures to deal with suspected cases, will hopefully give older people who feel they are the subject of abuse in any shape or form, the confidence to report...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Accommodation: Nursing Home Accommodation (10 Feb 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 procurement of beds in the private nursing home sector for high...