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Written Answers — Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (10 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre recently published sexually transmitted infections, STIs, figures for quarter one of 2003. Some 2,664 cases of STIs were notified in Ireland during quarter one of 2003, compared with 2,541 notifications during quarter one of 2002, representing a 4.8% increase in STI notifications. The three most commonly notified STIs in quarter one of 2003 were:...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (10 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 required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. As part of its responsibility to prepare and submit an annual service plan for my approval, the executive is obliged under section 31 of the Act to indicate any...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (10 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: As the Deputy will be aware, the placing of a person in a private nursing home is a matter between the person or his or her representatives and the nursing home proprietor. Article 8.2 of the Nursing Homes (Subvention) Regulations 1993 provides that an amount equivalent to one fifth of the non-contributory old age pension is disregarded by the Health Service Executive when assessing the means...

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

Seán Power: As the Deputy may be aware, the policy of the Department on the care of older people is set out in the report entitled "The Years Ahead", published in 1988, which recommended that older people should be maintained in dignity and independence at home in accordance with their wishes; restored to independence at home if they become ill or dependent; encouraged and supported in their community by...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (10 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 subventions in County Galway. Accordingly, my Department has requested the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 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 — Nursing Home Subventions. : Nursing Home Subventions. (10 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 Clare. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions. : Nursing Home Subventions. (10 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 Clare. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 131 and 133 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, 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 Wexford....

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (10 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 health services in the Maynooth Community Hospital, County Kildare. Accordingly, my...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (10 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 health services in County Dublin. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Health Services. (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 proposed developments at Tuam Hospital. The HSE western area has prepared...

Health Services. (10 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: I thought the Deputy would be delighted with the interest the Tánaiste was taking in the project.

Health Services. (10 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: I am not familiar with the Tuam Herald nor am I responsible for what appeared in it. The people examining this project are in the HSE. The Deputy is obviously familiar with the position in Tuam. This is about utilising facilities which were purchased on behalf of the State and maximising the benefits for the particular area. The HSE is examining this project. In 2001, the health service...

Health Services. (10 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: The Tánaiste indicated when she met the group that she would ask the HSE to examine this project and that she expected it to report within a few weeks. That meeting took place at the end of January. In a matter of a few weeks we hope to have a report on this project and we will communicate then with the Deputy.

Nursing Home Subventions. (10 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: I propose to take QuestionsNos. 6, 20 and 90 together. As the Deputy will be 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, that is, €114.30, €152.40 and €190.50 for the three levels of dependency which are medium, high and...

Nursing Home Subventions. (10 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: We provided €5 million when the subvention scheme was introduced in 1993. Last year we spent over €114 million on it and this year it is expected that we will spend approximately €120 million on the scheme. When the scheme was introduced it was never intended that it would cover the full costs of nursing home care; it was intended to provide some assistance. I accept what the Deputy...

Nursing Home Subventions. (10 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: If the Deputy knows of individual cases of particular hardship, he can provide us with the details and we will examine them. The funding of long-term care is a problem and we are treating it as a priority. We hope to introduce proposals on it later this year.

Nursing Home Subventions. (10 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: Currently, more than 7,000 people are in receipt of a subvention. The subvention scheme is under review and, under the Nursing Homes Subvention Regulations 1993, the executive may pay more than the maximum rate of subvention in a case where there is severe difficulty. It is not our intention to cause hardship and, where it exists, we would like to intervene and assist.

Nursing Home Subventions. (10 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: It is a Government priority. When the scheme was initially introduced in 1993, there was provision of €5 million.