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Seanad: Future Development of An Post: Statements. (3 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: I have listened to contributions from all sides of the House. As one Member mentioned, this is one of the few issues on which we can get agreement on all sides of the House. There is a great appreciation for the role played by An Post and a desire for that service to continue in every corner of the country. Shortly after I became a Deputy, I attended a meeting at which a colleague spoke on...

Seanad: Hazardous Waste. (3 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: I thank Senator O'Meara for giving me an opportunity to provide an update on the human health aspects of this important environmental and health issue. It is obvious that Senator O'Meara is familiar with the tailings pond about which she spoke. In June 2000, an interagency group, chaired by the then Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, presented a report of its investigation...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 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 nursing home care in County Cork. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (2 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 the housing aid scheme in County Wexford on behalf of the Department of Environment,...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 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 Alzheimer's care in the Dublin area. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

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

Seán Power: My Department does not directly fund or co-ordinate health and personal social services to victims of abuse. Moneys are made available each year, formerly through the health boards, and now through the Health Service Executive, for the provision of services to women victims of violence. In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in funding so that more than €12 million is...

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (1 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 County Clare. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

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

Seán Power: The National Task Force on Violence against Women's report of 1997 set out a blueprint for a national strategy on violence against women and led to the establishment of the National Steering Committee on Violence against Women which is chaired by the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. The purpose of the steering committee is to provide a...

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

Seán Power: My Department is represented on and committed to the work of the National Steering Committee on Violence against Women, as is the Health Service Executive.

Written Answers — Services for Victims of Sexual Assault: Services for Victims of Sexual Assault (1 Feb 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 departmental official to consider the matter. The committee will be representative of the relevant statutory, voluntary and...

Written Answers — Services for Victims of Sexual Assault: Services for Victims of Sexual Assault (1 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: I presume the Deputy is referring to a sub-committee of the National Steering Committee on Violence Against Women which is being established under the aegis of my Department. I assure the Deputy that the group will be representative of the appropriate statutory, voluntary and professional interests and will be geographically representative.

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (1 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 the housing aid scheme for the elderly in Clare, on behalf of the Department of the...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (1 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. 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...

Written Answers — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (1 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 home help services in County Kerry. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (1 Feb 2005)

Seán Power: The Nursing Home (Care and Welfare) Regulations 1993 set out the standards to which the private nursing home sector must adhere for the purpose of registration under the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990. The regulations apply only to the private nursing home sector and do not cover public long-stay facilities for older people. However, there is a commitment in the health strategy to extend the...

Hospital Services. (27 Jan 2005)

Seán Power: It is an indication of the respect in which Deputy Cowley is held that the leader of the Opposition remained in the House to hear his contribution. I thank the Deputy Cowley for raising this matter on the Adjournment. The national casemix programme compares costs and activity between 37 hospitals that participate in the programme. The programme incorporates over €3 billion of expenditure...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jan 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. Responsibility for the provision of health services in Ballyfermot rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for the...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (27 Jan 2005)

Seán Power: That could be a great exaggeration.

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (27 Jan 2005)

Seán Power: The motion which has been tabled requested that the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children take immediate action to address problems in the accident and emergency units of our hospitals. It should be clear by now that the Minister has put accident and emergency services at the top of her agenda. As has previously been mentioned, the Minister has, in cooperation with the Minister for...

Written Answers — Smoking Ban: Smoking Ban (26 Jan 2005)

Seán Power: The prohibition on smoking in enclosed places of work introduced on 29 March 2004 in section 47 of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 as inserted by section 16 of the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act 2004 is a public health and safety measure enacted for the purposes of reducing the risk to and protecting the health of persons in places of work. Passive smoking and environmental...