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- Written Answers — Nursing Qualifications: Nursing Qualifications (26 Jan 2005)
Seán Power: The Nursing Home (Care and Welfare) Regulations 1993 set down the requirements for staffing within a registered nursing home. Article 10.2 states: "Subject to article 10.3, the post of person in charge shall be full-time and the person in charge shall be a nurse with a minimum of three years appropriate post registration experience within the previous 6 years." The experience of the person in...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Jan 2005)
Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157, 253, 258, 259, 269, 287, 298, 300 and 307 together. The national steering committee on violence against women was established following the report of the task force on violence against women, 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...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (26 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 Bray rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (26 Jan 2005)
Seán Power: As the Deputy will be aware, St. Joseph's is a private facility offering nursing care to individuals, many of whom suffer from terminal dementia. As the placement of an individual in a private nursing home is a private matter between the patient or his-her representative and the nursing home, my Department has no function in the matter of fees charged by the home. Nursing home subvention...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (26 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 County Kildare rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (26 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 a new community hospital in Tralee rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (26 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 Whitehall rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for the...
- Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (26 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 the housing aid scheme for the elderly in Clare rests with the executive on behalf of the Department of the...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (26 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 proposed extension to Kenmare District Hospital rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (26 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 a new community hospital in Dingle rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (26 Jan 2005)
Seán Power: As the information required is not normally collated in my Department, my Department has requested the chief officer of the Health Service Executive, western region, for the information sought, and will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is received.
- Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (26 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 the housing aid scheme for the elderly in County Clare rests with the executive, on behalf of the Department of...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 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 County Carlow rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for the...
- Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (26 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 the housing aid scheme for the elderly in Kilkenny rests with the executive, on behalf of the Department of...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (26 Jan 2005)
Seán Power: The most recent information available, as requested by the Deputy, is as follows: Former Health Board Area Enhanced Subvention Payments ERHA 1,098 people are in receipt of enhanced subvention as at 30th November 2004. â¬20.4 million was spent on the subvention scheme (including enhanced subvention) as at 30th November 2004. â¬680 is the highest amount that can be approved as an...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (26 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 County Limerick rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (26 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 County Kildare rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (26 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 County Roscommon rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (26 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 County Cork rests with the executive. My Department has requested the chief officer for the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (26 Jan 2005)
Seán Power: The Department of Health and Children is unaware of the practice to which the Deputy refers. However, because of a shortage of public long-stay beds in some areas of the country, I understand that health service providers have, under section 22(3) of the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 entered into arrangements with private nursing homes to provide services.