Results 421-440 of 1,371 for speaker:Máire Hoctor
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (29 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 to 249, inclusive, together. There are almost 8,500 public long-term residential care beds and approximately 17,600 private long-term residential care beds at present. Taking occupancy rates into account, this equates to approximately 7,700 public long-term residents and approximately 15,200 private long-term care residents. Of the private long-term care...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (29 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Budget 2008 provided â¬110 million for the implementation of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, A Fair Deal. My colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, and I are conscious of the effect that the unavoidable and unforeseen delays in implementing Fair Deal are causing to some older people and their families. In order to alleviate the financial pressure for older people and their...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. The Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Mental Health Services. (29 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I take this matter on behalf of my colleague the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. I am pleased to take this opportunity to address the issue raised by the Deputy. It is particularly significant in terms of demonstrating the Government's resolute assurance to support and protect the needs of disadvantaged groups, including people with disabilities within Irish society,...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (23 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008 was published on the 9th October. The Minister intends to bring the legislation through the Houses of the Oireachtas as soon as possible with a view to implementing the scheme in 2009. Budget 2009 provided â¬55 million for the implementation of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme next year. This brings the total funding in the subhead for long-term...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (23 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. The Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Subventions: Nursing Homes Subventions (23 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008 was published on the 9th October. The Minister intends to bring the legislation through the Houses of the Oireachtas as soon as possible. Budget 2009 provided â¬55 million for the implementation of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme next year. This brings the total funding in the subhead for long-term residential care to â¬909 million. The scheme...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Subventions: Nursing Homes Subventions (23 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Budget 2009 provided â¬55 million for the implementation of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme next year. This brings the total funding in the subhead for long-term residential care to â¬909 million. The Department is carefully considering the implementation of the scheme within the context of that allocation.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Subventions: Nursing Homes Subventions (23 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive (HSE) under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department is advised by the HSE that it is currently working to distribute the funding referred to by the Deputy. The HSE further advise that all private nursing home providers have been written to...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Subventions: Nursing Homes Subventions (23 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Regulatory Impact Assessment referred to by the Deputy will include an assessment of the resource/financial implications of the draft standards. It is hoped to complete the RIA shortly.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (23 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme will apply to public and voluntary nursing homes and to approved private nursing homes. In order to become approved for the purposes of the scheme, a private nursing home must: (a) be registered under the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 at present and, in the future, under the Health Act 2007 (once the relevant sections are commenced), (b) have agreed a price...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Grants: Local Authority Grants (23 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Housing Aid for Older People Scheme is administered by local authorities and is part of a revised framework of grant aid, introduced in November 2007, to assist older people and people with a disability with their accommodation needs. The Scheme, which amalgamates the provisions of the old Essential Repairs Grant Scheme and the scheme of Special Housing Aid for the Elderly Scheme (SHAE),...
- Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (22 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services including projects such as Tuam Community Project was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. The Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (22 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Budget 2009 provided â¬55 million for the implementation of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme next year. This brings the total funding in the subhead for long-term residential care to â¬909 million. The scheme will be introduced, in the context of this funding allocation, once the legislation has been passed and the Act commenced.
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (22 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the â¬120 million additional funding provided by the Government for Home Care Packages over the period 2006-8. As the Deputy is aware operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate...
- Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (22 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. The Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Fair is fair.
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: That is rubbish. The Deputy should get her facts right.
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I propose to share time with the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Mary Wallace, Deputy Mary White, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Eamon Ryan, Deputy Timmy Dooley, Deputy M. J. Nolan and the Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, Deputy Martin Mansergh. As Minister of State with responsibility for...
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The new income thresholds effective from 1 January 2009 will ensure that more than 90% of people aged over 70 years will retain the medical card.