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Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (24 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: The legislation providing for the nursing home subvention scheme enables the HSE to undertake a review of a person's means on the same basis as the original financial assessment. In terms of the specific query raised by the Deputy, operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Jun 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. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the case investigated...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (24 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 183 together. The Bill providing for the Fair Deal scheme is being finalised by the Office of the Attorney General at present. The legislation is complex and requires careful drafting in order to ensure that the interests of older people requiring residential care are fully protected. My colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, intends to...

Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (19 Jun 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 matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (19 Jun 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 matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (19 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I understand that the Deputy's question refers to a legal case concerning a person in a private long stay in-patient facility. The Department and the Health Service Executive are involved in a number of cases relating to this area. These are being dealt with in accordance with legal advice that the Department is receiving and the Department does not propose to comment on individual cases.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Jun 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 matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...

Seanad: Older Persons: Statements (19 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: Gabhaim buíochas leat, a Chathaoirligh, agus le gach Seanadóir as ucht an deis seo a thabhairt dom labhairt sa Teach mar gheall ar chúrsaí a bhaineann le daoine níos sine. Tá mé sásta éisteacht leis na cainteoirí ar gach taobh. Tógfaidh mé na pointí éagsúla faoi deara. I thank the Cathaoirleach and Senators for giving me this opportunity to make a statement on the subject of...

Mental Health Services. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I will take this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. I thank Deputy Ring for raising this matter on today's Adjournment and for giving me the opportunity to reaffirm the Government's commitment to mental health. The document, A Vision for Change, represents our action plan for the development of a quality mental health service. The...

Services for People with Disabilities. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I will speak on this matter on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children. The Government is committed to providing a high quality service to all people with a disability. This commitment is illustrated by the substantial investment we have been making in disability services over the last number of years. The national disability strategy, launched in September 2004, reinforces equal...

Services for People with Disabilities. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: ——Residential places — ten; respite places — two; and day places — 15.

Services for People with Disabilities. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: The HSE states that St. Michael's House also received an indicative allocation of five residential places in 2008——

Services for People with Disabilities. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: ——for children in the Meath local health office. Two new residential places and two new day places have been allocated to St. Michael's House in 2008 from the Dublin mid-Leinster region. As the Deputy is aware, an additional €50 million was allocated by the Government for the provision of disability services in the 2008 budget. The 2008 service plan, developed by the HSE and approved...

Services for People with Disabilities. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: Clearly, it is essential that the HSE lives within is overall budget for the year. It needs——

Services for People with Disabilities. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: ——to manage its activity levels and cost drivers appropriately to achieve this and the Minister does not believe it is desirable to resort to using development funding to offset expenditure pressures arising in respect of ongoing health services.

Services for People with Disabilities. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I understand that the HSE is currently reviewing its overall financial position for the year and the roll out of planned development in disability services is being considered in that context. The Minister has been in communication with the HSE with a view to an early determination on the matter.

Child Care Services. (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Barry Andrews. The main supports the Government makes available to parents in respect of their child care costs are child benefit and the early child care supplement. The latter payment, in recognition of the higher child care costs of pre-school children, is the...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (18 Jun 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 matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matters...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Jun 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 matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matters...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (18 Jun 2008)

Máire Hoctor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 151 together. 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 matters raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division...