Results 721-740 of 1,371 for speaker:Máire Hoctor
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: They are not closing.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: That is not true.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Deputy should withdraw that because it is not true.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Go on, play to the gallery.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (20 May 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 matter...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 May 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 matter...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 May 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 matter...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 May 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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 May 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 — Health Services: Health Services (20 May 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 (20 May 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 matter...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 May 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 matter...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (20 May 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 — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (20 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Housing policy and support, as set out in the Government's housing policy statement, Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities, is designed to reflect the needs of our growing and diverse population and to target supports at the particular needs of people in different phases of their life. Supported by an unprecedented â¬18 billion investment in housing programmes provided for under the...
- Child Care Services. (13 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and I welcome the opportunity to respond to the debate on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Barry Andrews, the Minister of State with responsibility for children and youth affairs. In all cases where there is a serious and immediate risk to the health or welfare of a child, the HSE responds immediately and takes appropriate action. All child abuse...
- Protection of Animals. (13 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I thank Deputy Andrew Doyle for raising this issue. The role of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government relates primarily to dog licensing and controls on dangerous dogs in the interest of the protection of the public and other animals, i.e., the Control of Dogs Acts 1986 and 1992 along with associated regulations. In the light of a number of reports about...
- Health Services (13 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I take this Adjournment on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. I emphasise the Government's commitment to providing a high quality service to all people with a disability. This commitment is illustrated by the substantial investment in disability services in recent years. The national disability strategy launched in September 2004 reinforces...
- Hospital Services. (13 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I will take the Adjournment on behalf of my colleague the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. The teamwork report, prepared for the Health Service Executive, has helped to inform the approach being adopted with regard to the transformation programme. The report clearly indicated that the current service configuration in the north-east region is unsustainable and recommended...
- Hospital Services. (13 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The HSE has advised the Department that a draft interim report for the north-east transformation programme has been produced primarily to facilitate engagement and meaningful input, via the partnership process, with staff and unions. This interim report addresses many of the key short and medium-term planned service changes in Cavan and Monaghan together with a number of the initial changes...
- Hospital Services. (13 May 2008)
Máire Hoctor: âârehabilitation and non-acute services, packages of primarily community-based care and additional long-stay services. It is not possible until the current detailed planning phase is complete to be definitive as to what aspects of north-east transformation can be implemented during this year and what can be achieved in 2009. In its draft capital plan, the HSE proposes to spend...