Results 901-920 of 1,371 for speaker:Máire Hoctor
- Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (27 Feb 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 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. The HSE's responsibility includes the operation of the Housing Aid Scheme for the Elderly, on behalf of the Department of Environment,...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Feb 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 — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (27 Feb 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 investigated...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Feb 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 (26 Feb 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 (26 Feb 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 — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Home Help service nationally is a well established and successful component of this Government's strategy to provide a range of services to enable older people to remain in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. While the service is subject to on-going monitoring by my Department and the Health Service Executive, no specific review of funding is planned or underway. In...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The new nursing home support scheme, A Fair Deal, was announced in December 2006. Since then, my Department has met with the National Federation of Pensioners' Associations, the Irish Farmers Association, the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament and the Social Partners. The Department also attended the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament AGM at its request and participated in a workshop on the new...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (26 Feb 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 — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (26 Feb 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 — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (26 Feb 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 (26 Feb 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 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. The HSE's responsibility includes the operation of the Housing Aid Scheme for the Elderly, on behalf of the Department of Environment,...
- Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (26 Feb 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 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. The HSE's responsibility includes the operation of the Housing Aid Scheme for the Elderly, on behalf of the Department of Environment,...
- Written Answers — Hospital Catchment Areas: Hospital Catchment Areas (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: As the Deputy is aware, the Health Act 2004 provides the HSE with responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services. As a Statutory Body, the provision of these services including information in relation to the three district hospitals raised by the Deputy, is a matter for the HSE. Accordingly, the matter has been referred to the Executive for direct rely...
- Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Health Service Executive has advised that a reply issued to the Deputy on the 22nd February 2008.
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 188 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...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Act was signed by the President on 19 February 2007 and came into effect on 8 June 2007. The purpose of the Act is to provide for the existing subvention scheme for private nursing home in primary legislation, including the changes introduced from 1st January 2007 and to help the HSE to implement the scheme on a standardised basis across the country....
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (26 Feb 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...
- Health Services. (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I will be taking the Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. I thank the Deputy for raising this issue as it provides me with an opportunity to reaffirm the Government's commitment to services for older people generally and, in particular, to the importance attached to developing home help services locally. Government policy on...
- Health Services. (26 Feb 2008)
Máire Hoctor: This situation is being addressed by the HSE in the context of the ongoing delivery of the service to individual clients. It is clear from the measures I have outlined that the Government has made considerable improvements nationally to home help provision and other community-based services for older people generally. It is our intention that such services, including the home help...