Results 941-960 of 3,665 for speaker:Seán Power

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: I appreciate the Opposition has a job to do in pointing out areas where difficulties exist. I am not referring specifically to what the Deputy said in his contribution. In general, for some time we have heard continual knocking of the health service. The majority of people who avail of our health service have a pleasant experience. The difficulties are being addressed. Perhaps in some...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: Speaking of wild allegations the Deputy made a statement that the Government is giving away land to developers.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: Will the Deputy give one example of where the Government is giving away land to anybody?

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: These amendments provide that where 5% of an individual's property is taken into account as part of the financial assessment for a subvention, it will only be taken into account for the first three years in which the person is paid a subvention. This limit of three years is being provided for in this Bill as part of the range of measures being introduced in 2007 in advance of the new scheme...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: The house of a person who has been in receipt of a subvention for a period of longer than three years will no longer be taken into account. Under the new scheme we are bringing in for next year, it is proposed that the maximum period for which one's house can be assessed is three years. Equally, we are saying that if a person has been in receipt of a subvention for more than three years...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: When we introduced this legislation, we said we would put this scheme in primary legislation on the advice of the Attorney General. On foot of a few changes we made before Christmas, we have made amendments which we will bring before this House. This legislation will cease as and from 31 December 2007 and it is our intention to have a new scheme operating from 1 January 2008.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: What we are saying is that if a person who is in receipt of a subvention has been in the same nursing home for three or more years, as and from now, their house will no longer be assessed.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: Yes, where there is a maximum——

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: Three years is the maximum time, which is what we propose in the new legislation which we will debate in the House in the autumn.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: It is the same idea in that we will not ask people for any more after the three-year period. This is the maximum period of time during which their house can be assessed.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: When the subvention scheme was introduced in 1993, the family home was assessed as part of the means test and this provision has remained part of the scheme since. While the scheme is not without its faults, we put forward a new plan for the funding of long-term care last December but that involves separate legislation and the Deputies could be in office next September. We are proposing...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: Yes, 5% annually for three years.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: An imputed income of 5% of the value of the family house is provided for in the scheme and, in cases where people are in receipt of subvention for more than three years, the income calculation will cease. We will no longer impute an income on the basis of the value of the house.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: We are introducing measures that will cease. The scheme as we know it will cease on 31 December and it is our intention to introduce the scheme announced last December.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: We have been quite clear.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: We were clear in what we proposed about a fair deal and the amendments we intended to make, including no differentiation between private and public care and the role of the National Treatment Purchase Fund. The Minister outlined our plans in this regard in detail but that legislation is yet to be debated in the House.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: To which scheme does the Deputy refer?

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: I did not know whether the Deputy used the word "voluntary".

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: I would be happy to be under this roof on either side.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Seán Power: I am surprised at the reaction from my colleagues. Two issues are being discussed, one of which concerns legislation that has not yet been published. The other is criticism of having the home assessed but it was a former Labour Minister, Deputy Howlin, who introduced it. His colleagues have become hysterical because we are a few weeks from an election.