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- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (12 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: 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 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: 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 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: 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 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular funding issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Cigarette Smoking Statistics: Cigarette Smoking Statistics (12 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: The Office of Tobacco Control (OTC) monitors cigarette smoking prevalence and behaviour on a monthly basis to give a detailed picture of smoking patterns in Ireland and to identify trends. Information regarding smoking prevalence can be found at the OTC website www.otc.ie. The overall prevalence of cigarette smoking in Ireland is approximately 24% at June 2006, with an almost even split...
- Departmental Bodies. (12 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: The Deputy will have other things on his mind.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (7 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: 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...
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: It is approximately half and half.
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: The Senator is wrong. There is enhanced subvention.
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: It was the former Minister, Deputy Howlin, who came up with this scheme.
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: What did the Senator say he was?
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: Senator Ryan's number is up.
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: It is terrible.
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: Members will keep it secret.
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: I will.
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: I thank all Members for their contributions. In Senator Norris's words, the vast majority of the contributions were well intended and highly appreciated. However, I take grave offence to the contribution from Senator Finucane, who made some outrageous allegations regarding the illegal charges and the manner in which they are being repaid. The repayment scheme was launched by the Health...
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: ââand is given discretion in order that its granting may be flexible. Amounts of enhanced subvention vary from case to case and obviously depend on the particulars of the case in question, the cost of nursing home care in the locality and the amount of resources available to the HSE. An additional â¬20 million has been allocated to nursing home subvention for this year, bringing the...
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: I want to be quite clear about that because this has been raised. As far as I can gather, while we have heard of people talking about selling homes, I have had no evidence to suggest that anyone has been asked to sell his or her home. Certainly, it is not our intention to do that, but where an applicant's principal residence is not continuously occupied by a relative as prescribed in the...
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: I will finish on this. The subsection further provides that the principal residence of the applicant will not be taken into account if that could give rise to destitution or homelessness of a person with a close connection to the applicant. This provision is to allow for exceptional circumstances and will generally apply in the case of a relative who does not fall into the categories...
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: I mentioned in my introduction that I will bring forward a number of amendments on Committee Stage in the House.
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
Seán Power: I am pleased to have the opportunity to introduce to the House today the Second Stage of the Health (Nursing Homes)(Amendment) Bill 2006. Government policy in relation to older people has long been to support them to live in dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible and to support appropriate long-term care where this is no longer possible. It was...