Results 1,201-1,220 of 1,371 for speaker:Máire Hoctor
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (24 Oct 2007)
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 — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (24 Oct 2007)
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 — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (24 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: Currently, private nursing homes are registered in accordance with the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 and are subject to inspection on the basis of the standards set out in the Care and Welfare Regulations 1993. The NTPF will negotiate with registered private nursing homes on this basis. However, the Deputy will be aware that the Health Act 2007 provides for the registration and inspection...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (24 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: Under the proposed new Nursing Home Support Scheme â A Fair Deal â the NTPF will negotiate prices for long-term residential care with private providers. The Fair Deal scheme is a voluntary one. In order to qualify for State support under the scheme, a person must be assessed by the HSE as requiring long-term residential care and then avail of such care in a nursing home registered with...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Oct 2007)
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...
- School Places. (23 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: I apologise on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Hanafin, who was not in a position to be here to take this matter. I thank the Deputy for raising it as it affords the opportunity to outline to the House the Government's strategy for capital investment in education projects and to outline the position regarding second level places in Midleton. Modernising facilities in our 3,200 primary and...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (23 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: The Department is currently working on the Bill for the new nursing home support scheme â A Fair Deal. It is our intention to have the legislation in place by 1 January 2008 and the scheme effective from that date. The legislation will deal with a range of issues including the one raised by the Deputy. The Government will be considering these issues in due course.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Oct 2007)
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...
- Health Services. (23 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: I will be taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney, who is not in a position to attend. The Department has made inquiries today of the Health Service Executive and is advised that the person concerned presented at the Mater Hospital last Friday afternoon. A decision was made later that day that she required admission to...
- Health Services. (23 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: This compares with an average of 165 patients over the first nine months of 2006, representing an average reduction of 45%. There has also been a significant reduction in the number of hospitals reporting patients waiting frequently for admission in excess of 24 hours. However, as this case indicates, hospitals can still experience difficulties in meeting the needs of those who attend...
- Search and Rescue Service. (23 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Transport, Deputy Dempsey, who cannot be here. The Minister wishes to dispel any suggestion of a reduction in the quality of service to those engaged in maritime activities, to which a reference to decommissioning might give rise. On the contrary, recent decisions have been taken against a background of renewed investment and support for...
- Physical Education Facilities. (23 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: I extend apologies on behalf of the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin, who could not be here. I thank the Deputy for giving me the opportunity to outline the Department's current position regarding the allocation of funding under the emergency works grant scheme. The main purpose of the emergency works grant scheme is to ensure the availability of funding for urgent works...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: The development of Services for Older People, including the development of services for people living with dementia, is a priority for the Government. This is reflected in the funding committed to Services for Older People in Budgets 2006 and 2007. Last year, the Government funded the largest ever expansion in Services for Older People with a full year cost of â¬150m. This year a full...
- Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (17 Oct 2007)
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 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 matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (17 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: The Department is currently working on the Bill for the new nursing home support scheme â A Fair Deal. The necessary legislation will be in place prior to 1 January 2008 and the scheme will commence on that date.
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (17 Oct 2007)
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 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 matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: I understand from the HSE that there are different software packages of minimum data sets used internationally. The O'Neill Report referred to by the Deputy did recommend the introduction of a minimum data set and the HSE is considering this issue at the moment with a view to identifying the most appropriate one for use in this country. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (17 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: My Department is preparing legislation which will deal with a range of issues including the one raised by the Deputy. The Government will be considering these issues in due course.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Oct 2007)
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 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 (17 Oct 2007)
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 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 matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...