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- Written Answers — Nursing Homes: Nursing Homes (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 — National Carers Strategy: National Carers Strategy (17 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: The Deputy may be aware that one of the key Government commitments in the national partnership agreement "Towards 2016" is the development of a national carer's strategy and this commitment is reiterated in the Programme for Government. The strategy will focus on supporting informal and family carers in the community. While financial support for carers will clearly be a key issue in the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (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 — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (17 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: As of 1 January 2008 no new nursing home subventions will be granted. On that date, the subvention scheme will be replaced by the new Nursing Home Support Scheme â A Fair Deal. People who are already in receipt of a subvention can either continue to receive their subvention or apply for support under the Fair Deal. All new applicants for nursing home support will apply under the Fair Deal....
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (16 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 (16 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 (16 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 — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (16 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 (11 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...
- Hospital Services. (10 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: I am speaking on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Harney, who is unavailable. I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which provides an opportunity to reaffirm the Government's commitment to services for older people. The development of such services is a high priority. This is reflected in the funding committed to services for older people in the 2006 and 2007 budgets. In 2006, the...
- Road Traffic Offences. (10 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: The Minister conveys his thanks to Deputy O'Dowd for raising this important matter. He is very much aware of the additional strain this is placing on the courts system. The current position in regard to the collection of fines has been under examination by senior officials of his Department for some time. The focus of these efforts has been to increase payment compliance on first issue of...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (10 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 (9 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 (4 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...
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: The Government's motion is based on a recognition of the continued increase in funding for health services over each year of the last decade and the associated expansion of a wide range of frontline services and the high satisfaction levels with frontline health services shown in Insight 07, the most comprehensive, objective survey of public opinion on health services which was published last...
- Hospital Services. (3 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: I am replying to this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. I thank Deputy O'Rourke for raising this important issue. The Government is committed to ensuring the delivery of the best quality health service possible and doing so both effectively and efficiently. We believe that to do this we had to radically reform the health service and we...
- General Practitioner Services. (3 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. I am replying on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. I am conscious of the complex range of social and environmental circumstances which affect Fettercairn and a number of other disadvantaged urban areas around the country. The health services have a key role to play in working with...
- Accident and Emergency Services. (3 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: I will reply to this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. There are three accident and emergency departments in Cork city located at Cork University Hospital, the Mercy University Hospital and the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, respectively. These units are cross-covered by a team of five consultants in...
- Garda Deployment. (3 Oct 2007)
Máire Hoctor: I wish to respond on behalf of my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, who expresses his apologies for not being available. I thank Deputy O'Donnell for raising this matter on the Adjournment and assure him that the Minister and I share his concerns about crime in Limerick. However, as the Deputy is aware, the Garda Commissioner has direct responsibility for the allocation of Garda...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 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...