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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: They cannot apply if they do not agree.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Neither am I.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am still concerned about a couple who might not agree. It is feasible that one partner would say that he or she is not allowing his or her future family home to be paid into a nursing home for the other partner's mother or father. I am not condoning this but saying that it could happen. There is a great deal of difficulty in it. I can see why the Minister of State might want to tie it...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 10: In page 13, line 29, to delete "as it thinks appropriate" and substitute the following: "based on whether there is a reasonable possibility that the person would not, but for the provision by or on behalf of the Executive of care services, be able satisfactorily to care for himself or herself or to have satisfactory care services provided otherwise,". In some ways...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister of State said my amendment will not be necessary because of what will be assessed but the Bill does not state what account will be taken of these matters or how bad one must be in order to qualify. That is a major flaw in the Bill and the assessments will be very subjective. What one HSE official decides is a level of dependence for which a person qualifies, another might...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Why is this being included in the Bill by way of recommital? Why was it not included in the first place? I have no problem with it. We should use electronic means and find the best way to process and pass on information.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 11, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: 5.—The scheme provided by this Act shall be subject to the principle that the applicant and where relevant his or her family can choose the nursing home that most suits their needs, and any applicant who is entitled to benefit from the scheme shall be informed of the details of all nursing homes from which...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, after line 45, to insert the following: "(5) It is a function of the Executive to assess the adequacy of resources provided under subsection (4) and to report thereon to the Houses of the Oireachtas.". This is an important amendment which I intend to press if the Minister of State is unable to accept it. It states: "It is a function of the Executive to...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am not reassured by the Minister of State's remarks. She indicated that the HSE will monitor whether adequate funding will be available. At present, however, the HSE is presiding over the closure of wards in Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin and other hospitals throughout the country and cutbacks that are affecting patients everywhere. I do not have any confidence that the HSE is...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: As nothing the Minister of State said has convinced me otherwise, I will press the amendment. To be told that the HSE will propose a service plan and the Minister will monitor funding gives us no security in terms of safeguarding the needs of senior citizens.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: We know the history of the HSE and the Minister, particularly in the past year, in terms of providing adequate funding for a variety of areas. I referred to the Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin and other cuts. The HSE is largely responsible for this although the Department of Health and Children and the Department of Finance, which has a major role in deciding what money...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 12, line 34, after "possible" to insert "and in any event within two months". Two of these amendments are in my name, Nos. 7 and 26. The purpose of No. 7 is to have a deadline for the carrying out of care needs assessments. In other words there should not be an expansion of the time allowed for care needs assessment, as it is important that these be done as...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am disappointed by the Minister of State's reply. On Committee Stage, the Minister said she was minded to accept the amendment and would like to reflect on it before Report Stage. Today's reply is less positive in providing a timeframe for assessments. I accept the Minister has said there will be guidelines and it will be revisited at a later stage.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: While we want this to be done properly, there is a certain urgency to it. For example, a timeframe exists for a person in an acute bed but who after 20 days is deemed not to be an acute patient any longer. However, there is none for carrying out an assessment. The Minister of State has said the matter will be revisited. I am not minded, therefore, to call Members back into the House for a...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is a welcome development and I am glad there has been a response. On that basis I will withdraw my amendment.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: The independence of the assessment is important and I support Deputy Reilly's amendment.

Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Labour Party cannot support the guillotining of this very important Bill either, which has been a number of years in coming before the House. There are more than 100 amendments to be dealt with and as many of the more important amendments are towards the end of the debate, there is no doubt that we will not reach them all. As we have spent so long discussing this issue - as I said, it...

Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the context of the capital infrastructure plans in the programme for Government, the concept of a national recovery bond was put forward by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and was mentioned in the budget speech by the Minister for Finance. Has the Taoiseach had discussions with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the construction industry with regard to using a national recovery...

Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: On the same issue, I obtained a copy of the Adoption Bill 2009, as agreed in the Seanad, this morning. When will the Bill be introduced in the House? As the Minister of State with responsibility for children, Deputy Barry Andrews, is present, will the Tánaiste update the House on the negotiations with Russia and Vietnam regarding agreements?

Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Has the Tánaiste an update on the negotiations?