Results 141-160 of 301 for long speaker:Seán Power

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (11 May 2006)

Seán Power: .... Under subsection 7D, the HSE can arrange for a review to be carried out of the level of dependency or means of a person in receipt of a subvention. If the HSE is satisfied that a person no longer qualifies for subvention or qualifies for a different rate of subvention, it can arrange for the payment to stop or be altered appropriately and for notice of same to be sent to the applicant...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (11 May 2006)

Seán Power: ...conclude by reiterating that this Government has made services for older people a priority, by supporting older people to live in dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible, and by supporting the provision of quality long-term care where it is no longer possible. The significant progress that has been made in terms of the growth in funding available...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (10 May 2006)

Seán Power: ...throughout the country. The Deputy will be aware that the Tánaiste and Minister Séamus Brennan established a Working Group to identify the policy options for a financially sustainable system of long-term care, including residential care. The report of that Working Group on the Future Financing of Long-Term Care has been presented to Government and is currently being considered by Cabinet.

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (26 Apr 2006)

Seán Power: ...Taoiseach and comprising senior officials from the Departments of Finance, Health and Children and Social and Family Affairs was established last year to examine issues relating to the financing of long-term care. The objective of this group was to identify the policy options for a financially sustainable system of long-term care, including improvements in community care, taking account of...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Apr 2006)

Seán Power: ...services and has set individual hospital performance targets to be achieved, maintained and, in due course, surpassed. The short-term priority objectives are that no patient is to wait for longer than 24 hours before being admitted to an acute bed, no accident and emergency department is to have more than ten patients awaiting admission and the privacy and dignity of patients awaiting...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (25 Apr 2006)

Seán Power: ...160 million. The Tánaiste and the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Séamus Brennan, established a working group to identify the policy options for a financially sustainable system of long-term care. The report of that working group on the future financing of long-term care has been presented to Government and is currently being considered by Cabinet.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Apr 2006)

Seán Power: ...the home help service, is delivered through the HSE in partnership with a range of providers, including the Health Service Executive itself, voluntary groups and the private sector. This has long since been a policy on home care and there are no plans to privatise the home help service or give priority to private companies over public or other home care providers. The most important factor...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Apr 2006)

Seán Power: ...the home help service, is delivered through the Health Service Executive, in partnership with a range of providers including the executive, voluntary groups and the private sector. This has long been a policy with regard to home care and there are no plans to privatise the home help service or give priority to private companies over public or other home care providers. The most important...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Apr 2006)

Seán Power: ...the home help service, is delivered through the HSE in partnership with a range of providers including the Health Service Executive itself, voluntary groups and the private sector. This has long since been a policy regarding home care and there are no plans to privatise the home help service or give priority to private companies over public or other home care providers. The most important...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (6 Apr 2006)

Seán Power: ...in the scheme. As the Deputy will be aware, the Tánaiste and Minister Séamus Brennan established a working group to identify the policy options for a financially sustainable system of long-term care. The report of the working group on the future financing of long-term care has been presented to the Government and is currently being considered by the Cabinet.

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (6 Apr 2006)

Seán Power: ...of the majority of our older people. This Government is committed to developing the various community and home support schemes, which are vital to maintain older people in their own homes for as long as possible. An investment package of an additional €150 million has been put in place in budget 2006 for services for older people and palliative care, with €110 million allocated for...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (6 Apr 2006)

Seán Power: ...Taoiseach and comprising senior officials from the Departments of Finance, Health and Children and Social and Family Affairs was established last year to examine issues relating to the financing of long-term care. This was to take account of the Mercer report on the future financing of long-term care in Ireland, which was commissioned by the Department of Social and Family Affairs and the...

Seanad: Diabetes Policy: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Seán Power: ...I do not have the relevant figures to hand, I acknowledge that her question is important. Unfortunately when considering the provision of service, the cost always comes into the equation somewhere along the line. It can often determine the type or level of service provided. We should forget about the cost for a moment and consider the effect on the life of a person who develops diabetes,...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (4 Apr 2006)

Seán Power: ...and to help the HSE to implement the scheme on a standardised basis throughout the country. It includes a provision to vary the 5% income imputation. I will consider the issue of housing assets and long-term residential care following the enactment of this Bill and in the light of the report of the long-term care working group.

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (4 Apr 2006)

Seán Power: ...the nursing home scheme which was carried out by Professor Eamon O'Shea was officially launched on 25 June 2003. This report was launched in tandem with the Mercer study on the future financing of long-term care which was carried out by the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Following on the publication of the Mercer report, a working group chaired by the Department of the Taoiseach...

School Accommodation. (30 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: ...-primary school. It has a current enrolment of 917 pupils. The Department recently completed a major extension project at the school at a cost in excess of €2.5 million to cater for the school's long-term accommodation needs which was projected at 1,000 pupil places. The school authority currently has an application with the Department of Education and Science for a PE hall. This...

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (30 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce Second Stage of the Bill to the House. A significant and long-standing feature of our health system of publicly funded long-term care has been the principle that it is fair and reasonable that people should make some contribution to the cost of their long-term care. The Government, however, accepts fully the Supreme...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (29 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: ...to help the HSE to implement the scheme on a standardised basis across the country. It includes a provision to vary the 5% income imputation. I will be considering the issue of housing assets and long-term residential care following the enactment of this Bill and in the light of the report of the long-term care working group.

Care of the Elderly: Statements. (23 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: .... Advances in medicine and health care, more in-depth knowledge of health and of how to lead a healthy lifestyle and an increase in environmental standards have all contributed to people living longer. The increase in life expectancy is one of the great achievements of western societies in the 20th century. However, as our population ages, the number of new challenges in health care,...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Mar 2006)

Seán Power: I gather from the Deputy's question that he is referring to the working group established to examine policy on long-term care. The Mercer report on the future financing of long-term care in Ireland, which was commissioned by the Department of Social and Family Affairs, examined all issues surrounding the financing of long-term care. Following on the publication of this report, a working group...