Results 17,501-17,520 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: I do not know the details of the provider who is providing the service in that case.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: I do not know the extenuating family circumstances. I invite Deputy Martin to send the details to me and we will see. I am not standing up-----
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: We know all of that. Deputy Martin mentioned a specific case that he says is horrendous. As far as I am concerned, the elderly woman in west Cork who is disabled and who needs medical attention should get it on the assessment carried out by the professional teams of the HSE.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: Two reviews have been carried out already this year. In each case, all of these circumstances can vary from house to house, from person to person or from family circumstances to family circumstances. Is that person receiving home care assistance outside of the home help service? What other elements of health provision for that person are being received? I do not know. I invite the Deputy...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: As far as I am concerned, having spoken with the Minister for Health and the HSE about this, in the assessment of needs that are carried out by professional people in providing this service, where there is a medical assessment required and where there is a medical need, that person is not going to be left without a service.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: All Deputy Martin wants is to say "Reverse all these things". In this case, that woman is living in west Cork this morning. If she needs medical assistance through some form or other of this scheme-----
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----then that is the assessment to be given to her.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: In the assessment of home help hours-----
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----it may well be that the provider is calling to the house in the morning to get that person up and to get that person bathed, dressed and ready for the day. Is that the service that is being provided?
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: If the Deputy knows all of the details-----
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----I invite him to send them to me. We will check that case with the HSE and he can return to it next week.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: About 20% of the population over 65 - that is 100,000 people - receive a home help service and home care from one or other of the range of options that are there. It is not unusual for Deputy McDonald to attempt to compete for populism with the Technical Group. She is at it again this morning.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The chief executive of AIB has written a letter to a number of former employees of Allied Irish Banks, not based on their salaries, but based on their responsibilities, in regard to the pensions they receive. I am glad to note that the former chief executive, Mr. Sheehy, has made a personal decision in regard to the level of pension that he intends to draw. These persons - I answered this...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: Every time the Deputy raises an issue about matters to do with the elderly and disabled, there is an immediate emotional contact. It is true that this is a very difficult area in which to make any kind of adjustment without individual difficulties arising. I understand that. I meet such circumstances myself and I have had occasion to have queries about individual cases raised where...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The current activity in the Deputy's county delivers over 82,000 hours per month over the plan already agreed for 2012. The Cork city team and management of professional staff are working so that it can be realised in a measured and appropriate manner. It is not a case of simply having a blanket reversal but rather making an adjustment which is not without difficulty for some people. For...
- Order of Business (6 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: Who?
- Order of Business (6 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy is a true Kerry forward in the way he could slip through the defence. The aforementioned Bill is on Committee Stage in this House. Obviously, the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, will pilot it through. I think the one speaks for itself.
- Order of Business (6 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Bill in respect of human trafficking is scheduled for next year, as is the criminal law sexual offences Bill. I apologise but I do not have a date to hand in respect of the bail Bill but I will follow it up for the Deputy.
- Order of Business (6 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Education and Skills is in Brussels today. I will ensure he is contacted on his return and he will send-----
- Order of Business (6 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----Deputy Boyd Barrett a reply for his very own self.