Results 381-400 of 1,546 for speaker:Áine Brady

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 92 to 95, inclusive, together. As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 and 99, together. As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (24 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action by members of the Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (24 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action by members of the Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct supply.

Written Answers — Hospital Building Programme: Hospital Building Programme (24 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action by members of the Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Hospital Building Programme: Hospital Building Programme (24 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action by members of the Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (24 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action by members of the Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action by members of the Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Seanad: Early Childhood Care and Education (24 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: I will take this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State with responsibility for children and youth affairs, Deputy Barry Andrews, who has responsibility for the implementation of the new scheme to provide a free pre-school year of early childhood care and education, ECCE, which was introduced last January. The introduction of the scheme is one of the most...

Seanad: Health Services (24 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: The overriding policy of the Government is to support older people to live with dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. Where this is not an option for whatever reason, the HSE supports access to quality long-term residential care, as appropriate. In accordance with this approach, a priority of the Government in recent years has been to develop a...

Seanad: Health Services (24 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: I will be delighted to meet the Senator later when I have received further information.

Seanad: County Enterprise Boards (24 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: The 35 county and city enterprise boards have a clearly defined role as the principal deliverers of State support to the micro-enterprise sector in Ireland. This sector is a key component of the indigenous small business sector and has been to the forefront of Ireland's economic success. As a result of their strong regional and cumulatively national presence, the network of county and city...

Written Answers — Voluntary Sector Funding: Voluntary Sector Funding (23 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action by members of the Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Voluntary Sector Funding: Voluntary Sector Funding (23 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action by members of the Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (23 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action by members of the Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (23 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: Under the Health Act, 2007 statutory responsibility is given to the Chief Inspector of Social Services, part of the Health Information and Quality Authority for inspecting and registering categories of designated centres, including nursing homes for older people. Since 1 July 2009, when regulation of designated centres for older people commenced, the Authority has cancelled the registration...

Written Answers — Smoking Ban: Smoking Ban (23 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: Draft guidelines for the implementation of Articles 9 and 10 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control are to be presented to the 4th Conference of the Parties in November. EU comments are being co-ordinated by the Council Health Working Party, to which my Department has submitted observations.

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (23 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action by members of the Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

Seanad: Health Services (23 Jun 2010)

Áine Brady: I welcome the opportunity to set out the position on the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, and its role with regard to the Health Service Executive, HSE. The HSE was established in January 2005 under the Health Act 2004 as the single body with statutory responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services in Ireland. HIQA was established in May...