Results 441-460 of 1,546 for speaker:Áine Brady
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: Under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has to agree a price for long-term residential care with each private nursing home provider wishing to partake in the scheme. The services which fall within the scope of long-term residential care and which are covered by this agreed price are: nursing and personal care appropriate to the level of care needs...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action 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 — Tobacco Control: Tobacco Control (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: The national focal point for tobacco control is the Assistant Principal Officer in the Tobacco Control Unit in my Department, as notified to the European Commission.
- Written Answers — Tobacco Control: Tobacco Control (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: Section 6 of the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act, 2009 provides for regulations to facilitate the introduction of the combined text and photo warnings on tobacco products and the regulations are currently being drafted. The date for the introduction of the new warnings will be determined following consultation with the relevant stakeholders.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. 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 (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action 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 — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: The Health Service Executive engaged Counsel in 2007 to carry out the Non-Statutory Inquiry referred to by the Deputy. The Inquiry's Report was delivered to the HSE in October 2009. Following receipt of the report two of the parties requested that they be allowed make further submissions and these requests were granted. These submissions were made in early 2010 and were considered by the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. 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 (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action 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 (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: The information in relation to the Home Help service, currently available within my Department, is set out in the following table. Activity 2006 2007 2008 2009 Number clients in receipt of Home Help Service at year end 49,578 54,736 55,366 53,791 Hours Provided 10.8m 11.78m 11.96m 11.97m Funding â¬m 185.4 206.4 211 211 The HSE Service Plan 2010 commits the Executive to provide 11.98...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. 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 (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action 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 (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action 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 (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action 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 — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: The five year anti-avoidance mechanism is necessary in order to ensure that the scheme is fair to all and financially sustainable. The inclusion of transferred assets in the financial assessment is not a new measure. Transferred assets were also taken into account under the Subvention Scheme which was introduced by way of Regulations in 1993 and established in primary legislation in the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (3 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. 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 Inspections: Hospital Inspections (3 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is given statutory responsibility for the inspection of hospitals under the Health Act, 2007. I have been informed by the Authority that it continues to monitor compliance with National Hygiene Services Quality Standards. This takes the form of ongoing unannounced visits to randomly selected acute hospitals, with this series of inspections...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (3 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I regret that due to industrial action 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 (2 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: Government policy in relation to older people is to support people to live in dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. Where this is not feasible, support is provided to access quality, long-term, affordable residential care. In line with this overall approach, a priority of Government in recent years has been to develop a range of community-based...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (2 Jun 2010)
Áine Brady: I propose to take Questions Nos. 99 and 104 together. At the outset, I should point out that there is already a requirement for health warnings on both sides of the packaging of all tobacco products placed on the market in Ireland. Following consultation with Member States, Non Government Organisations and the Tobacco Industry in December 2009, an external contractor is finalising a report on...