Results 501-520 of 1,546 for speaker:Áine Brady
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (25 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I can confirm that the Minister for Health and Children has received representations from a small number of voluntary organisations regarding the rate for the cost of care being offered to them by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). However, I understand that, of the small number of voluntary organisations currently negotiating with the NTPF, at least two of these have recently...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 May 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.
- Garda Vetting (20 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I am replying to this matter on behalf of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and I thank Deputy Cyprian Brady for raising it. It may be helpful if I outline briefly the background to the system of Garda employment vetting that operates at present. The Garda central vetting unit provides employment vetting to a large number of organisations registered with the Garda for this...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (20 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I am replying to this matter this evening on behalf of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. I thank Deputy Costello for raising it. The Government is mindful of the great pain and suffering caused to people, both North and South, during the period of conflict in Northern Ireland. We are all particularly conscious of the burden that has been borne by the survivors and the...
- Departmental Properties (20 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I am replying to this matter on behalf of the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy à CuÃv. I thank the Deputy for raising it. The Department delivers a front-line service through a network of 62 local offices and 62 branch offices and the service in Portlaoise is delivered by a branch office. Branch offices are operated by private individuals on a contract for service basis. The terms...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (20 May 2010)
Áine Brady: An additional â¬97 million was provided for the Nursing Homes Support Scheme in Budget 2010. The additional funding brings the total budget for long-term residential care in 2010 to â¬979 million (subhead B12 in Vote 40 refers). This is effectively the budget for the Nursing Homes Support Scheme albeit that transitional arrangements must also be facilitated from within the subhead, i.e....
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (20 May 2010)
Áine Brady: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme provides financial support for individuals who require long-term nursing home care. It is not possible for funding from the budget for the scheme to be used to provide care in a person's own home. Care in the home is facilitated through community supports such as Home-Help, Home Care Packages, Meals-on-Wheels, and Day/Respite Care. The HSE National Service...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (20 May 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.
- Care of the Elderly (20 May 2010)
Áine Brady: The Government places great importance on the policies and practical reforms we are implementing to ensure patient safety and quality assured health services. I assume the registration and inspection fee Deputy is referring to is in respect of designated centres or nursing homes for older people. The Health Act 2007 provides for the registration and inspection of all nursing homes....
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 May 2010)
Áine Brady: The fundamental policy of the Government is to support older people to live in dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. This is realised through a range of community services such as Home-Help, Home Care Packages, Meals-on-Wheels, and Day/Respite care. Without these supports, many older people would spend longer in acute hospitals, or would be...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 May 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 (18 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I propose to take Questions Nos. 48, 61 and 128 together. The Nursing Homes Support Scheme, A Fair Deal, commenced on the 27th October 2009. Its purpose is to equalise State support for public and private nursing home residents, and to offer assurance to one of the most vulnerable groups in society - those in need of long-term nursing home care - that care will be affordable and will remain...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 May 2010)
Áine Brady: Dementia is a most distressing condition and presents a significant and growing challenge to health and social services. Alzheimer's disease represents about 70% of the cases of dementia. People nowadays live longer and as a consequence are more likely to develop dementia or Alzheimer's disease. While dementia is not solely related to age, it does affect 5% of people over 65 years with the...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (18 May 2010)
Áine Brady: The key priorities in relation to services for older people in recent times have been the introduction of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, and the bringing into force of new regulatory standards for the long-term residential care sector. In tandem with these initiatives for the residential sector, various aspects of community based services have also been advanced by the Department and the...
- Written Answers — Health Policy: Health Policy (18 May 2010)
Áine Brady: My Department has developed a national policy on chronic disease management. Central to our thinking and to the policy is the understanding of the importance of patients being educated and supported to participate fully in the management of their own conditions. Chronic illness can be managed best in this way. My Department with the HSE also recently developed a policy on service user...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (18 May 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 (18 May 2010)
Áine Brady: I propose to take Questions Nos. 82, 97, 106, 206, 228 and 272 together. 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 Service Properties: Health Service Properties (18 May 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 (18 May 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 — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (18 May 2010)
Áine Brady: A person's contribution to care under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme is worked out based on 80% of their assessable income and 5% of the value of their assets per annum. The first â¬36,000 of a person's assets, or â¬72,000 in the case of a couple, is not included at all in the assessment. A person's home is only included in the financial assessment for their first three years in...