Results 201-220 of 1,371 for speaker:Máire Hoctor
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (28 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Seanad: Care of the Elderly (28 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: I thank Senators Norris and John Paul Phelan for raising this issue. At no stage have I misled the House on this issue, nor on any other issue when I have delivered a response to an Adjournment debate.
- Seanad: Care of the Elderly (28 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: I want to make that absolutely clear. The Senator implied it or something of that nature. I am prepared to defend that.
- Seanad: Care of the Elderly (28 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: I was not used at any stage to relay a response to the Adjournment.
- Seanad: Care of the Elderly (28 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: I ask Senator Phelan to withdraw the comment because it is absolute rubbish.
- Seanad: Care of the Elderly (28 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: I deliver the truth to Senator Phelan, as I do to any other Senator in respect of information given to me. I stand by that.
- Seanad: Care of the Elderly (28 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: I would like the opportunity to continue to give my answer. This Adjournment debate provides me with an opportunity to update the House on this matter and to outline the background to the current situation and the action taken by the Health Service Executive. I want to reassure the older people concerned and their families about the future. The HSE has operational responsibility for the...
- Seanad: Care of the Elderly (28 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: I forgot to acknowledge the questions of Senator Norris, which I recall clearly from December. I have not received a response but I will reactivate the matter for him because he raised specific matters at that time. I will raise the question of â¬100,000 exactly as suggested and will revert to Senator Phelan.
- Seanad: Care of the Elderly (28 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: With the permission of the Cathaoirleach, on a point of clarification, is Senator Norris referring to the newly formed committee or the Health Service Executive committee?
- Seanad: Care of the Elderly (28 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: I will agree to do that.
- Seanad: Local Authority Funding (28 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: I am pleased to take this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, and I thank Senator O'Domhnaill and the Seanad for this opportunity. The Government's policy on charging for water supply and waste water has been in place since 1998. The policy was developed to implement the polluter pays principle and to meet the requirements of the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (27 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: Under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, A Fair Deal, individuals who require long-term residential care will contribute a maximum of 80% of their net assessable income whether for public or private nursing home care. In calculating an individual's net assessable income, it is proposed that account can be taken of specified items of expenditure. Depending on the amount of a person's...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (27 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: As the Deputy is aware, the Minister published the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008 on the 9th October and introduced it at Second Stage in the Dáil in November. It is her intention to bring the legislation through the Houses of the Oireachtas as soon as possible with a view to implementing the scheme in 2009. Only after the legislation has been enacted, and the scheme commenced,...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jan 2009)
Máire Hoctor: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.