Results 161-180 of 2,629 for speaker:Tim O'Malley

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: Arising from the recommendations of the Bacon Report, which was published in 2001, additional courses in speech and language therapy and occupational therapy were established in UCC, NUIG and UL. These courses provided a further 75 places in each discipline. Subject to overall parameters set by Government, the Health Service Executive has the responsibility for determining the composition of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: I have not received correspondence from the person in question but I am aware of the report as I have recently received correspondence in relation to this matter from several Deputies. The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: As the Deputy may be aware, a sum of €75m for revenue purposes was provided to the Health Service Executive for Disability Services in the 2007 Budget. This sum incorporates the 2007 element of the Government's multi-annual investment programme for the National Disability Strategy. This Strategy is committed to enhancing, among other services, the level and range of multi-disciplinary...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Health Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: My legal advice is that absolute privilege, which is a complete defence to a defamation action applies even where the words complained of are published with knowledge of their falsehood and with the intention of injuring another. While I do not believe that reports of investigations will contain deliberate falsehood or be slanted in any way I am reluctant to include such a wide provision on...

Health Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: The Minister was sympathetic to the objective of this amendment on Committee Stage. She made the point then, and I make it again, that under the existing provision, there is nothing to stop 80% or even the entire board of the authority being female. Currently five of the 12 board members of the interim HIQA are women. The matter has been further researched and we have found that...

Health Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: On Committee Stage, the Minister indicated she would consider this matter further, especially in light of the Deputy's reference to the Electoral Act. Since then, the relevant provisions in the Electoral Acts, namely sections 41 and 42 of the 1992 Act, have been examined and legal advice has been obtained. The situation covered, however, is not identical to that in the Health Bill in matters...

Health Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: There was much comment in committee about this subsection being a gagging measure. The Minister stated that she saw the principle behind this provision as fundamental to the way our parliamentary system works. I can only set out again in some detail the valid justification for the provisions the proposed amendments seek to delete. Section 24 provides for the chief executive of HIQA to...

Health Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: I will respond to amendments Nos. 19, 20 and 34 together. There are several related provisions in the Bill dealing with the codes of governance — section 33; standards of integrity, section 79; and codes of conduct, sections 80 and 81 — which are relevant to any consideration of these amendments. Regarding the first amendment, it is clear that the authority shall comply with its own code...

Health Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: I draw particular attention to section 33(5) which requires that arrangements for implementing and adhering to the code of governance must be included in the authority's annual report and section 36(2)(e) requires that the annual report contains a report on the authority's arrangements for implementing and adhering to its code of governance. In addition, under section 33(4), the code will be...

Health Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: This amendment is very similar to one moved by Deputy McManus on Committee Stage. The position is as follows. Under section 7(1), HIQA is required to monitor compliance with standards it sets, other than those standards set on services inspected by the chief inspector of social services. Under the Bill, "designated centres" are residential centres for children in need of care and...

Health Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: I have reconsidered the amendment, but do not intend to accept it.

Health Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Tim O'Malley: Consistent with the national health information strategy, section 7 confers a number of information related functions on HIQA. Those functions are interrelated and are designed to ensure the authority can examine and evaluate existing information systems, provide advice and make recommendations to the Minister and HSE about deficiencies and set appropriate standards for the HSE and service...