Results 81-100 of 2,099 for speaker:Ivor Callely
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: As responsibility for the provision of health services is, in the first instance, a matter of the Eastern Regional Health Authority and the health boards, my Department has asked the chief executive officers of the boards to examine this matter and to reply directly to the Deputy as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (3 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: As the Deputy will be aware, responsibility for the provision of health services in New Ross rests with the South Eastern Health Board in the first instance. The board has advised that upgrading of the kitchen, the provision of lighting to the entrance to the hospital and associated works at New Haughton Hospital have been completed with funding provided by my Department under the national...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (3 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: I am aware that different arrangements apply to financial contributions from people availing of public long-stay care as opposed to those accommodated in private nursing homes. Under the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 health boards may pay a subvention to assist a person in meeting the costs of private nursing home care. However, it was not intended that a subvention payment would meet the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (3 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: The Deputy is referring to the decision by the Eastern Regional Health Authority to change its policy regarding the funding of what were formerly known as contract beds in private nursing homes from September 2003. The main reasons behind the authority's decision to change its policy were to bring a measure of equity to the system, to ensure value for money and to allow funding to be...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: As the Deputy will be aware, the provision of health services in the Kilkenny area is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the South Eastern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the board to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and to reply directly to him as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (3 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: As the Deputy will be aware, the provision of health services in the Kilkenny area is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the South Eastern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the board to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and to reply directly to him as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (10 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: As the Deputy will be aware, the provision of health services in the Roscommon area is a matter for the Western Health Board in the first instance. My Department has been informed by the Western Health Board that people suffering from Alzheimer's disease in County Roscommon are currently catered for in the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon, in community nursing units in Boyle and Castlerea and...
- Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (10 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: As the Deputy will be aware, the provision of health services in the Dublin 3 area is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the Northern Area Health Board acting under the aegis of the Eastern Regional Health Authority. Since my appointment as Minister of State, I have been encouraging the authority and the health boards to introduce home care packages, including home based subvention...
- Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (10 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: As the Deputy will be aware, the provision of health services is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the Western Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the board to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply direct to him as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (10 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: The provision of health services in the Wicklow area is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the South Western Area Health Board acting under the aegis of the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the authority to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply direct to him as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (10 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: The provision of health services is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the Eastern Regional Health Authority and the health boards. All applications for aids and appliances, including wheelchairs, are assessed on the basis of need and, therefore, there are no guidelines issued on the provision of wheelchairs to residents of nursing homes. A resident of a nursing home is assessed on...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (17 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: The development of services for people with Alzheimer's disease is based on the Action Plan for Dementia, published by the National Council on Ageing and Older People in 1999. Considerable progress has been made in service development since the publication of the report and, in each of the years since 1999, my Department has provided additional funding to psychiatry of old age â more than...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (17 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: The policy of my Department regarding the care of older people is to maintain them in dignity and independence in their own home for as long as possible in accordance with their wishes. This policy was first enunciated in the care of the aged report, published in 1968, and confirmed in the report, The Years Ahead: A Policy for the Elderly, published in 1988. Numerous research studies have...
- Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (17 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: As the Deputy will be aware responsibility for the provision of health services in County Kildare rests with the South Western Area Health Board acting under the aegis of the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has been informed by the authority that the Maynooth community nursing unit has a bed complement of 44 beds, of which 35 are occupied at present. The board has indicated...
- Written Answers — Health Board Funding: Health Board Funding (17 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: National development plan funding for projects such as that mentioned by the Deputy is provided on the basis of the priority accorded such projects and in light of available resources. As the Deputy will be aware, the provision of health services in Youghal is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the Southern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (17 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: As the Deputy will be aware, the provision of health services is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the South Eastern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the board to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply direct to him as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (17 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: As the Deputy will be aware, the provision of health services in Kilkenny is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the South Eastern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the board to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply direct to him as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (17 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: As the Deputy will be aware, the provision of health services is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the South Eastern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the board to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply direct to him as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (17 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: As the Deputy will be aware, the provision of health services is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the South Eastern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the board to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply direct to him as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (17 Feb 2004)
Ivor Callely: As the Deputy will be aware, the provision of health services is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the South Eastern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the board to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply direct to him as a matter of urgency.