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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Simon Communities of Ireland (26 May 2016)

Mr. Dermot Kavanagh: I will talk a little about rough sleeping and long-term homelessness and the link between them. Emergency accommodation is not a solution to homelessness. As Mr. Griffin pointed out, the response to the crisis of rough sleeping has involved the provision of a lot of extra shelter beds, often dormitory beds. As a strategy, this does not address homelessness. In the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

John McGahon: A debate that has taken place in other parliaments around the world, most notably in the United Kingdom in the Scottish Parliament and in the French Parliament, is the concept of and debates around long Covid. That is what I would like to ask for today. At some stage in the next couple of months it would be very useful to have the Minister for Health in here for a debate on long Covid. It...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (13 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: While the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) deals with numerous types of applications for residence in this State, I assume the Deputy is referring to applications for long term residence. The current Long Term Residence Scheme was introduced in May 2004 and operates on an administrative basis. This administrative scheme is focused on persons who have been legally resident...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (27 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Long-term residency is an administrative scheme that was introduced in May2004 and is focused on persons who have been legally resident in the State for over five years on the basis of work permit / work authorisation / work visa conditions. Such persons may apply to the Immigration Division of my Department for a five year residency extension. In that context they may also apply to be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE policy in relation to those with long-Covid giving blood donations; if there is a policy that long-Covid patients should not give blood; if so, if staff at blood donation centres are aware of this; and if measures are in place in relation to those who have undiagnosed long-Covid who have donated blood. [36326/22]

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (24 Jan 2017)

Leo Varadkar: The Government’s primary strategy to tackle unemployment, including long-term unemployment and youth unemployment, is twofold. The Action Plan for Jobs supports continuing strong economic recovery and employment growth. Policies and actions to ensure unemployed people benefit from the increase in employment are set out in the strategy paper Pathways to Work 2016-2020. These policies...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

James Reilly: .... Deputy Ó Caoláin seems to have a problem with very well off people making a contribution towards care in the home, as opposed to not having a problem with them being charged for their care in long-term care. I find that very inconsistent, to say the least. It is all very well for Sinn Féin to talk about progressive taxes and a wealth tax. The bottom line is that the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: ...information from the Health Service Executive indicates that at the end of September 2012 there were 7,376 public residential beds for older people in Ireland. Of these, 5,468 are designated long stay beds and 1,908 are designated as short term beds. The Deputy will be aware that the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is the statutory body responsible for the registration of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (22 Oct 2019)

Charlie McConalogue: 373. To ask the Minister for Health the reason autoimmune hepatitis is not listed under the long-term illness scheme; his views on whether it is a long-term illness that requires consistent management and impacts on health; if he will consider including it in on the eligibility qualifications under the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43352/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 829. To ask the Minister for Health if former patients of the now-closed Mater long-Covid Clinic (details supplied) will be accepted at alternative long-Covid clinics, irrespective of whether they are in the catchment area of the clinic in question, in situations in which no other long-Covid clinic is accessible to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7273/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long Stay Residential Units (22 Nov 2016)

Simon Harris: Legislation to commence residential support services maintenance and accommodation contributions (long stay contributions) will come into operation on 1 January 2017 under sections 67A to 67D of the Health Act 1970 and the Health (Residential Support Services Maintenance and Accommodation Contributions) Regulations 2016. From that date, long stay contributions will replace the existing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2022)

Patricia Ryan: My colleague Deputy Mairéad Farrell has raised the issue of long Covid with the Minister on a number of occasions. When she did so, he informed us that flexibility was to be provided to public service workers. That is good. The scheme provides for certain payments to staff during periods of absence from work due to illness from long Covid. This is despite long Covid not being...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Prescription Charges (25 Jun 2014)

Alex White: Persons suffering from prescribed conditions can get free drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances for the treatment of the conditions under the long-term illness scheme. Medical card holders are required to pay prescription charges. Prescription charges are not payable in respect of items supplied under the long-term illness scheme. In the case of persons who have both a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy for this important question. I acknowledge his ongoing advocacy and work on the issue. The Government is committed to ensuring that those suffering from long Covid receive the full support they need. A few months ago, I met patients attending a long Covid clinic in Tallaght University Hospital. Hearing first hand from them about the significant deterioration in their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Mr. Robert Deegan: The national building renovation plan will be, effectively, the new name for the long-term renovation strategy. The existing directive has a requirement for the long-term renovation strategy which includes an overview of the national building stock, policies and actions to stimulate cost-effective deep renovation and a range of other areas. It is very prescriptive in...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (14 Dec 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: The total budget for long-term residential care in 2011 is approximately €963m. This is, in reality, the budget for the Nursing Homes Support Scheme albeit that transitional arrangements must also be facilitated from within the subhead, i.e. people in contract beds, people who choose to remain on subvention and people paying in-patient charges in public nursing homes. Additional funding of...

Nursing Home Subventions. (22 Apr 2010)

Seán Haughey: ...and proposed policy developments in services for older people. The Government is committed to supporting people in living in dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. Where this is not possible, the health service supports access to quality long-term residential care and we continue to develop and improve health services in all regions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (19 Jun 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...and second, through Pathways to Work to ensure that as many of these new jobs and other vacancies that arise in our economy are filled by people taken from the Live Register, and in particular the long-term unemployed. To date, these policies have been effective in reducing long-term unemployment. For example, the most recent data shows that the rate of long-term unemployment in Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (2 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn funding through the Housing Finance Agency.  Housing for All sets out that there will a managed phasing out of new long term leasing projects over the lifetime of the plan. It is envisaged that 3,500 units will be delivered through long term leasing from 2022 to 2025. The number of new...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (11 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme provides financial support for long-term residential care services. The definition of long-term residential care services stipulates that the care services must be provided for a period of not less than 30 days or periods in the aggregate amounting to not less that 30 days within a period of 12 consecutive months. The first stage in the application process...