Results 181-200 of 896 for speaker:Máire Hoctor in 'Written Answers'
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (11 Dec 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I assume the Deputy is referring to the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, A Fair Deal. The legislation required in order to introduce the Scheme is complex and involved careful drafting in order to ensure that the interests of older people requiring residential care are fully protected. The Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008 was published on 9 October and the Minister introduced it at Second...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Dec 2008)
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 (11 Dec 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 140 to 142, inclusive, together. I am very conscious of the important role of carers, particularly family carers. However, as there are no plans to introduce these three initiatives referred to by the Deputy, the Department has not carried out an exercise to estimate the potential cost of introducing them.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (11 Dec 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Budget 2009 provided â¬55 million for the implementation of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme next year. This brings the total funding in the subhead for long-term residential care in 2009 to â¬909 million. However, the timeframe for commencement of the scheme will be contingent upon the passage of the legislation through the Houses of the Oireachtas and the successful negotiation by the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Dec 2008)
Máire Hoctor: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (10 Dec 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Deputy will appreciate that since the end of August 2008, the Housing Aid for Older People (HAOP) scheme, which includes the Essential Repairs Grant has been administered by the local authorities. The Health Service Executive has confirmed that it does not have an application on hand for the individual referred to by the Deputy. The issue raised therefore in this case is primarily a...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Dec 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Christmas Bonus is paid to all recipients of long-term social welfare payments. The payment was made during the first week of December, at an estimated cost of â¬201 million and some 1.3 million persons comprising 940,000 recipients and 400,000 dependents benefited from the payment. The focus of the bonus has always been on persons who rely on the social welfare system for financial...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (9 Dec 2008)
Máire Hoctor: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (4 Dec 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The figures the Deputy has requested are in the tables. The figures for 2004/2005 follows the old Health Board structures. The figure in relation to 2008 relates to those prosecutions I am aware of to date. Prosecutions taken from 2006-2008 under Section 47 of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 & 2004 Community Care Area 2006 2007 2008** No. of cases Cork South Lee, 1 1 Cork North...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Dec 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. The Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Dec 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 and 168 together. Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. The Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (3 Dec 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I refer to the particular matter raised by the Deputy. A central objective of the new Nursing Homes Support Scheme, A Fair Deal, is to ensure that care is affordable for all who need it and that no-one has to sell their home during their lifetime in order to pay for their care. In order to meet this objective, the scheme provides that a person may defer contributions based on their family...
- Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (3 Dec 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Deputy will appreciate that since the end of August 2008, the Housing Aid for Older People (HAOP) scheme, which includes the Essential Repairs Grant has been administered by the local authorities. The Health Service Executive has confirmed that it does not have an application on hand for the individual referred to by the Deputy. The issue raised therefore in this case is primarily a...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Dec 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. The Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Dec 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. The Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (2 Dec 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I fully appreciate the concerns expressed to me to develop health facilities on this site. However, as I indicated to the Deputy in my reply to his Parliamentary Question of 18 November last, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is the appropriate statutory body to consider in the first instance any proposals in this regard. I understand that the Executive subsequently wrote to the Deputy...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Nov 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. The Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (27 Nov 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. The Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (27 Nov 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. The Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Food Poverty: Food Poverty (26 Nov 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Food poverty is usually defined as an inability to obtain an adequate, nutritious diet, because of lack of money, physical difficulty in getting to and from suitable shops, lack of equipment or cooking skills, and linguistic or cultural barriers. My Department's concern is to ensure that disadvantaged groups in particular have the resources available to enable them to have a healthy and...