Results 261-280 of 896 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Máire Hoctor
- Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Oct 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. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Health Service Payments: Health Service Payments (14 Oct 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. Accordingly, the Department is advised by the HSE that it is currently working to distribute the funding referred to by the Deputy. The HSE further advise that all private nursing home providers have been written to and...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Standards: Nursing Home Standards (14 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 53 and 80 together. The present standards for nursing homes are set out in the 1993 Care and Welfare Regulations and the HSE inspects private nursing homes on the basis of these standards. Under the Health Act, 2007, statutory responsibility is given to the Chief Inspector of Social Services for inspecting and registering all residential centres for older...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (14 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Health Act, 1970 (as amended) provides for two categories of eligibility for all persons ordinarily resident in the country, i.e. full eligibility (medical card) and limited eligibility (all others). Entitlement to a medical card is determined mainly by reference to means, with provision for discretion to grant a card in cases of 'undue hardship' where the income guidelines are exceeded....
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (14 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Minister published the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008 on the 9th October. 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.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: I understand that the Health Service Executive wrote to the Deputy on 25 September last outlining its position on this case and that this matter is the responsibility of the relevant local authority.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Oct 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. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (14 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Minister published the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008 on the 9th October. 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. Under the new scheme, the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) will negotiate prices for long-term care with private nursing home owners on behalf of the...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (14 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The present standards for nursing homes are set out in the Care and Welfare Regulations and the Health Service Executive (HSE) inspects private nursing homes on the basis of these standards. Earlier this year, the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) submitted "Draft Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older People" for approval, and these are currently under consideration...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (14 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services, including the payment of subvention to residents in private nursing homes, is a matter for the Health Service Executive. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issues raised by the Deputy. The Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Oct 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. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (14 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issues raised by the Deputy. The Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (14 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The Minister published the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008 on the 9th October. 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.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (9 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: In 2007, expenditure by the HSE on nursing home subventions was almost â¬205 million. This year the Government has redirected an additional â¬25 million from the overall allocation in respect of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, A Fair Deal, for the purpose of nursing home supports, including subvention. This includes â¬13 million for the provision of 200 contract beds. In addition, the...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (8 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The aim of the Nursing Home Subvention Scheme is to provide financial assistance to older people towards the cost of maintenance in a private nursing home. The existing subvention scheme is governed by the Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Act, 2007. Under the Act, the maximum amount for basic subvention is â¬300 per week. The Act also provides for enhanced subvention to be paid. However,...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: My colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, met the Carers' Association on 26 September last when, among other things, they set out their view that the forthcoming Carers' Strategy should provide for a full needs assessment for carers. Such an assessment would encompass more than health matters. In so far as the health matters are concerned, she has noted the suggestion in the context...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (7 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: Budget 2008 provided â¬110 million for the implementation of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, A Fair Deal. My colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, and I are conscious of the effect that the unavoidable and unforeseen delays in implementing Fair Deal are causing to some older people and their families. To date, â¬13 million has been allocated from the additional monies...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (7 Oct 2008)
Máire Hoctor: The existing subvention scheme is governed by the Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Act 2007. In order to qualify for a subvention, an individual must be: (a) sufficiently dependent to require maintenance in a nursing home, and (b) unable to pay any or part of the cost of maintenance in the home. In order to determine this, they must undergo a means assessment which takes account of their...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (2 Oct 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. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Oct 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...