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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the size of the stock of housing held by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies dedicated to the accommodation of older people; how this has grown since 2010; and the size of the national waiting list for older persons accommodation. [13537/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proportion of the stock of housing held by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies dedicated to the accommodation of older people, which has ancillary support services, and the numbers of homes with the various range of such supports. [13538/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the target of income adequacy in old age; the contribution which she hopes that auto-enrolment will make to achieving that; and by what date she expects people retiring to have reached that target. [13551/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the role, if any, which MABS plays in advising on pension and financial planning for old age; and if she has considered developing a programme in mid-career by MABS which would equip people to plan better for their retirement. [13552/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has systems for identifying and supporting more vulnerable carers, such as older parents caring for ageing children with disabilities, in order that extra supports could be developed in partnership with other Government agencies. [13553/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 316. To ask the Minister for Health the number of man hours allocated to provide home help and homecare services; and the number of persons receiving those services in 2000, 2010, 2020 and allocated for 2024. [13524/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 317. To ask the Minister for Health the steps necessary to be taken to put in place a national statutory homecare scheme; and the date on which he hopes to reach each milestone. [13525/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 318. To ask the Minister for Health if he has carried out an audit of the assistive technology that is now available to support care in the home; if he has assessed the feasibility in each case of supporting their use to better manage care in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13526/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 319. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated proportion of consultations with GPs, with medical consultants, with nurse practitioners and with therapists which were conducted at their peak during Covid; the extent to which this has been sustained as practices have returned to normal; if he has undertaken a review to see whether such approaches should take a more prominent position in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 320. To ask the Minister for Health if he has conducted any census of carers to identify the circumstances of their care, their access to information and support, their age profile, and their capacity to continue; if he will indicate where the findings may be obtained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13528/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the performance reports which he receives on the HSE's enhanced community care initiatives and its component elements to illustrate its reach, its intensity and its impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13529/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 322. To ask the Minister for Health whether he has received reports on the evolution of the indicators in the Healthy Ireland Outcomes Framework instituted in 2018 to date; and whether the impact of Covid and the return to more normal conditions illustrates challenges for public policy in this area. [13530/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 323. To ask the Minister for Health the scale of the social prescribing initiative undertaken by the HSE in terms of resources deployed, people reached and impact of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13531/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the actions outlined in the Positive Ageing Strategy of 2013 were achieved; the areas where achievement fell short of expectations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13532/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 325. To ask the Minister for Health if he has undertaken a manpower review of current and upcoming needs for care assistants who could support nursing home care or homecare; the predicted needs over the next ten years; the capacity to meet those needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13554/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 326. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered amending health insurance legislation to encourage more insurers into the support of preventative health measures and improved management of continuing health vulnerabilities among their members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13555/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 343. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of connected hubs in each county which are now established; if she would consider giving these hubs an explicit mandate to promote positive ageing, particularly as a location to access information, to develop digital skills, to access trusted advisers and services, and to promote community networks supportive of positive...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (21 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 344. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role that her Department plays in promoting social innovation in communities to respond to environmental and demographic pressures, particularly in counties with higher old age profiles. [13550/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Strategies (20 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he has monitored the progress made under the actions specified in the National Positive Ageing Strategy 2013 and published annual progress reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12647/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (20 Mar 2024)

Richard Bruton: 335. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he has monitored the progress made under the actions specified in the National Positive Ageing Strategy 2013 and published annual progress reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12646/24]