Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of recommendations made by the Forum on Older People established by the Health Service Executive following the publication of the Leas Cross review in late 2006. [4238/08]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of recommendations made by the Forum on Older People established by the Health Services Executive following the publication of the Leas Cross review in late 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4336/08]

Máire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 80 and 93 together.

The Report of the Leas Cross Nursing Home Task Force, established by the Health Service Executive (HSE) on 26 February, 2007, was received in my Department earlier this year. The Report covers a wide range of recommendations relating to the complex health and social care needs of older people in Ireland.

I understand that the HSE has assigned responsibility within its organisation in relation to the implementation of the various recommendations of the Task Force Report and that progress on these is being reviewed by the Executive on a regular basis.

My Department will continue to liaise with the HSE in regard to addressing the recommendations of the Task Force Report and how these recommendations fit in the context of the report of the Leas Cross Commission of Investigation.