Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm plans to deal effectively with the issue of elder abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16005/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Significant progress has been made in developing a comprehensive response to deal with elder abuse insofar as the health services are concerned. These are set out in the recent Health Service Executive (HSE) report 'Elder Abuse Service Developments 2008 '.

In addition a formal independent review of the implementation of the recommendations outlined in 'Protecting our Future' the 2002 Report of the Working Group on Elder Abuse is underway. T he Review is to identify any gaps in the present policy and address areas not included in the original report e.g. financial abuse, institutional abuse, self-neglect. The Review is due to be completed in May and it's findings will inform future policy and actions.