Written answers
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Department of Health and Children
Care of the Elderly
10:00 am
Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review of a long term care facility (details supplied) has been carried out by her Department and-or other organisations on behalf of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23219/10]
Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review of a long term care facility (details supplied) has been carried out by her Department and-or other organisations on behalf of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23220/10]
Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review of a long term care facility (details supplied) has been carried out by her Department and-or other organisations on behalf of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23221/10]
Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review of a long term care facility (details supplied) has been carried out by her Department and-or other organisations on behalf of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23222/10]
Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review of a long term care facility (details supplied) has been carried out by her Department and-or other organisations on behalf of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23223/10]
Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review of a long term care facility (details supplied) has been carried out by her Department and-or other organisations on behalf of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23224/10]
Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review of a long term care facility (details supplied) has been carried out by her Department and-or other organisations on behalf of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23225/10]
Áine Brady (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 243 to 249, inclusive, together. I can confirm that my Department has neither carried out, nor has requested any other organisation to carry out, a review of any of the specific, named long term care facilities referred to in the Deputy's questions. At a national level, the Deputy will be aware that significant changes took place within the nursing home sector in 2009 resulting in a single system of registration and inspection for all providers, public, private and voluntary, and a single system of financial support. The net effect of these changes is an assurance to every person in need of care that the same quality standards and the same level of financial State support will apply regardless of which nursing home they choose. In light of these important changes and in light of service pressures arising from demographic trends, my Department is currently working closely with the HSE to examine long-term capacity, quality, staffing and funding requirements at a national level.
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