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Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Seanad: Diabetes Treatment and Management: Motion. (27 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the subject of diabetes. Diabetes mellitus is a chronic, progressive metabolic disease. There are two types of diabetes. Type 1, or insulin dependent diabetes, accounts for approximately 10% of cases and affects mainly children, adolescents and young adults and requires lifelong treatment with insulin. Type 2, or non-insulin dependent diabetes,...

Seanad: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: I will take this matter on behalf of my colleague the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. The Government is committed to ensuring the delivery of the best quality health services possible and to providing the highest possible standard of patient care in an effective and efficient way within the resources available. Patient safety and quality of care are at the core of how...

Seanad: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: I will pass on the questions from the Senator to the Department.

Seanad: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: I am taking this Adjournment on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. The way in which we deliver acute hospital services to our communities and their wider regions is changing. The expert advice is that when delivering complex care, patient outcomes are better where sufficient volumes of activity take place and where the appropriate necessary...

Seanad: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: The cardiology service will be expanded as resources allow. I have taken on board the point made by the Senator on the availability of the service 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Seanad: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. The HSE has confirmed to the Minister that St. Vincent's University Hospital has recently written to general practitioners in the Wexford area to advise them that, owing to an increase in general practitioner referrals both from within and outside the hospital's catchment area, it is only...

Seanad: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: The Senator wishes me to ask whether Waterford Regional Hospital is under-resourced or if the problem there is due to incompetent management. He also wishes me to ask whether the funding received by Dublin hospitals for treating patients from outside their catchment areas will be transferred.

Community Employment Schemes (21 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter as it affords me the opportunity to outline to the House the position on community employment programmes and job initiatives programmes. Community employment is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their...

Higher Education Centres (21 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Coughlan. I thank Deputy Feighan for raising this matter on the Adjournment. There are more than 20 publicly funded higher education institutions, seven of which are universities and 14 of which are institutes of technology. Ireland is a relatively small country and, in...

Hospital Services (21 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: I am replying to this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. In recent weeks, Cavan General Hospital experienced an unprecedented 40% increase in referrals to its emergency department and medical assessment unit. In addition, there was a very significant rise in medical referrals and medical admissions to the hospital from...

Illegal Occupation (21 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: I am replying to this Adjournment matter on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern, who welcomes the opportunity to outline the law on illegal occupation. The current law is, in the Minister's view, very comprehensive and he has not been made aware of any shortcoming requiring attention. Part IIA of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 was inserted by...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (21 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (21 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: Dementia is a most distressing condition both for those suffering from it and their families, and presents a significant and growing challenge to health and social services. Alzheimer's disease represents about 70% of the cases of dementia. Research and published work on dementia has outlined the complexity and range of issues involved in the effective management of dementia. This work...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Oct 2010)

Áine Brady: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.