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Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (21 Jun 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: The key focus of the Minister for Health is to ensure that those who require nursing home care will be able to access it and, to this end, the Department estimates that almost 24,000 people will be in long-term nursing home care by year end. This would mean a net increase of around 1,700 people between now and the end of the year. In order to fund this increase, and to offset other pressures...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (21 Jun 2011)

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

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Jun 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (21 Jun 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: The number of referrals of elder abuse received by the HSE Elder Abuse Service in the last three years were as follows: 2008: 1508 2009: 1916 2010: 2110 Policy in relation to elder abuse is derived from Protecting our Future, the Working Group on Elder Abuse Report 2002, which defined and set out a framework and programme of work to address elder abuse, and the 2009 Review of that Report....

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (22 Jun 2011)

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

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Jun 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I wish to inform the Deputy that my officials have been in contact with the Health Service Executive in relation to the Deputy's question of 11th May last. I have arranged to have this follow-up question referred to the HSE for an urgent direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (22 Jun 2011)

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

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (23 Jun 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: The processing of approvals for financial support under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme re-commenced last week. Approvals are being issued to those applicants processed to final stage in the chronological order in which they were received in the Central Office in Tullamore. Approvals are currently being issued to the first 400 of these applicants. Funding is being assigned on a daily basis....

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Jun 2011)

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

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (23 Jun 2011)

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

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (23 Jun 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: The processing of approvals for financial support under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme re-commenced last week. Approvals are being issued to those applicants processed to final stage in the chronological order in which they were received in the Central Office in Tullamore. Approvals are currently being issued to the first 400 of these applicants. Funding is being assigned on a daily basis....

Written Answers — National Disability Strategy: National Disability Strategy (28 Jun 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: The correspondence to which the Deputy refers calls for priority to be given to the National Disability Strategy within the resources available. I agree with this sentiment, which is also in line with a commitment in the Programme for Government to publish, following wide consultation, a realistic implementation plan for the Strategy, including sectoral plans with achievable timescales and...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (28 Jun 2011)

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

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (28 Jun 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (28 Jun 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 458 and 496 together. As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Jun 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 459 and 535 together. The correspondence supplied by the Deputy is seeking his personal views and understanding on independent living for people with disabilities. However, the Government's central policy objective for people with disabilities is that people should be supported "to lead full and independent lives, to participate in work and society and to...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Jun 2011)

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

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Jun 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: Transport services for people with a disability are generally provided by voluntary service providers that are funded by the HSE under Sections 38 and 39 of the Health Act. However, as a result of the limited public transport service in Co. Donegal, the HSE/North Western Health Board has for many years provided free transport services to day centres, day hospitals and other services. In the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Jun 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 470 and 492 together. As the Deputies questions relate to service matters I have arranged for the questions to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (28 Jun 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 476 to 481, inclusive, together. The introduction of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme in October 2009 brought about a fundamental change in the way in which long-term nursing home care is funded and, consequently, the way in which nursing homes and community hospitals are funded. In the past, public and voluntary nursing homes would have been allocated a lump...