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- Written Answers — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (5 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 201 to 203, inclusive, and 205 together. This Government is committed to implementing A Vision for Change and reforming our model of healthcare delivery so that more and better quality care is delivered in the community. In this regard I have asked the HSE to prepare an implementation plan, which will identify specific recommendations of A Vision for Change...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: A Vision for Change provides a framework for action to develop a modern, high quality mental health service over a 7 to 10 year period. It recommends that steps be taken to bring about the closure of all psychiatric hospitals and that the resources released by these closures should be reinvested in the mental health service. It emphasises that this process should take place on a phased...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: A Vision for Change sets out a comprehensive framework for the development of all mental health services over a 7 to 10 year time frame and contains some 200 recommendations. The Report proposes a holistic view of mental illness and recommends an integrated multidisciplinary approach to addressing the biological, psychological and social factors that contribute to mental health problems. It...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (6 Oct 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.
- Long-term Care Home (11 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I thank Deputies for raising this issue. It provides me with an opportunity to update the House on this matter. St. Brigid's in Brittas, County Dublin, was established in 1959. It was originally a tuberculosis clinic which opened in 1935. There are currently 80 residents, as has been outlined by Deputies, at the facility. There is also a day centre at the front of the main building...
- Long-term Care Home (11 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I agree with the Deputies that some leeway must be given when an topical issue is of concern to more one Deputy. This debate is a case in point. I do not have the type of detail sought by Deputy Timmins but will seek it out and reply to him. I cannot give an assurance that unions will not be notified before families. I understand consultation took place with people living in the unit and...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Oct 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 — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (11 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The budget for the National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) is set by the Health Service Executive. In 2011, the total funding available nationally through the HSE for suicide prevention is about â¬9 million of which â¬4.1 million is available to the National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) and approximately â¬5 million is available regionally to fund Resource Officers for...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (11 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: Valentia Community Hospital is not a public facility, it is a voluntary facility which has a service level agreement with the HSE under section 39 of the Health Act 2009. The legislation underpinning the Nursing Homes Support Scheme requires all private nursing homes and voluntary nursing homes which previously received funding under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004 to negotiate and agree a...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: National Quality Standards: Residential Services for People with Disabilities were published by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) in 2009. The standards will provide a national framework for quality, safe services for people with disabilities in residential settings. The current Programme for Government includes a commitment to "put the National Standards for Residential...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (11 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: Concerns had been expressed in relation to health and fire safety at St Brigid's, a 19 bed ward, which was the last remaining ward on an upper floor of St Patrick's Hospital, Waterford. As a consequence of these concerns, the HSE decided that it was no longer viable to continue to accommodate residents in the ward and it was closed on a phased basis in 2009. The primary focus of the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (11 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 501 to 503, inclusive, together. As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (11 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy will be aware that there is a commitment in the Programme for Government under Capital Developments in Health, to prioritise "step down and long-term facilities and community care facilities such as day centres for older people". The Department is currently reviewing the provision of public residential care in the light of the need to meet national standards and regulations, local...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I assume the report the Deputy is referring to is the Report of the Disability Policy Review drawn up by an Expert Reference Group at the request of the Department of Health which I formally released for public consultation at the end of last week. The funding of disability services by the Department of Health is the subject of a detailed Value for Money and Policy Review as part of the...
- Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (11 Oct 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 — Health Services: Health Services (11 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.