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- Seanad: School Staffing (19 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: Despite Senator MacSharry's lack of Irish, his enthusiasm and passion for the issue is evident. I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairà Quinn. I thank the Senator for raising this issue as it affords me the opportunity to outline the position with regard to the staffing schedule for gaelscoileanna for the 2011-12...
- Seanad: School Accommodation (19 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairà Quinn. I thank Senator Michael D'Arcy for raising the matter as it provides me with an opportunity to outline to the House the Government's strategy for capital investment in education projects and to clarify the current position in regard to the application for major capital...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (20 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme is due for formal review commencing in 2012. The Scheme will be three years in operation at that stage. The reason for allowing this period to elapse is to ensure that trends and statistics will be available in order to inform this work. The review will look at the ongoing sustainability of the scheme, the relative costs of public versus private provision...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Rights of People with Disabilities: Rights of People with Disabilities (25 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The Programme for Government commits to publishing, "following wide consultation, a realistic implementation plan for the National Disability Strategy (NDS), including sectoral plans with achievable timescales and targets within available resources and ensuring whole-of-government involvement and monitoring of the Strategy, in partnership with the disability sector". As the Minister...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As indicated by the Deputy, 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 Government's Value for Money Reviews for the period 2009 to 2011. As part of the overall VFM review, a separate Expert Reference Group on Disability Policy was established to look specifically at existing disability policy...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 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 — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (25 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (25 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 536, 574 and 582 together. As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Oct 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 (25 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: e Government has prioritised the reform of our mental health services in line with A Vision for Change â the Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy (2006) and Reach Out - the National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention 2005 â 2014. is commitment was clearly shown in the Programme for Government which provides for the ring-fencing of â¬35 million annually from within...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 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 (25 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The level of funding available for the health budget is being considered as part of the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure and Estimates process for 2012 which is currently underway. Deliberations by the Government on the expenditure allocations for next year are likely to continue up until Budget time and it would not be appropriate for me to comment further at this stage pending the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The nursing home in question was established in 1959. It was originally a Tuberculosis clinic opened in 1935. There are 80 residents currently at the facility. There is also a day centre at the front of the main building providing a service to older persons from the local community. The HSE decided to close the home and transfer the majority of services to the new modern purpose built...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (25 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (25 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: There are currently 124 General Adult Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) nationally, serving a population of 4,239,848*. This equates to 1 General Adult CMHT per population of 34,192. It is difficult to extrapolate the ratio of CMHTs to the population in County Meath, as the HSE Mental Health Service is not configured on a geographical county basis. Mental Health Services in Co Meath...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 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 (25 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 — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (25 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The Government has prioritised the reform of the mental health service in line with A Vision for Change. This commitment was clearly shown in the Programme for Government which provides for the ring-fencing of â¬35 million annually from within the overall health budget to develop community mental health services and to ensure early access to more appropriate services for adults and children....