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- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Nov 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 (2 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The Dean Clinics are operated by St. Patrick's University Hospital, Dublin. I have no function in relation to the management of St Patrick's as it is an independent mental health service provider.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for this question to be transferred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Support Scheme: Nursing Home Support Scheme (2 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 539 and 552 together. In May of this year the Minister for Health was made aware of a potentially serious shortfall in the 2011 subhead for Long-term Residential Care. In response, the Minister asked for a full examination of the funding situation, to be conducted by the Department of Health and the HSE. The examination identified a number of factors that are...
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for this question to be transferred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: This commitment was clearly shown in the Programme for Government which provides that â¬35 million will be ring-fenced 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. This is currently being considered as part of the Estimates process for 2012 and future years. A...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Nov 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 (3 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: Services have been developed by individual service providers or former Health Boards over time and reflect the individual experience and expertise of providers in meeting local needs. This has led to variations in the way services are configured and, in relation to the provision of supports for children with disabilities, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has recognised the need to enhance...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Nov 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 (3 Nov 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 (3 Nov 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 Service Staff: Health Service Staff (3 Nov 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 (8 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The Office for Disability and Mental Health participated in the development by the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government of a Housing Strategy for People with Disabilities which has a particular emphasis on the housing needs of people with mental health difficulties. This Strategy was published on 6 October 2011. Five meetings were held during 2011. Three meetings of...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (8 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy is aware, a commitment was given in the Programme for Government to develop a national Alzheimer's and other dementia strategy by 2013. As I have indicated previously, my Department has started the process of developing a policy on dementia that will support the delivery of long-term care services having regard to future demographic trends and the consequential increase in...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (8 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The HSE provides a range of services across primary care, specialist child and adolescent mental health services, health promotion and suicide prevention services which support young people's mental health. As the HSE's financial accountability structure is across HSE areas and hospitals and not by care group, it is not possible to identify a specific figure for services which support young...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — National Disability Strategy: National Disability Strategy (8 Nov 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 — Health Services: Health Services (8 Nov 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 (8 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have referred this question to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: 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 and whether it needs to be...