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Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Nov 2011)

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

Hospital Services (10 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue on which I am responding on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly. Connolly Hospital is an academic teaching hospital which provides a full range of acute services, including a 24 hour accident and emergency department. It serves a catchment population of 331,000. Multidisciplinary teams of medical, nursing and allied...

Hospital Services (10 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: Good. I was anxious to let the Deputy know. The Minister has made it a priority to unblock access to acute services in our hospitals by improving the patient flow through the system. Access to services is not about bed numbers per se but is about how the bed capacity in a hospital is managed to maximise throughput and provide safe and quality care to patients. This can be seen in the...

Hospital Services (10 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I will conclude. The entire reply will be included in the Official Report and will be supplied to Deputy Nulty. I again congratulate the Deputy on his election. Additional information not given on the floor of the House. In the absence of real and sustained change in how the existing capacity is managed, additional beds will be quickly absorbed without any net gain for patients. The aim of...

Hospital Services (10 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: Briefly, I concur fully with the Deputy's comments. In addition, I note the Minister is not averse to providing additional once-off funding to ensure the waiting times in Connolly Hospital are reduced. Moreover, he is committed to ensuring the lengthy stays on trolleys seen in the past of people who are ill will be greatly reduced. However, as the Deputy is aware, it is not always about...

Self-Harm Incidence (10 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank Deputy Neville for raising this important issue. It is not the first time he has done so and given his commitment to the subject, I dare say it will not be his last. At the outset, I note that just this morning, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney, and I launched a leaflet on behalf of Shine and the IFA in respect of farm stress. While one sometimes is...

Self-Harm Incidence (10 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I cannot disagree with anything the Deputy said. This is a crucial group, one we have identified. There are, of course, others within the group who never come to the attention of the medical profession, but, nevertheless, it is an issue about which we will have to do something very quickly. The training programmes we are rolling out, including the pilot programme in Cork, will give us the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Nov 2011)

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

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (10 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I would like to reassure the Deputy that patients in Tallaght Hospital (or any other Acute Hospital) who require long term residential care can continue to apply for financial support under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme. Once a person receives approval for financial support they can choose to enter any nursing home that is participating in the scheme in any part of the country, subject to...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I have asked the HSE to reply directly to you on this matter as a matter of urgency.

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (10 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.

Stroke Services (15 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I am grateful to Deputy Nash for raising this issue. The Deputy is aware that I have an interest in it through family circumstances. Following the transfer of acute services from Louth County Hospital to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, the Health Service Executive has worked to reorganise stroke services in the Louth-Meath hospital group. Stroke services in the group were...

Stroke Services (15 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I cannot give the Deputy an answer to the specific question but I will relay his concerns. I will find out the answer and I will get back to the Deputy in terms of these specific areas. The Deputy is correct. If we intend to use multidisciplinary teams for other chronic diseases then we must introduce them in this case as well. The outcomes for stroke can be a great deal better if correct...

Order of Referral of the Access to Central Treasury Funds (Commission for Energy Regulation) Bill 2011 [Seanad] to the Select sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Motion to Rescind (15 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I move: That the Order of the Dáil of 8th November, 2011, referring the Access to Central Treasury Funds (Commission for Energy Regulation) Bill 2011 [Seanad] to the Select sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, be discharged and that the Bill be considered in Committee of the whole Dáil on Thursday, 17th November, 2011."

Mental Health Services: Motion (15 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: — good mental health is an integral component of general health and well-being and recognises the importance for all citizens to achieve and maintain optimum mental health; and — about one in four people will experience some mental health problems in their lifetime; welcomes the:...

Mental Health Services: Motion (15 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Technical Group, the Independents and the various people who contributed to the debate on the motion because as the previous speaker said, we need advocates in society to speak about our mental health or our emotional well-being. It is important that we recognise our emotional well-being, and it is not just about different groups or people speaking themselves. It is us speaking...

Mental Health Services: Motion (15 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: Approximately one in four of us will experience mental health problems in our lifetime. Above anything else, this tells us we must mind our mental health. The State has an obligation to its citizens to mind them and ensure, in as far as it is possible, they are enabled to attain the highest possible quality of life. The way in which mental health is treated is about how we live our lives....

Mental Health Services: Motion (15 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: Short stays.

Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (15 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 — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (15 Nov 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive has advised me that expenditure on health services for people with a disability in 2011 will be approximately €1.5 billion. Special consideration was given to disability and mental health in Budget 2011 through a maximum reduction of just 1.8% in the allocation for the two sectors. The relatively lower reduction of 1.8%, compared to other areas of the health...