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Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (14 Feb 2012)

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 (14 Feb 2012)

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 — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (14 Feb 2012)

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

Care of the Elderly (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Government policy is to support older people to live at home and in their communities for as long as possible. This is achieved through a range of community based services such as mainstream home help, enhanced home care packages, or through various other supports such as meals-on-wheels and respite or day care. The central challenge facing the health service this year is to use the reduced...

Care of the Elderly (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Opposition does what Opposition does. I understand that perfectly and it is a legitimate position to take. However, if Deputy Pringle read the answer to his question, he would see it stated we will be dealing with an additional 4,800 people requiring home care packages this year. Those involved in putting together the regional plan for HSE west have a clear focus. For the first time ever,...

Care of the Elderly (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As I stated in my formal reply, we are going to have to do more with less. It is difficult to know how to do that with reductions such as these. We are going to have to seriously examine putting together a plan as to how we deal with our aging and elderly population. Up to this point, we did not have one. However, we are beginning to put it together. I agree with Deputy Pringle we cannot...

Private Members' Business. Stroke Services: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: One is released from prison and discharged from hospital.

Private Members' Business. Stroke Services: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I compliment the Technical Group on the debates it has initiated in recent months. It has used Private Members' time to great effect. Language is very important. As someone who spent a good deal of my life promoting women, I know how effective, damaging or undermining language can be. That anyone believes there are no standards in private nursing homes is quite astonishing. Private...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 14 and 48 together. The recently approved HSE National Service Plan 2012 outlines, as required in legislation, the type and volume of services to be provided this year in return for the resources made available by the Oireachtas. The Plan acknowledges that there will be an inevitable and unavoidable reduction in services this year because of the scale of the...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Minister for Health announced last December that he had secured Government approval for the preparation of legislation which would abolish the Board of the HSE and replace it with a new transitional governance structure. The Minister also announced that, in tandem with the proposed new legal structures, new administrative structures would be put in place within the HSE which would reflect...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Government policy is to support older people to live in dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. To this end, about 10,870 people are expected to receive home care packages and about 50,000 people will receive home help services this year. Government for National Recovery 2011-2016 commits the Government to developing and implementing national...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The cumulative impact of staff reductions from this year and previous years presents a significant challenge for the health system generally in delivering services. The priority is to reform how health services are delivered in order to ensure a more productive and cost effective health system. Like other care areas, efficiency and other savings will be required from the mental health...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 2012)

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 — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The home help service is a core community service supporting older people to remain in their own homes and communities for as long as possible, with the aim of best meeting their preferred wishes, and reducing pressures elsewhere on the wider care system. The demand for the home help service, and for additional supports such as Home Care Packages continues to grow as the population, and the...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Government policy is support older people to live at home and in their communities for as long as possible. This is realised through a range of community based services such as Home Help, Home Care Packages, Meals-on-Wheels, and Day or Respite Care. While the recently agreed HSE Service Plan for 2012 involves a reduction of 4.5% in Home Help hours nationally, from around 11.2m hours in 2011...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive (HSE) provides a range of assisted living services including Personal Assistant services to support individuals to maximise their capacity to live full and independent lives. In 2011, a total of 1.68 million personal assistant/home support hours were provided to 11,571 persons with physical and/or sensory disability. Although the funding allocated to disability...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Law Reform Commission's recent report, entitled Legal Aspects of Professional Home Care, is a follow up to its 2009 consultation paper entitled, Legal Aspects of Carers. Primary legislation and resources will be required for the introduction of a statutory regulation system for home care services. The question of possible changes to legislation, including regulation and inspection, for...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: In accordance with the Health Act, 2004, the arrangement for providing responses on detailed operational issues is a matter for the Health Service Executive. Section 7 (4) of the Act specifies that "The Executive shall manage and shall deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services in accordance with the Act. Therefore as this is a service matter it...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: A special allocation of €35m for mental health was announced in Budget 2012 in line with the Programme for Government commitments. Funding from this special allocation will be used primarily to strengthen Community Mental Health Teams in both Adult and Children's mental health services. It is intended that the additional resources will be rolled out in conjunction with a scheme of...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (15 Feb 2012)

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