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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 32: In page 11, subsection (1), line 13, to delete “passing” and substitute “commencement”. This is a minor amendment to clarify that the confirmation provided in section 17 applies from the commencement of the Act and not from the passing of the Act. This is to ensure there is no gap between pieces of legislation.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 33: In page 11, line 23, to delete “is” and substitute “and the Europol (Amendment) Act 2006 are”.Amendments Nos. 33 and 34 are technical amendments. The Long Title to the Bill provides that the Bill will, among other matters, repeal the Europol Act 1997. The repeal of that Act is then provided for in section 19. However, the 1997 Act was...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 34: In page 3, line 8, after “1997” to insert “and the Europol (Amendment) Act 2006”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Chairman and the members of the select committee for their co-operation.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy did not even miss it.

National Children's Hospital: Motion (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I am sharing my time with Deputies Catherine Byrne, Eric Byrne and Michael Conaghan. Given my constituency, I am probably the only speaker present who does not have a vested interest in the location of the hospital. The old saying, "Prevarication is the thief of time", always springs to mind when dealing with the issue of the children's hospital. The children who are in need of such a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The HSE, through its occupational guidance service, works with schools, service providers, service users and families to identify the needs of young people with disabilities who are due to complete their second level education. The aim is to address the needs of individuals through health-funded rehabilitative - life skills - training; health-funded day services; FÁS-funded vocational...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I fully recognise that there has always been and will continue to be fear in the community in respect of those who require the types of interventions required by people with special needs. There is a spectrum to be considered. There are those who will require very little intervention and clearly those who have very challenging needs. For the first time this year, school-leavers were dealt...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: We are spending €1.4 billion per year on disability services. Given that level of expenditure, there are areas where changes simply have to be made. I am very conscious that service providers are worried. However, even though we could not do the job without them, my main concern is not for the providers. Rather, my concern is for the people who require support and to whom, in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Home Help Service (8 Nov 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. This is achieved through a range of community-based services such as mainstream home help, meals-on-wheels, and respite or day care. In more complex cases, enhanced home care packages may be provided. The reductions recently introduced in respect of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Home Help Service (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Of course the aim of the Government is to ensure that older people remain in their own communities. That is the most sensible and cost-effective solution and also the one which offers the best outcome for individuals. Unfortunately, however, we find ourselves in very straitened circumstances. We will have to make our case very trenchantly in the negotiations leading up to the budget in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Home Help Service (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: There is a statutory obligation on the Department of Health and the HSE to bring in a budget that lives within the Vote, which is decided in this House. There are difficulties, there are arguments to be made and there are various ways of doing things. We need to be very conscious of that. In addition, as we speak, a deficit is being run up by the HSE. It is not as if we have an expandable...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Disability Services (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Expenditure on health services for people with a disability in 2012 will be in the region of €1.4 billion. The HSE National Service Plan 2012 provides for a 3.7% reduction in budgets but makes it clear that there is scope for achieving efficiencies of 2%, thereby limiting as much as possible the impact on front line services. Despite this reduction, which is similar to that applied...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Disability Services (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: While I do not wish to pick out one service in particular, St. Michael's House is one of the exceptionally good ones.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Disability Services (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Those involved are innovative, imaginative and have done all the things we would like other services to do as well, such as reducing absenteeism and having a better skills mix. I am very conscious of the waiting list they have whereby older parents are awaiting residential spaces for their adult children. I do not want to dismiss or minimise any of the arguments that have been made...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Disability Services (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I agree with the Deputy. Unfortunately, however, every other group approaching us feels that it should be top of the priority list. That is the balancing act that one is constantly trying to achieve in order to ensure a degree of fairness. That is the difficulty. St. Michael's House has done all the things we would expect other service providers to do and, in fairness, a lot of them have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The recent NESC report: 'Quality and Standards in Human Services in Ireland: Disability Services' was very timely in that it followed the recent publication of the Value for Money and Policy Review (VFMPR) of Disability Services by my Department and was in advance of the current consultation being carried out by the Health Information and Quality Authority ( HIQA) on the revised draft...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The HSE’s Report ‘Time to Move on from Congregated Settings’ was published in July 2011 and sets out a framework to guide the transfer of identified individuals from congregated settings to live in the community. It is currently estimated that 3,600 people still reside in these settings. The Report defined a congregated setting as a residential setting of ten or more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: St Raphael's Centre, Youghal is a HSE intellectual disability service providing day, residential and respite services for 180 clients in Youghal. The majority of the services are delivered on the main campus that includes an old institutional style residential centre, where over 80 clients reside in dormitories. There are also two large hostels, a new 30 bedded unit and 3 community houses. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (8 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The latest validated information from the Health Service Executive indicates that at the end of September 2012 there were 7,376 public residential beds for older people in Ireland. Of these, 5,468 are designated long stay beds and 1,908 are designated as short term beds. The Deputy will be aware that the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is the statutory body responsible for...