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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Pending completion of the national estimates, budgetary and service planning process for 2013 it is not possible to predict the service levels to be provided next year.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The National Office for Suicide Prevention was established in 2005 to oversee the implementation of Reach Out the National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention 2005 – 2014. Earlier this year, the National Office established a Working Group comprising the statutory and voluntary sectors to review the current activities in the area of suicide prevention and to determine the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Eligibility (28 Nov 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 — Department of Health: Home Help Service (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: In the context of measures recently adopted to reduce Home Help expenditure, the focus of the HSE is to ensure that services are directed towards personal care for the most vulnerable, in line with individual assessed need and resource availability at local level. As this is therefore a local service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Value for Money Reviews (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Value for Money (VFM) and Policy Review of the Disability Services, which I published in July this year, found that there was a wide variation in the percentage of the pay bill spent on management/administration costs across the statutory and voluntary providers and also in different care settings. The overall average pay cost of management/ administration based on 2009 data was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Decisions to transfer patients are made by treating clinicians if it is determined that the patient’s condition warrants a transfer to another hospital. As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (28 Nov 2012)

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

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I am very grateful to the Chairman for reading the introductory note which explains the motion under deliberation. He is clearly much more familiar with it than I am. I thank the members of the joint committee for making time available today to discuss this motion. This is a very busy time for all parties as the budget approaches. I was a member of the Opposition for a long time so I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I agree with the Deputy that one cannot but be concerned about the circumstances described. The Irish Refugee Council has rightly highlighted these conditions. The overcrowding in accommodation and the lack of facilities is one aspect; the other element is the speed at which asylum applications can be processed, which is being addressed. Care is required in transferring information from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: It is very difficult to provide information in that regard, particularly as our own budget is only one week away from being announced. However, the budget for last year was between €1.2 million and €1.4 million. This was split between the two funds, namely, the return fund and the repatriation fund.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes. For the current year, the amount for the refugee and integration funds was €1.5 million. The provision for the return fund - this relates to people who wish to voluntarily return to their own countries - was €720,000 in 2012. We are assuming that the amounts for next year will be similar, but we do not know because the budget process has yet to be concluded. A clearer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Given that organisations, etc., will only be required to raise 5% of the funding, a great many more projects may now be able to come on stream.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Senator. Fortunately or unfortunately - I do not know which - we do not have responsibility for child benefit, the payment of which comes under the Department of Social Protection. Projects relating to languages, crèches and similar child supports which are very specific to those who come from countries other than Ireland, can apply for funding. Their applications will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: In the case of the refugee and integration funds combined, for up to the programme year of 2009 - the eligibility period for which ended on 30 June 2011 - we used approximately 54% of our allocation. Some 65% of the allocation for the return fund was used in the programme year of 2008, while 90% was used in 2009. The proposal is designed to make it easier for countries in a bailout...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: It is not all likely to be spent. Some 65% of the fund has been spent. The amount of €720,000 to which I referred was spent. Of the funding available, it was 65% of the allocation. The actual amount spent was €720,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As stated, there are projects relating to children in various centres, as well as other projects. People who have had their position regularised would also have the right to apply. For example, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre is working sensitively with refugees and asylum seekers who have experienced sexual violence and other traumas. There is also a project in Killarney which provides...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes. The opt-in provision to this new measure-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: -----will ensure that the difficulties projects have in acquiring matching funding will be lessened.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: There is always a concern in this respect. We have all come across such incidents; some have been blatant, some have been subtle, some have been institutional and some have been against an individual. We have laws to deal with this issue. This is a specific offence. Anyone who experiences racist abuse or has been treated differently because he or she is a different colour, a different...