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Seanad: Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: There are times when there is no response.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Care of the Elderly (19 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: It is always a pleasure to be in the Seanad. I sometimes feel like I am a Member of this House I am so often here. I thank Senator Burke for raising this issue as it provides me with an opportunity to update the House on policy and services for older people. Close co-operation has long been a hallmark of the way both statutory and non-statutory organisations do business in the area of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Care of the Elderly (19 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I recognise the benefit in the Senator's suggestion and I will raise it with my officials. If representative groups were invited to sit around a table to discuss the same issues they might offer solutions that we have not thought of heretofore.

Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Deputy Boyd Barrett is embarrassing his colleagues in the benches in front.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (20 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The level of funding available for the health budget, and the extent of savings required in the health sector, is being considered as part of finalising the HSE Service Plan 2013. The allocation of funding across care groups, including Palliative Care, will therefore be agreed in this context. As was the case in previous years, the Health Service Executive has engaged with voluntary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (20 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 301 and 302 together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Positive Ageing Strategy (20 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 303 and 304 together. The Programme for Government has committed to completing and implementing the National Positive Ageing Strategy so that older people are recognised, supported and enabled to live independent full lives. The Strategy will be a high level document outlining Ireland’s vision for ageing and older people and the national goals and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 306 together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Funding (20 Dec 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: Nursing Home Services (20 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Officials from the Department of Health met with representatives from both the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) and the HSE on the 21st March to discuss the issue of nursing homes, including Valentia Hospital, which received funding for long-term residential care services under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004 prior to the commencement of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 335, 337 and 338 together. The funding situation for the disability sector in 2013 is not yet available pending the finalisation of the HSE's National Service Plan for 2013. Savings required globally from the Health Budget will have an impact on all services, including disability services, and it is expected that these will be outlined when the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (16 Jan 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabled Drivers (16 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the Motorised Transport Grant. I can assure the Deputy that the Motorised Transport Grant is still available to people with a disability to enable them to retain employment, subject to satisfying the eligibility and means criteria. The rate of the maximum Motorised Transport Grant payable remains unchanged and is currently €5,020.50

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I recognise the importance of life-skills training and day care services to people with disabilities who are leaving the education system in 2013. Day services for adults with disabilities provide a network of support for people who have a wide spectrum of need, ranging from those with severe and profound disabilities who are likely to need long-term specialist service provision to people...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: In recent years disability service provision has been moving towards a community based and inclusive model rather one which is institutional and segregated. The key lessons from the Report of the Working Group on Congregated Settings (2011) and New Directions, the Report of the National Working Group for the Review of HSE-funded Adult Day Services (2012), together with the Value for Money...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (16 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The asset contribution under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme will be increasing from 5% to 7.5% per annum, as announced in Budget 2013. This will be capped at three years, or 22.5%, in the case of the principal private residence. The change will apply to both new and existing nursing home residents. However, for existing residents, it should be noted that, in the case of the principal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Jan 2013)

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: Health Service Staff (16 Jan 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: This Government currently provides funding of over €1.5 billion to the Disability Services Programme through the HSE’s National Service Plan for 2013 , and is committed to protecting frontline services for people with disabilities to the greatest possible extent. The Minister for Health is working to ensure that protection is afforded to the disability sector, and the Social...