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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Hospitals Building Programme (6 Mar 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 Children and Youth Affairs: Health Information and Quality Authority Inspections (6 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Residential services in which the majority of persons being cared for and maintained are being treated for acute illness or provided with palliative care are specifically excluded from the definition of "designated centres" in the Health Act 2007. The National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare were formally launched by HIQA on 26 June 2012. The National Standards are intended to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (7 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 246 and 247 together. The report "National Policy and Strategy for the Provision of Neuro-rehabilitation Services in Ireland 2011 - 2015" published in December 2011, is the overarching policy on neuro-rehabilitation services. There are no proposals to publish an implementation plan in respect of this report as the report includes proposals for a framework...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (7 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: A public consultation to inform the review was concluded in July 2012. A summary report of the submissions received was published on the Department's website in December. Work will continue on the review in the coming months and the Department will shortly be seeking tenders through the public procurement process for external input to this review. It is envisaged that the review will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (7 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The target for Home Help hours in the HSE National Service Plan 2012 was incorrectly set at 10.7 million hours, due to a data collection error in the Dublin/North East region. The correct original target for 2012 should have been 10.3 million hours, and this is the target now also set for 2013. The error was purely methodological and there was, therefore, no loss of 400,000 hours. As is the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Mar 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Mar 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: Health Service Staff (12 Mar 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (12 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Budget 2013 provided an additional €35m for the continued development of mental health services across a range of headings including the further ongoing development of community mental health teams for adults, children, older persons and mental health intellectual disability and to the recruitment of over 470 additional staff to implement these measures. In relation to old age...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance (12 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: A special review group, which will be independently chaired, has been established to seek an alternative method to provide for the needs of people in a manner that does not run counter to the Equal Status Acts. Following the initial phase of the group's work, which will concentrate on issues around Mobility Allowance and the Motorised Transport Grant, a key concentration of the group will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant (12 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The position regarding appeals processes for applications for Motorised Transport Grant which were underway prior to 26th February 2013, is that they will continue to be processed. If the appeal is upheld, payment will be made. I have referred the specific case mentioned by the Deputy to the Health Service Executive, for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Eligibility (12 Mar 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: Nursing Home Services (12 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The registration of St. Anne's Nursing Home, Woodford, County Galway was cancelled by the Chief Inspector of Social Services on Friday, 10 February 2012 under section 51 of the Health Act, 2007, as amended. The then registered provider consented to this cancellation. The grounds for the cancellation related to the lack of fitness shown by the then registered provider in addressing significant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Mar 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. An additional €4 million demographic funding has been allocated to the HSE in 2013 to address the needs of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (12 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I understand the Deputy is referring to respite services for children with life-limiting conditions. My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which small once-off grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations, providing a range of health related services. If an organisation wishes to make an application for National Lottery Funding they should send in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (12 Mar 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: Blind Welfare Allowance (12 Mar 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: Home Help Service Provision (12 Mar 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: Health Services (12 Mar 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.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Sinn Féin did not vote for the bank guarantee either.