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Topical Issue Debate: Health Screening (13 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I am about to read the official reply but I do not disagree with any of the points made by the Deputies. I thank Deputies Anne Ferris and Billy Kelleher for raising this matter as it provides me with an opportunity to update the House following on the update provided to the Seanad last month by my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Dinny McGinley. As Deputies will be aware, the...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Screening (13 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputies. The Joint Committee on Health and Children will be dealing with the issue in detail on 28 March. It is important that this meeting is being held in advance of the deadline of 31 March 2013. It is very difficult to deal with an issue retrospectively. However, we need to consider further how to deal with it. The Data Protection Commissioner indicated that the situation...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Screening (13 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I am about to read the official reply but I do not disagree with any of the points made by the Deputies. I thank Deputies Anne Ferris and Billy Kelleher for raising this matter as it provides me with an opportunity to update the House following on the update provided to the Seanad last month by my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Dinny McGinley. As Deputies will be aware, the...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Screening (13 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputies. The Joint Committee on Health and Children will be dealing with the issue in detail on 28 March. It is important that this meeting is being held in advance of the deadline of 31 March 2013. It is very difficult to deal with an issue retrospectively. However, we need to consider further how to deal with it. The Data Protection Commissioner indicated that the situation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (13 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: Nursing Home Services (13 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: Mental Health Services (13 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 Services (13 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, 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 Care Packages (13 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: Hospital Services (13 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: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (13 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: On average, applications for the Scheme take between 4 to 6 weeks to process, from receipt of completed application to date of determination. Depending on the level of complexity of the individual case, processing of the application may take longer. For example, in cases where ancillary State support is sought, additional factors may impact on the timeframe, e.g. the HSE must establish...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Mar 2013)

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

Seanad: Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: As I have said before and will say again, the next time I am called to speak after Senator Norris, I will leave the Chamber. In 1996, when the original employment equality legislation was introduced, I strongly objected to it, which left me in a lonely place. The following Sunday, when entering my local church to go to mass, I was handed a leaflet, clearly by somebody who did not know me....

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Health Service Staffing (13 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly. I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. A memorandum of understanding for a pilot exchange programme between the HSE and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan was signed in November 2011. The programme is due to commence in July this year. Doctors who are currently...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Health Service Staffing (13 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The course on which the Minister is set is about changing the system. It is a big unwieldy system and it will take time to change. On the information Senator Colm Burke is seeking, it is estimated there are on six-month contracts, approximately 2,000 senior house officers and registrars and some specialist registrars; on one-year contracts, 570 interns, approximately 300 senior house...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Youth Services (13 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I am taking the debate on behalf of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Fitzgerald, and I thank the Senator for raising it. We are conscious of the considerable benefits that can accrue to young people from involvement in youth work, and the benefits for society as a whole. Youth projects and youth organisations present valuable opportunities for the social and personal...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Youth Services (13 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Sometimes what happens - the Senator probably realises this himself - and I find it particularly with regard to disability services, is that somehow or other organisations come to a notional view themselves what a cut will be. It seems very obvious to me that the background information clearly states a flat 10% saving requirement would be applied across all funding lines in 2013. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive, for a direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: There are detection and treatment services available at present, in the community and in acute hospital settings, for many conditions which can lead to vision impairment and blindness. The Department's priorities are to continue to identify and address ophthalmic defects noticed at child health and/or school health examinations; to provide free eye examinations and free spectacles to all...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Disability Grant Schemes (20 Mar 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is very conscious of the needs of people with a disability who require transport supports from the State and also conscious of the position of the Ombudsman that the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant schemes are illegal in the context of the Equal Status Acts. The Minister, Deputy Reilly, and I considered carefully the recommendations of the Ombudsman in...