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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: I will return first to Deputy Ó Snodaigh's question regarding what comes next. Reach Out as a strategy is part of A Vision for Change, which is supposed to conclude in 2014, but that is not set in stone. The previous plan we had for mental health was a 1983 plan and the one previous to that was a 1940 plan. I do not intend to maintain a similar gap and shortly we will put together a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: I do not think we are going to go backwards in our mental health provision. The plan is, and A Vision for Change clearly states, that we will have a community-based mental health service as the big institutions that existed are to be closed. They have been closed and that is important. As Dr. Dermot Walsh told me when he came in to talk to me, we had 22,500 people in institutions in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: Deputy-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: That type of rhetoric-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy is easily appalled.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (13 Jun 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: Hospital Transfers (13 Jun 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: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (13 Jun 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 (13 Jun 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: The introduction of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme in October 2009 fundamentally changed the way in which long-term nursing home care is funded and, consequently, the way in which nursing homes are funded. In the past, some nursing homes would have been allocated a lump sum annually by the HSE. However, the new scheme supports the individuals in need of long-term nursing home care, not...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (13 Jun 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: Mobility Allowance Payments (13 Jun 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: The Government decided yesterday to extend payments of Mobility Allowance to those currently in receipt for a further number of months, pending establishment of new statutory provisions to support the mobility needs of people with severe disabilities. The Government is very conscious of the needs of people with a disability who have relied on individual payments of Mobility Allowance to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Dementia Strategy Implementation (13 Jun 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: It is estimated that there are currently 41,000 people with dementia in Ireland. This number is expected to rise to between 141,000 and 147,000 by 2041. Given this increase in numbers, the Programme for Government contains a commitment to Develop a national Alzheimer's and other dementias' strategy by 2013. A significant amount of preparatory work has already been completed.A research...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Jun 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: Care of the Elderly (13 Jun 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 and 216 together. I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question Number 674 of 28 May 2013.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Jun 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: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Jun 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: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Jun 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 and 220 together. Data on the number of psychiatric patients who have moved from psychiatric hospitals to community care is not collected. Where necessary, care and treatment for such patients is mostly provided in the community through a variety of services including community mental health services, day hospitals, day centres and through home based...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision (13 Jun 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: The aim of neuro-rehabilitation is to enable the person to achieve the highest possible level of independence. Desired outcomes range from a return to full independence in social and work situations to a person requiring long-term support and care but with a higher level of independence than in the absence of neuro-rehabilitation. Current services available include acute hospital services;...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (13 Jun 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 227 to 229, inclusive, together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.