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Other Questions: Suicide Prevention (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I apologise. I have received several reports on the matter. I have discussed the issue with a number of professionals, not all of whom are employed by the HSE or the Department of Health; nor were they all from Roscommon or Galway. All of them have said that awful things happen when one is dealing with very vulnerable people. That is why we provide the services in the acute unit. Without...

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: In 2012, a special allocation of €35 million was provided for mental health, to be used primarily to further strengthen community mental health teams in adult and children's mental health services, to advance activities in the area of suicide prevention, to initiate the provision of psychological and counselling services in primary care and to facilitate the transfer of mental health...

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes.

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: No, we have not reached what is recommended in A Vision for Change. I do not think we will reach it for the next two years either. We need to move step by step if we are to make progress in this area. The community mental health teams were badly staffed. We have to make progress and we are making progress. I would like to respond to what was said about the backfilling of posts when...

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: That is what I am paid for.

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: That is right.

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: When I say the RDOs will decide what is essential or what post they will need, I make the point that we are delivering a different service and some of the posts may not be essential. For example, if we are moving people out of big, old institutions, then we need to deliver a different type of service. With regard to the €35 million for this year, we did exactly the same as last year...

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I always think that when people resort to insults, they have clearly lost the argument.

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: We are delivering a new service. It is true that we are on the cusp of the second half of this year but A Vision for Change has been in this House since 2006 and the time limit for it is next year. While I do not dismiss what previous Ministers have done - I have always recognised that - we have done more in the last two years, so, cusp or no cusp, we are making progress.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government Implementation (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Programme for Government committed to develop a National Carers' Strategy and a Nationals Alzheimer's and other Dementia Strategy. It also included a commitment to complete and implement a National Positive Ageing Strategy. The Carers' Strategy was published in July 2012 and the National Positive Ageing Strategy was published in April 2013. It is intended that a draft of the Dementia...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question Number 524 of 18 June 2013. The position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Eligibility (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89, 108, 110 and 611 together. The Government decided on 12th June last, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Community child and adolescent mental health teams are the first line of specialist mental health services for children and young people (under 18), who are directly referred to Community CAMHS Teams from various sources. These include General Practitioners, Child Health Services, A&E Departments, Learning Disability Services, Adult Mental Health Services, or Primary Care services....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I have met with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Ireland (SBHI) on numerous occasions since taking office and I am very familiar with their work on behalf of and with individuals and their families. More recently I met with the organisation in March of this year and I had the pleasure of launching their Creativity and Life Skills Programme in April. The organisation's family support workers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Commission Reports (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I welcome the publication of the Mental Health Commission Annual Report 2012 which includes the Report of the Inspector of Mental Health Services. The function of the Mental Health Commission is to promote, encourage and foster the establishment and maintenance of high standards and good practices in the delivery of mental health services. This Annual Report provides a valuable contribution...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Beds (25 Jun 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question Number 524 of 18 June 2013. The position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question Number 524 of 18 June 2013. The position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question Number 524 of 18 June 2013. The position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy will appreciate that the Health Service Executive has statutory responsibility for the planning and delivery of services at local level. This includes management of this particular facility as part of a single Mental Health service across Galway and Roscommon, which also encompasses similiar acute units at Ballinasloe and Galway. In circumstances where one of these units reaches...