Results 7,121-7,140 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (10 Jul 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 Provision (10 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: The particular issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly 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 Services Issues (10 Jul 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: HSE Reports (10 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Seanad: Parental Leave Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: More than half.
- Seanad: Parental Leave Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: We should always be very careful about falling into global assumptions about men or women. The one thing I discovered in my work on equality, about which I was a bit surprised, is that women who have children work longer hours because of the financial imposition, and it is an area in which Senator Mary White has had an interest long before I ever got this job and we have discussed it on...
- Seanad: Parental Leave Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: I wish to clarify a point with the Senator. We need to get this very clear. If Senator's Bill, with the amendments we intend to bring forward, is not to become part and parcel of the overarching legislation that we will introduce at the start of next year, we will come back with amendments to this Bill, but it will still be the first quarter of next year before we get to do this because we...
- Seanad: Parental Leave Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: I need to clarify a point.
- Seanad: Parental Leave Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: I need to clarify that it will not be possible for us to take Committee Stage next Tuesday.
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: Who is saying she is not to?
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: She can.
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: You voted against it.
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy is the only one-----
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (11 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: The particular issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly 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 Homes Support Scheme Oversight (11 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: In order to be an ‘approved nursing home’ for the purposes of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, all private and voluntary nursing homes must negotiate and agree a price for the cost of care with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). This is a necessary feature of the Scheme due to the commitment by the State to meet the full balance of the cost of care over and above a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Jul 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: Home Care Packages (11 Jul 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 Oversight (11 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: I do not believe that there is a disconnect between the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). Under the Health Act 2007, statutory responsibility is given to the Chief Inspector of Social Services, part of HIQA, for the independent inspection and registration of all nursing homes, private and public. This responsibility is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (11 Jul 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 Provision (16 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1035 and 1036 together. As this is a service matter which relates to cooperation at local level between the centres in question and the HSE, the Deputy's questions have been referred to the Executive for direct reply in relation to the operational matters raised.