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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (8 Oct 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: Hospital Accommodation Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Requests to meet my colleague Minister Reilly are normally arranged through his Office. As a request has been made, I have no doubt that the Minister's Office will reply in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (8 Oct 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: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Wisdom Services provided intellectual disability services for 200 service users (110 on campus). The service was operated by the Daughters of Wisdom, trading as Wisdom Services. The Daughters of Wisdom indicated they were withdrawing from the service in 2012. Following lengthy negotiations between the HSE and the Daughters of Wisdom a termination agreement was signed by both parties in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Oct 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 Services (8 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. Requests to meet my colleague Minister Reilly are normally arranged through his Office. Accordingly I would suggest a representative of the delegation should make contact with the Minister's Office at ministers_office@health.gov.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (8 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I am acutely aware of demographic projections which show a very steady increase in the numbers of older people in Ireland in the coming years and decades. The most recent population projections, carried out by the Central Statistics Office, estimate that by 2041 there will be about 1.4 m people over the age of 65 in Ireland, with the greatest increases in the over 80 age group. My...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question Number 674 of 28 May 2013. The position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: This Government has prioritised the reform of our mental health services in line with A Vision for Change and is committed in particular to the delivery of more and better quality care in the community. Additional funding totalling €70 million and some 900 new posts have been provided as part of the last two Budgets primarily to strengthen Community Mental Health Teams for both adults...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (8 Oct 2013)

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

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: It is all down to the bank guarantee that Sinn Féin voted for.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government rejects the notion that persons who were issued with medical cards on a discretionary basis are being deliberately targeted where their incomes exceed the HSE's income thresholds. Despite what Opposition Deputies have stated, there is no target to reduce the number of discretionary medical cards in the HSE's national service plan for 2013. It did not form part of budget 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Review (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government decided in June last that new statutory provisions should be established to provide individual payments to people with severe disabilities who require additional income to address the costs of their mobility needs. An inter-departmental group, chaired by the Department of the Taoiseach, is working to develop detailed proposals for the operation of a new statutory scheme and is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Under the Health Act 2004 the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services, including residential services for people with a disability. Charges for those in receipt of long-stay residential care are governed by Regulations made under section 53 of the Health Act 1970 and supported by national...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (9 Oct 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 Expenditure (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The level of funding available for the health budget and the extent of the savings required in the health sector are being considered as part of the estimates and budgetary process for 2014 which is currently underway. Pending completion of the national estimates, budgetary and service planning process for 2014 it is not possible to predict the service levels to be provided next year for the...

Seanad: Irish Sign Language: Motion (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Acting Chairman. I will commence by replying to something Senator Mark Daly said. We have signed but not ratified the UN convention because there are certain things we need to do first. Some countries have signed and ratified it, but they are now being held to account for not putting in place the necessary structures to implement what is included in the convention. Ireland has...

Seanad: Irish Sign Language: Motion (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: This is a very important issue.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Ambulance Service Provision (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Senator for raising this matter, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly. A significant reform programme has been under way in pre-hospital emergency services in recent years. The objective is to ensure that the best clinical care is provided for the people in each region served by the national ambulance service, NAS, through the provision of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Ambulance Service Provision (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Thank you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. I know well what Opposition Members are obliged to do, because I was in that position for long enough. However, I would urge Senator Daly to give the service a chance. It is not helpful simply to assume we will have the worst possible outcome. This, after all, is a service which the experts in the area assure us is an improvement on what went before. I...