Results 7,441-7,460 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Expenditure (17 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: Mental Health Services Funding (17 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: In 2013, 5.5% of the Health Service Executive Budget (€733 million) will be spent on specialist mental health services. Since 2012, funding has been at a lower percentage than in previous years as prior to that the figures in the Revised Estimates for Public Services for Health Care Group Areas such as Mental Health included an allocated share in relation to both pension and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (17 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Reach Out our National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention 2005-2014 comprises of four levels of action i.e. - general population approach; targeted approach; responding to suicide; and information and research. It contains 26 action areas and 96 recommendations. The HSE's National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) was established in 2005 on foot of a recommendation in Reach Out and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (17 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: As Minister with responsibility for Mental Health, I fully appreciate the need to prioritise child and adolescent mental health services. In 2012 and 2013, additional funding totalling €70 million was made available for the continued development of our mental health services. This is being used primarily to further strengthen community mental health teams for adults, children,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 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.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Discussion (17 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I will deal with the questions posed by Deputies Kelleher and Ó Caoláin. We are continually hearing that the posts relating to mental health have not come on stream. I wish to place on record the exact position in this regard. We received an allocation of €20 million this year. I accept that the programme for Government contains a commitment to the effect that €35...

Older Citizens: Motion [Private Members]: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: There is no need to get personal. We all know stories.

Older Citizens: Motion [Private Members]: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Learn from the master.

Older Citizens: Motion [Private Members]: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I intend to share time with Deputy Regina Doherty and Deputy Ciarán Lynch. On foot of the last speaker I wish to put all of this into context. We are discussing the collapse of an economy, an economy that was deliberately stoked by the Government parties at the time. Deputy Troy should note that I do not intend to talk about mental health tonight, but if he was as concerned about...

Older Citizens: Motion [Private Members]: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I wish to reply to one thing Deputy Kelleher said about a gentleman in Cork who has a prescription for 12 items. Although it has not been mentioned by anyone, there is a cap in respect of the prescription charge of €25 per month. It is not as if it is open-ended. I thank the Deputies for raising this matter and for giving me the opportunity to outline some key elements of our...

Older Citizens: Motion [Private Members]: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Approximately 22,000 people are in receipt of financial assistance under the nursing homes support scheme, with another 900 approved but not yet in payment. This arises for various reasons and Deputy O'Dea knows that as well as I do. In 2013, home help hours were not decimated. A total of 10.3 million hours of home help will be delivered to over 50,000 clients, exactly the same as last...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The legislation underpinning the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS) requires each private nursing home to negotiate and agree a price for long-term residential care services with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) should they wish to be an approved nursing home for the purposes of the Scheme. This is a necessary feature of the scheme due to the commitment by the State to meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Grant Applications (22 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: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: It is not possible to predict the service levels to be provided next year for the disability sector until the completion of the HSE's National Service Plan for 2014. The National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan calls to action all individuals, organisations, local and national Government to think positively about disability. It is a collaborative effort and an open invitation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (22 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: Services for People with Disabilities (22 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: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Private nursing homes must be registered with the Health Information and Quality Authority and must have agreed a price for the purposes of the Scheme with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) in order to be approved nursing homes for the purposes of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme. The nursing home referred to by the Deputy has been registered with the Health Information and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 519 and 521 together. It is not possible to predict the service levels to be provided next year for the disability sector until the completion of the HSE's National Service Plan for 2014. With regards to the information requested by the Deputy, it is not available in my Department. However, I have asked the HSE to provide the information it has available...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (22 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: Home Help Service Provision (22 Oct 2013)

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