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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (12 Nov 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: Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (12 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive is developing an implementation plan for the National Policy and Strategy for Neuro Rehabilitation Services in Ireland. The HSE has informed the Department that work is underway to produce an implementation plan.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Regulatory Impact Assessment Usage (12 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. Before I give the official response, I wish to outline that the balance is delicate because we are dealing with vulnerable people. Because of the approach taken to long-term residential care for older people we must strike the balance well. We do not want regulation and bureaucracy to interfere with the care people receive, but, on the other...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Regulatory Impact Assessment Usage (12 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Senator Daly should be aware that we have just recently employed an additional 48 HIQA inspectors. At a time when we are being asked to dramatically reduce the numbers of staff employed by the State, that is significant. We are prioritising areas where we need additional staff on the ground. Where there is a concern about a care institution, HIQA returns to that institution repeatedly. It...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. Mental health services in HSE west, including Galway and Roscommon, which operate as one administrative unit, have been resourced to implement A Vision for Change. This involves modernising the service in the area to provide better outcomes for patients and staff. However, existing resources in Galway-Roscommon need to be reshaped and the priority...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: If we were to carry out the audit now, as the Deputy has suggested, one would find that Galway-Roscomon - which has always been considered as one administrative unit for mental health - would be well above what is recommended in A Vision for Change. We are not doing that now. We know what is there and what we need to deliver the service. Phase 1 provides for the closure of five beds in...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Even though there is a connection between maternity and post-natal depression, we have to separate maternity services from mental health services. In the new mental health services in Galway, for instance, we will be putting in place facilities for women and their babies to be dealt with in the one unit. That is already happening in Cork with the new unit we are building there and it will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: An additional €35m was allocated in Budget 2013 for the continued development of our mental health services across a range of headings, including the further development of forensic services and community mental health teams for adults, children, older persons and mental health intellectual disability. 477 posts have been approved to implement these measures. As at 30th September...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Mental health has again succeeded in obtaining a substantial ring-fenced allocation, within the overall budgetary context. The current economic environment presents a significant challenge for the health system generally in delivering services, however, mental health is being treated as a priority in so far as we can. The announcement in Budget 2014 of €20 million ringfenced for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (13 Nov 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 (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: An additional €35m was allocated in Budget 2013 for the continued development of our mental health services across a range of headings, including the further development of forensic services and community mental health teams for adults, children, older persons and mental health intellectual disability. 477 posts have been approved to implement these measures. As at 30th September...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Subventions (13 Nov 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The total budget for long-term residential care in 2013 in €974m. The HSE operates a national placement list to enable it to operate within the budget for the Nursing Homes Support Scheme. All applicants who are approved for funding are put on the placement list in chronological order by the date of determination of their application. Funding issues to applicants in this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Inspections (13 Nov 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 Home Accommodation (13 Nov 2013)

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

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. I am in no doubt about the seriousness of the current pressures on the health service. We are still in the process of developing a service plan. However, notwithstanding the financial pressures, the Government is fully committed to ensuring the ongoing delivery of vital services and supports to people with disabilities within the confines of the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I will find out who is the best person for the Dyspraxia Association of Ireland to meet because it might not be me. Perhaps the new HSE director of social care might be the best person. I will investigate that issue further. As part of the negotiations on the HSE's service plan, we are seeking a particular sum of money for services for those under 18 years. We must start to deliver...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: They are very simple proposals which I am sure will meet the approval of everybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Chairman for allocating time today to consider these two EU motions dealing with the proposed agreement between Canada and the EU on the transfer and processing of passenger name record, PNR, data. Two motions are required because the agreement itself is the subject of two separate proposals for Council decisions. This simply reflects the EU procedure for establishing such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: We all share the Deputy's concerns and there is certainly a need to ensure a proper balance is struck. However, we must also consider how we can combat human trafficking and the drugs trade. People who are trafficked often do not know the language spoken in the country to which they have been brought; they can be extremely scared and their documentation will have been taken from them. It...