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Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: People aged 60 and over cannot simply join private health insurance schemes. There is a mechanism whereby they must wait to have pre-existing conditions dealt with, and this waiting period is sometimes between five and ten years. People should keep that in mind. I will get back to the Bill. The proposed amendment inserts an explicit provision in the existing health insurance legislation...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 3:In page 6, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following:"(3) Schedule 3 to the Principal Act, as amended by subsection (1), only applies in the case of a health insurance contract entered into or renewed on or after 1 March 2014 (and, accordingly, that Schedule, as in force immediately before that date, shall continue to apply in the case of a health insurance...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The question of private patients in public beds is different. This amendment relates to private patients in private beds. The date will be 1 March.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputy. I also thank all of the contributors for their contributions.

Bethany Home: Motion [Private Members] (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy would know a lot about decency.

Bethany Home: Motion [Private Members] (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I know about honesty too.

Bethany Home: Motion [Private Members] (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “notes that Bethany Home: — evolved from two private charities, the Dublin Midnight Mission and Female Refuge and the Dublin Prison Gate Mission, which predate the existence of the State; and that in 1934 it moved from Blackhall Place to Orwell Road, Rathgar,...

Bethany Home: Motion [Private Members] (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I acknowledge the hardships faced by those born in Bethany Home. There is no doubt they faced hardships. Up to the 1950s, poverty and the diseases associated with poverty were widespread in Ireland. Infant mortality rates were high. Children were not cherished the way they are today and were often seen as a burden or a form of cheap labour. There was no provision for legal adoption....

Bethany Home: Motion [Private Members] (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: There were public allegations of children being neglected in Bethany in 1939 and 1940. These were investigated and rejected by the health authorities. There were suggestions that some of the complaints were motivated by sectarian concerns but it is not possible to make any determination from this distance as to whether the investigation was adequate. It is very difficult to put these...

Bethany Home: Motion [Private Members] (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: However, I would be more concerned at rushing into passing judgment on those who ran Bethany Home without hearing their side of the story.

Bethany Home: Motion [Private Members] (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Deputy McDonald would know a lot about shame.

Bethany Home: Motion [Private Members] (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Constitution demands we respect the rules of natural justice. While Sinn Féin may not accept this, people are entitled to a fair hearing and an opportunity to protect their good name. This is something at which Sinn Féin would be good. As I stated earlier, the infant mortality rate in Bethany Home was very high by current standards and children there did suffer from diseases...

Bethany Home: Motion [Private Members] (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Did Bethany Home improve the lot of those who passed through its doors or did it make their lives worse by the standards that existed at the time? I am not here to defend those who ran Bethany Home - it cannot have been a pleasant experience - but I am certainly not in a position to condemn them out of hand in the way proposed by Sinn Féin. Having listened-----

Bethany Home: Motion [Private Members] (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Deputy McDonald would know a lot about disgrace. She has the old rhetoric of shame and disgrace, which she probably learned from those shouting it at her.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (10 Dec 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 (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is fully committed to ensuring the on-going delivery of vital services and supports to people with disabilities within available resources. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has been provided with funding in the order of €1.4 billion this year to fund its 2013 disability services programme for children and adults with disabilities. This represents approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (10 Dec 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: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 483 and 484 together. As the Deputy's questions relate to service matters, I have arranged for the questions to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (10 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I understand that the Deputy has confirmed that the organisation concerned is BRÍ - Independent Brain Injury Support and Advocacy Group. 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.