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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (5 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194, 195 and 201 together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (5 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 to 200, inclusive, together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 to 191, inclusive, together. As these are service issues these questions have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (6 Feb 2014)

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: Health Services Funding (6 Feb 2014)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Galway and Roscommon Mental Health Services, which operates as one administrative unit, has been resourced to implement A Vision for Change to modernize this particular service, thus giving better outcomes for both patients and staff. To achieve this, existing resources need to be re-shaped at local level, in line with similar mental health service initiatives already undertaken or planned...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Incidence (6 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: National mortality data including that relating to suicide is published by the Central Statistics Office on a quarterly and annual basis. The data for 2012 is provisional and is subject to change, when the data by year of occurrence is published. The data for 2013 has not yet been published. The number of deaths by suicide by county for the years 2011 and 2012 are as follows: Province...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (11 Feb 2014)

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: Speech and Language Therapy (11 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Health related supports and interventions for children can be accessed through HSE Primary Care Teams and HSE Disability Services. The HSE’s National Service Plan 2013 provided for additional funding of €20m to strengthen primary care services (€18.525m for the recruitment of 264.5 primary care team posts and €1.475m to support Community Intervention Team...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure (11 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The review undertaken by Mr Tom Beegan, Consultant, at the request of Ernst & Young and on behalf of the HSE, was entitled A Plan to Integrate and Improve Disability Services, and was separate to the Value for Money and Policy Review of Disability Services in Ireland report which I published in 2012. The HSE have informed me that Ernst & Young was awarded the contract in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (11 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Accountability for the management of services is a matter for the Health Service Executive to address within the ambit of its Vote (Vote 39). The level of health services to be delivered in 2014 within the available funding has been set out in the HSE’s National Service Plan, which was approved in December 2013. The Health Service Executive has recognised the need to increase the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (11 Feb 2014)

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: Speech and Language Therapy (11 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: As the particular issue raised by the Deputy relates to an individual case, this is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (11 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: As the particular issue raised by the Deputy relates to an individual case, this is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (11 Feb 2014)

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: Blind Welfare Allowance Eligibility (11 Feb 2014)

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: Health Services Provision (11 Feb 2014)

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: Health Services Access (11 Feb 2014)

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: Autism Support Services (11 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Significant resources have been invested by this country in recent years in services for children with special needs, including those with autism. The Government is committed to the provision and development of services for these children, having regard to available resources. The HSE National Review of Autism Services: Past, Present and Way Forward Report (2012) and the Progressing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (11 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 637 and 638 together. The HSE National Review of Autism Services: Past, Present and Way Forward Report (2012) and the Progressing Disabilities Services for Children and Young People (0-18s) Programme set out the overall policy context for the provision of autism services to children and young people. The objective of the Progressing Disabilities Programme...