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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 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: 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.

Topical Issue Debate: Stardust Fire (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. We are approaching the anniversary, which falls on such a poignant day each year, and it cannot be easy for people who lost such young vibrant people. I am taking this issue on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality who sends his apologies but he must be somewhere else. However, I commit to bringing back to him the remarks made by Deputy...

Topical Issue Debate: Stardust Fire (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I have no difficulty in bringing the Deputy's request to the Minister. We will look at anything that can bring a degree of comfort to these families. I will also convey to the Minister the fact that the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste have indicated that they would be quite prepared to act in the manner suggested by the Deputy if such an invitation were extended and acceded to. I will...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: We are not closing St. Brigid's Hospital, we are changing what goes on there. We all need to be very careful with the language we use when discussing mental health and people who find themselves in need of an acute service. I think some people are being reckless in that regard. I thank the Deputies for raising this issue for discussion today. The HSE has, on several occasions recently,...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I advise Deputy Naughten that there will not be a separation of mothers and babies in any new unit that will be built. In the case of any woman who suffers from postnatal depression, the plan is that there will be a bed available for both the mother and the baby. All modern thinking informs us that there should be no separation.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: That is what will happen. I wish to reply to the Deputy's point about what has happened about treating the patient as close to home as possible. What we are doing is ensuring that they will be treated at home - not as close as possible to home but at home. The community mental health teams will call every morning, afternoon and evening and they do so in my area. That is how I know about...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: It is during the acute phase that this happens. That is what happens in Cork North-Central, in Tipperary and in other areas where this has been rolled out. This is not something that has been done without history and practice to back it up. I do not understand why the Deputy thinks that only 10% of the teams are in place. Off the 44 teams, 32 are in place. On Deputy Keaveney's point...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: No, they do not concern me because I know the consultant and I have asked him face-to-face about these matters. He is a man whom I consider to be of the highest possible integrity who desperately wants to give the best possible service to people in the community. I understand the politics of this but I do not understand how anyone could possibly justify keeping people in an institution when...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: May I address that point?

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The most recent report from the Mental Health Commission is an excellent one.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The one the Deputy has is clearly the one to which he is going to cling like a life-raft.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The one I have-----

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: It is a scandal-----

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: -----that any elected representative would use vulnerable people to enhance their own reputation.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: It is a scandal.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (12 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: Hospitals Funding (12 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: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (12 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: Home Help Service Expenditure (12 Feb 2014)

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