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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (12 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service issue this question has been sent to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Data (12 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (12 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 507 and 509 together. Preparations are underway in respect of all school-leavers and rehabilitative training (RT) graduates to ensure that needs are identified and appropriate services are provided to young people with disabilities. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed that all young people and their families will be notified by the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates Applications (12 May 2015)

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 (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, he can contact my Private Office and they will follow the matter up with the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (12 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy's question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply as the delivery of the health care infrastructure is a service matter. If he has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my Private Office who will follow up on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure (12 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As the particular issue raised relates to an individual case, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Topical Issue Debate: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (13 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. He is right in saying that it has been raised on numerous occasions. It is not as if we are unaware of or sympathetic to the circumstances in which people find themselves. We have personal experience of this in that we know people who are desperately awaiting some relief in respect of this issue. Decisions on which medicines are licensed for...

Topical Issue Debate: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (13 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: My opinion on when we will have an answer is irrelevant. What we need to do is ensure the drug is affordable for the State. It was withdrawn by the drug company involved. Fampridine was never available under the GMS or the drug refund scheme. It was both cruel and unfortunate for people who had obtained huge benefits from it when it was withdrawn. We are still looking at the question of...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Investigations (13 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I should clarify for the House that the Minister for Health is not present to deal with this Topical Issue because he is meeting the families involved in the aforementioned tragedies at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise. I am sure the Deputy will agree that the Minister is right to meet them. I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and affording me the opportunity to offer my...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Investigations (13 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I share the Deputy's frustration over the inability to publish certain reports. We must find a way of on the one hand allowing people named in reports to have due process if that is what they want but on the other hand being able to publish the relevant information in order for us to take the necessary steps. The non-publication of the report does not mean that the necessary steps cannot be...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Investigations (13 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I say this on behalf of everyone. It is a difficult enough time for any family to find themselves in this position. Even when it is unavoidable, it is a difficult time. It must be doubly difficult when they have the spotlight of the nation on them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (13 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The information requested is not readily available and will be forwarded to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (13 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 to 149, inclusive, 151, 152 and 154 together. Employees of the Health Products Regulatory (HPRA) are prohibited from holding any position with a pharmaceutical company while employed by the HPRA. Employees are also prohibited from having a financial or other beneficial interest in any company or organisation operating in a sector that the HPRA...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (13 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is committed under the National Disability Strategy (NDS) to ensuring that people with autism are empowered by policy and programmes to participate meaningfully as citizens in Irish society. The NDS is driven by this basic but fundamentally important objective and is the most effective combination of legislation, policies, institutional arrangements and services to support and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Benefit Scheme (13 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Minister for Social Protection is responsible for the Treatment Benefit Scheme, which provides dental, optical and aural services to qualified people.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As the issue raised by the Deputy relates to an individual case, this is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. I have asked the HSE to look into the particular matter raised and to reply directly to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (13 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank Senator Conway for raising this issue and giving me the opportunity to outline the position. The Senator will appreciate that the Health Service Executive has statutory and operational responsibility for the planning and delivery of services at local level. The mid-west mental health services provide a range of adult mental health services within the specialties of general adult,...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (13 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: When mental health was at the bottom of the pile, voluntary organisations such as the West Clare Mental Health Association, Cork Mental Health Foundation and Housing Association and similar organisations elsewhere did the type of community-based support work recommended in A Vision of Change. They are very much a part of the solution and it is in the interests of everyone that their future...