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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Data (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: There is no legislation or agreement that deals with the quantity of prescription tablets to be included in a monthly pack. This is at the discretion of the marketing authorisation holders. The standard industry practice across Europe is for prescription tablets to be packaged in sizes of 28, as this number has been found to be convenient for patients. Where the quantity of a preparation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (17 Jun 2015)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Jun 2015)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has indicated that a number of public units do not fully meet the standards one would expect to find in a modern nursing home. This is not surprising given the age and structure of many of our public nursing homes. Compliance issues are in the main related to physical infrastructure and to issues such as personal space and privacy and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service issue this question has been referred 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: Home Help Service Provision (17 Jun 2015)

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

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 1:In page 10, line 1, to delete "This Act" and substitute "Subject to subsection (3), this Act". The Committee Stage amendments include an entire new Part, Part 8, which provides a legislative framework for advance health care directives. The incorporation of these provisions into the Bill represents the culmination of a process that was agreed by the Government in...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 2:In page 10, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:“(3) Part 8and the other provisions of this Act in so far as they relate to an advance healthcare directive or designated healthcare representative, or both, shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Health, after consultation with the Minister, may appoint by order or orders...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 3:In page 10, to delete line 9. The amendments grouped with amendment No. 3, namely, amendments Nos. 4, 140, 141, 146, 147, 200 and 201, are technical amendments which substitute references to the Companies Act 1990.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 4:In page 10, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “ “Act of 2014” means the Companies Act 2014;”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 5:In page 10, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:“ “advance healthcare directive” shall be construed in accordance with section 55;”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 6:In page 10, line 23, to delete “mental” and substitute “decision-making”. The change to the definition of capacity is to remove the implication and the definition is a status-related definition, linked to a person's mental condition. The focus of the Bill is on decision-making capacity as reflected in the Title of the Bill. The definition,...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 7:In page 10, line 27, to delete “section 16” and substitute “section 13”. These amendments arise from the decision that entry into co-decision-making should be a voluntary choice and not a matter of court order and that autonomy for the administration of co-decision-making should rest with the decision support services formerly referred to as...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: This legislation and these amendments, as the Deputy is very well aware, are about allowing people freedom. They may lack capacity in one area but not in another. It is also very much to do with protection. As we know from our experiences, undue influence can often arise in too close a relationship even though people would know one another very well. We need to be careful about that. We...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The new section will be very careful to state that a manager or an owner of an institution cannot be a co-decision-maker. Where a person has been in an institution for a long period of time, he or she may have formed relationships with people. We believe that undue influence could arise if those persons were the owner or manager of the institution and this is a concern of ours. Therefore,...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 8:In page 10, line 29, to delete “section 16” and substitute “section 13”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 9:In page 10, line 31, to delete “section 16” and substitute “section 13”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 10:In page 10, to delete lines 32 and 33.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 11: In page 11, line 2, to delete “Public Guardian” and substitute “Director”. These amendments propose to replace all references to public guardian with that of director. It is proposed that the person appointed will be titled the director of the decision support service. The change of name is to communicate the message that a service is...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 12:In page 11, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following:“ “customary occasion” means—(a) the occasion or anniversary of a birth, marriage or civil partnership, or (b) any other occasion on which gifts are customarily made within families or among friends or associates;”. I am sympathetic to Deputy Mac Lochlainn's proposed...