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Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments (30 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 441 and 442 together. The HSE is committed to safeguarding vulnerable persons from abuse and a national policy Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons at Risk of Abuse was launched in December 2014. The aim of this policy is to provide a consistent approach to protect persons at risk of abuse across, for example, older people and disability services. This new policy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Each Local Health Office area in the Health Service Executive (HSE) has a dedicated Disability Manager to coordinate the delivery of services to people with disabilities. It is open to the individual and their family to pursue this matter with the Disability Manager for their area who can be contacted at Ballymun Health Care Facility, Main Street, Ballymun, Dublin 9, telephone 01-8467127. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (30 Jun 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: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (30 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Long Term Illness (LTI) Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act, 1970 (as amended). Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975 specifying the conditions covered by the LTI Scheme, which are as follows: Acute Leukaemia; Mental handicap; Cerebral Palsy; Mental Illness (in a person under 16); Cystic Fibrosis; Multiple Sclerosis; Diabetes Insipidus; Muscular...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (30 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: Orthodontic Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Jun 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: Medicinal Products Disposal (30 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Regulation of Retail Pharmacy Businesses Regulations 2008 set out the standards applicable to the operation of community pharmacies. Under these Regulations, persons operating registered pharmacies may accept patient-returned medicines for disposal. Pharmacy owners are required to ensure that when disposing of medicines, they must do so in a manner that will not result in a danger to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Over the next three years orthodontic treatment for certain categories of misalignment will be provided by a panel of private practitioners under contract to the HSE. Procurement documentation is currently being finalised with a view to implementation before Quarter 3 of 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The estimated costings sought by the Deputy are unavailable in the format requested. However, I can advise the Deputy that the cost of providing a universal GP service to the entire population has been previously estimated at €330m - €365m on the basis of the existing scope of the service, rates of payments to GPs and eligibility.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) payment is made by the Minister for Social Protection to carers in respect of a child at home under 16 years of age with a severe disability, where it has been determined that the child requires ongoing care and attention, substantially over and above the care and attention usually required by a child of the same age. Eligibility for the DCA is not based...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: On foot of the Report of the Expert Panel on Medical Need for Medical Card Eligibility, the Clinical Advisory Group was established by the Director General of the Health Service Executive on 26 January 2015. The Group has met regularly since. The Clinical Advisory Group reports to the National Director of Primary Care on a quarterly basis. The Group is continuing its consideration of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Jun 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (30 Jun 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: Health Strategies (30 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: On-going consultation with all stakeholders and the public in general is already a standard feature of our approach across policy areas. It is common practice to avail of external expertise when formulating new policies or approaches. The National Dementia Strategy is a case in point. This Strategy was prepared in the light of advice from a Group which included State agencies,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)

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

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (1 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: This is not an occasion on which to be critical.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (1 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputies for raising this issue. Deputy Tom Fleming, in particular, has always had an interest in it and this is not the only forum in which we have discussed it. Cystic fibrosis is the most common life-threatening inherited disease in Ireland. I am acutely aware of the challenges facing people with cystic fibrosis and their families in managing their condition. I fully...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (1 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: This Government has only been in position for four years but, for the first time ever in this country, we are now developing workforce planning to look at what our staff needs will be in the future and what skill-mix we will need. This should have been done a number of years ago because one cannot plan for the future without knowing exactly what one's requirements will be. I was centrally...

Topical Issue Debate: Registration of Nurses (1 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I will be brief. It is fortunate this Topical Issue comes on the foot of the previous one because they are significantly linked. I will not read out the written reply because Deputy Buttimer has addressed most of the points in it, but there are answers in it which may be of interest. Deputy Buttimer knows the difficulty is that nurses who train outside of the country have to register here....