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Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (20 Oct 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. The conditions covered by the LTI Scheme are as follows: Acute Leukaemia; Mental handicap; Cerebral Palsy; Mental Illness (in a person under 16); Cystic Fibrosis; Multiple Sclerosis;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (20 Oct 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: Clinical Trials (20 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As Roaccutane is not authorised in Ireland for the treatment of cancer, no data is available to the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA). However if the Deputy is interested in reviewing international clinical trials data the two best websites are and

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (20 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The HSE has advised that it has not undertaken a financial modelling exercise to estimate the cost for the provision of medical cards to all persons in the 0-69 age cohorts. Neither the Department of Health nor the HSE records population data. I can, however, advise the Deputy that the latest CSO statistical release of August 2015 on population data shows an estimated population of 4.2...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Order for Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 1:In page 9, lines 13 to 16, to delete all words from and including "to" in line 13 down to and including "persons;" in line 16. The amendments in this group propose the deletion from the Bill of the informal decision-making provisions about which Deputy Mac Lochlainn expressed concerns. Amendment No. 1 arises from amendments Nos. 81 and 84 which delete Part 8 which...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: We have been working on the Bill for a considerable time and have been listening very intently to the Opposition and NGOs. The Office of the Attorney General has been centrally involved also. This addresses the issue and it was a point well made. I understand that it is difficult to get back into the swing of the debate around this complex area. That is why we have to get it right....

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I accept fully everything that has been said. Those who have an interest have a very deep and committed interest in the area. Given that the Deputies opposite have engaged with people who have a particular interest in the area, they will know that those people want the Bill passed quickly. We must keep that in mind. We must also make it very clear that this is not just about people with...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The considerable number of amendments are the result of having listened to and spoken not only to NUIG but with everyone else too. What I was hearing up to yesterday was that this was never going to happen. It is important that it does. I could talk for Ireland on this issue as could everyone else, but we are at the point now where we need to do the business.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 2:In page 10, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:“ “child” includes a step-child;”. 11 o’clock The purpose of these amendments is to clarify the intent of certain provisions, simplify text and provide additional definitions where required. Amendments Nos. 2, 3 and 8 insert additional definitions in section 2....

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 3:In page 11, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:“ “debt settlement arrangement” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012;”.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 4:In page 11, line 15, to delete “representative” and substitute “representation”. The purpose of these amendments is to correct typographical errors and remove superfluous text. Amendments Nos. 4 and 9 correct typographical errors. Amendment No. 10 deletes paragraph (l) in the definition of "property and affairs" in section 2. That...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 5:In page 12, to delete lines 2 and 3 and substitute “attorney or designated healthcare representative,”.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 6:In page 12, line 5, to delete “general visitor,” and substitute “general visitor, or”. Amendments Nos. 6 and 7 remove references to "wards" and "wardship" from the definition of "intervention". Wardship is regulated by the President of the High Court and the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871. It is not possible or appropriate that the...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 7:In page 12, lines 6 to 8, to delete all words from and including “professional, or” in line 6 down to and including line 8 and substitute “professional;”.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 8:In page 12, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:“ “personal insolvency arrangement” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012;”.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 9:In page 13, line 17, to delete “decision-making representative,” and substitute “decision-making representative”.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 10:In page 13, to delete line 24.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 11:In page 13, lines 34 and 35, to delete “as a decision on which that decision-making assistant may assist the appointer”.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 12:In page 13, lines 39 and 40, to delete “as a decision to be made jointly by the appointer and the co-decision-maker”.