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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Home Help Service Expenditure (5 Nov 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 Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Card Applications (5 Nov 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 Children and Youth Affairs: Health Services Provision (5 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The HSE has responsibility for the provision, maintenance and operation of Health Centres. Therefore, this matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and 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 Children and Youth Affairs: Health Services Provision (5 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service issue, 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 the Executive.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Card Applications (5 Nov 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 Children and Youth Affairs: Respite Care Services (5 Nov 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 Children and Youth Affairs: Home Help Service Provision (5 Nov 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 Children and Youth Affairs: Home Care Packages (5 Nov 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 Children and Youth Affairs: Primary Care Centre Data (5 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Since 2011, 46 primary care centres have been opened across the country. At end September 2015, the HSE was projecting that a further three were expected to open in Q4 2015. The following table provides detail by county and delivery mechanism. Primary Care Infrastructure opened since March 2011 - Primary Care Infrastructure opened since March 2011 Position - 30 September 2015 Count...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health Services Provision (5 Nov 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 Children and Youth Affairs: Health Services Provision (5 Nov 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 Children and Youth Affairs: Community Care Provision (5 Nov 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 Children and Youth Affairs: Home Care Packages (5 Nov 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.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (5 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I understand the Senator's concerns well, and we considered them as part of the review. The woman credited with creating the fair deal scheme, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, was buried last Saturday week. I always feel at some stage I will read into the record of the House her last note to me, in which she urged me to continue the way we are going and ensure that the care of the elderly never falls...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (5 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: In cases in which a farm is a working farm, as in the case the Senator raised, it is unreasonable to expect people to pay ad infinitumor impose an attachment to the asset forever. We must treat these cases differently. We must put safeguards in place and there will be issues regarding land that is not income-generating. I hope the review will come to a conclusion as soon as possible.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: People with Down's syndrome are now living well into their 70s, and almost 80. That is a good thing and is probably because of the advances in medicine. Our understanding, acceptance and tolerance are a significant part of it. If I had a wish for the next Government, it would be for a Department that covers everything concerning disability because it is so scattered now. That is why I am...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Like the Minister for Finance, I regularly receive representations from people, for example, stroke victims and people with acquired brain injury. I have every sympathy but I think the issue is wider than what the Senator has suggested. As I have said already, I am sure the Senator will not let this lie and will be back again. Eventually people are successful in their endeavours.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electronic Tagging (5 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Senator for raising the issue. I am taking this Commencement matter on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald, who unfortunately cannot be here today for reasons I am sure the Senator will understand. I wish to outline the reasoning behind alternative sanctions and the value of supervision as opposed to monitoring. I understand perfectly the argument...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electronic Tagging (5 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I do not understand the argument. Maybe it is something lacking in me. Clearly, one does not just put a tag on a person's ankle. A monitoring process must put in place. If one reads the Criminal Justice Act and the research, one will see it is as much about rehabilitation as it is about confinement or monitoring, and therefore it has to be a combination of issues. If that section of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Review (10 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 355, 374 and 411 together. Conscious of the reports of the Ombudsman regarding the legal status of both the Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Grant Schemes in the context of the Equal Status Acts, the Government decided to close both schemes on 26 February 2013. The schemes are not suspended. They are closed. The Government decided that the detailed...