Results 14,101-14,120 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: 'A Vision for Change'recommends the provision of 80 additional child and adolescent psychiatric in-patient beds nationally. Currently, there are58 operational Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service ( CAMHS ) beds in the HSE, i.e. beds available to take a child / adolescent as an in-patient if the need arises. These beds are located as follows - 26 in Dublin, 20 in Galway and 12 in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (18 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 Health: Medicinal Products Availability (18 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicinal products under the community drug schemes in accordance with the provisions of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to you. If you have not received a reply from the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (18 Nov 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: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (18 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 Health: National Task Force on Prescribing and Dispensing Remit (18 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The HSE's Medicines Management Programme (MMP) was established in 2013 to provide national leadership relating to issues such as the quality of the medicines management process, access to medicines and overall expenditure on medicines. The MMP has a wide range of activities ongoing including: - The ‘preferred drugs’ initiative; - Encouragement of generic prescribing; -...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (18 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for the administration of the primary care schemes, therefore the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to you. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow...

Seanad: Services for People with Asthma: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank Senators Mary Ann O'Brien and Power and the Asthma Society of Ireland for their engagement over a long period in terms of the most Government appropriate response to asthma. I thank the Members who contributed to the debate. I say on most if not all occasions I stand up in the House that the Seanad gives people an opportunity to discuss issues that do not get the type of air time...

Seanad: Services for People with Asthma: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I did not say "only"; I took that out of my speech. It is in the Senator's copy but I did not say the word.

Seanad: Services for People with Asthma: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes.

Developments in Mental Health Services: Statements (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I welcome the opportunity to discuss developments in the mental health services overseen by this Government and to outline my plans for the future. Promoting positive mental health and well-being in general is obviously important to us all. Mental health, for many reasons and in many respects, is a complex and emotive issue. It is encouraging that, in my time as Minister of State, I...

Developments in Mental Health Services: Statements (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I will not make a contribution because I do not think we will be coming back to this matter another day.

Developments in Mental Health Services: Statements (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: It is not that. I was not going to make much of a contribution anyway because what I find most offensive is that everyone who came into the House to speak got up and left afterwards. If they are so interested in mental health, the least they could do is sit down and listen to the debate.

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Before I give the Deputy the official response, I wish to point out that there was no reference in the Topical Issue he tabled to St. Patrick's or Tír na nÓg.

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I hope the Deputy understands that I cannot reply to that because I did not have any notice of it. The Deputy will need to understand that. I thank Deputy McGuinness for raising this issue. I am pleased to outline the position on the Camphill and L’Arche organisations. As an aside, I wish to say that the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan, has been bending my ear on the issue of...

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I very much acknowledge the important contribution that Camphill communities, with the support of the Health Service Executive, have made to providing services for people with disabilities across 17 centres in Ireland over the years. The HSE is acutely aware of the resource shortfall presented by Camphill and is currently engaging with it to develop a set of proposals to resolve the...

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy's sense of outrage is exactly the same about every situation he addresses in this House, whether it is in the Committee of Public Accounts-----

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Excuse me, Chairman, do I have the right to speak?

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I am addressing you, Chairman. Am I allowed to speak? I did not interrupt the Deputy.

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy's sense of outrage and attitude to everything is exactly the same. Every time I hear him, regardless of the issue, his tone is the same and his sense of outrage is the same. Outrage does not solve problems.