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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Expenditure (19 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: Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The number of patients on the orthodontic treatment waiting list in the Midlands area at the end of Q2 of 2015 was 1,879. Under EU Directive 201/24/EU, now commonly referred to as the Cross Border Directive (CBH), it is open to persons entitled to public patient health care in Ireland to choose to avail of that health care in another EU or EEA country or Switzerland. Assistance is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As the particular issue raised by the Deputy relates to an individual case, this is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE 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: Medical Card Applications (19 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 Health: Home Help Service Provision (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I note that the Health Service Executive (HSE) replied to the Deputy's previous question on 13 November. As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have again 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (19 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: Speech and Language Therapy (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is committed to the provision and development of services for children with special needs, including early intervention services, and to improving access by these children to therapy services insofar as possible within available resources. Health related therapy supports and interventions for children, such as speech and language therapy, can be accessed through both the HSE's...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is committed to protecting front-line health and personal social services needs for people with disabilities. The Government currently provides funding of approximately €1.5 billion to the Disability Services Programme through the Health Service Executive's National Service Plan for 2015. In 2015, the HSE is seeking to maximise the provision of services within available...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the joint committee for the invitation to attend to discuss disability issues. I appreciate its interest in this important matter. As the Vice Chairman indicated, I am joined by Ms Frances Spillane, Mr. Kieran Smyth and Ms Grainne Duffy from the Department of Health, with Mr. Pat Healy, national director of social care at the HSE. The Government, statutory and non-statutory...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I will consider Deputy Byrne’s request this afternoon and see how we can progress it because the Deputy has been talking about it for a considerable time. I would have thought it would have been sorted out by now. To respond to Deputy Ó Caoláin’s question about respite and Deputy McLellan’s comment about the 600,000 people and the breakdown of respite hours,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Most people with a disability want their own space rather than respite. There are people, however, who will never be in a position to live as independently as they would like and will need supports, whether in separate accommodation or not. Some have such profound difficulties that they will always need the type of wraparound service being provided at the moment in this case. We will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: In the primary care sector there will be 260 additional posts, 52 of which will be in speech and language services because this is the area where there have been the greatest difficulties. It is to build up primary care teams, a process which will continue with the €20 million allocated. We took a particular view of the waiting list for CAMHS, child and adolescent mental health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (24 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is committed to the provision and development of services for children with special needs, including early intervention services, and to improving access by these children to therapy services insofar as possible within available resources. Health related therapy supports and interventions for children, such as speech and language therapy, can be accessed through both the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (24 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 he has 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: Medical Card Applications (24 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 Health: Hospital Beds Data (24 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is committed to ensuring that long term residential services for older people meet the 'National Quality Standards for Residential Care for Older People in Ireland (2009)'. The Standards and the associated National Regulations that underpin them encompass issues relevant to the privacy, dignity and respect of residents and seek to support the provision of a physical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Inspections (24 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is committed to ensuring that long term residential services for older people meet the 'National Quality Standards for Residential Care for Older People in Ireland (2009)'. The Standards and the associated National Regulations that underpin them encompass issues relevant to the privacy, dignity and respect of residents and seek to support the provision of a physical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (24 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 he has 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: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (24 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 373, 379 and 429 together. 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...