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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (19 Jan 2016)

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: Hospital Appointment Status (19 Jan 2016)

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: Prescription Charges (19 Jan 2016)

Kathleen Lynch: Prescription charges are part of a set of measures introduced by Government in recent years to reduce pharmaceutical drugs expenditure. Medical card holders are required to pay a prescription charge of €2.50 per item for medicines and other prescription items supplied to them by community pharmacists, subject to a cap of €25 per month for each person or family. Prescription...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Jan 2016)

Kathleen Lynch: As the HSE does not directly hire GPs, it is not possible to quantify the financial implications for the HSE of 500 additional GPs being hired to provide services to the public health system under the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme and other schemes. GPs are remunerated for these services primarily on a capitation basis, with a range of additional support payments and fees for specific...

Topical Issue Debate: Inshore Fisheries (20 Jan 2016)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is unable to attend today and has asked me to reply to the Deputy. It is important that the fishing industry takes every precaution to avoid risk of injury or worse during storms and has full regard to local weather warnings before venturing to sea. I think we are all agreed on that. Inshore...

Topical Issue Debate: Inshore Fisheries (20 Jan 2016)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Acting Chairman.

Topical Issue Debate: Inshore Fisheries (20 Jan 2016)

Kathleen Lynch: To be brief, although I will relay the Deputy's concerns, I am not certain the Minister or any Minister in the Government can ask that. Most harbours now are controlled and governed by private companies or semi-State companies.

Topical Issue Debate: Inshore Fisheries (20 Jan 2016)

Kathleen Lynch: They are few enough in number. In respect of the fund and the specific measures to support inshore fishermen affected by significant losses arising from adverse weather events, the EMFF and the operational programme provide for the establishment by fishermen of a mutual fund for adverse climatic events and environmental incidents, which when established, can provide aid to fishermen...

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Kathleen Lynch: He thinks everything is secret.

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes, it fits all those.

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy has not read the rules.

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Kathleen Lynch: I watched with amusement Deputy Daly's contribution, which I thought was very good, by the way, but I am sure Deputy Ross must have been cringing. Let us be honest about it - this was a debate about everything and nothing. It masquerades as a motion of no confidence in the Tánaiste but it has been little more than an opportunity for the followers of Deputy Ross to talk about whatever...

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Kathleen Lynch: Is it someone who knows what workers' rights are and is there to protect them, or an insider, as Deputy Ross would have it? As the House knows well, the Government has established new rules for appointments to State boards. We changed the rules to make the system more open and to broaden the range of people on State boards. A report produced by the Institute of Directors before...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (20 Jan 2016)

Kathleen Lynch: As the particular issue raised relates to an individual case, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for 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 up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Jan 2016)

Kathleen Lynch: Government policy is to enable young people with disabilities to develop the skills they will need to live independent lives to the greatest extent possible and to receive the supports they need in order to achieve this. For most young people with disabilities, the hope is that they will progress directly to further education, vocational training or employment. Responsibility for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (20 Jan 2016)

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: Legislative Process (20 Jan 2016)

Kathleen Lynch: In March 2013, a Private Members Bill entitled the Autism Bill 2012 was debated and passed Second Stage in the Dail. The Bill, as introduced, makes provision for the preparation of an autism strategy and a national framework for addressing the specific needs of adults with autism. The broad trust of the Bill was accepted by Government and it was not opposed at Second Stage. Although the needs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (20 Jan 2016)

Kathleen Lynch: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS) or Fair Deal as it is commonly referred to, is a system of financial support for people who require long-term nursing home care. Once an individual has been assessed as needing long-term residential care i.e residential care which requires a 24 hour nursing presence, a financial assessment is carried out to determine the financial contribution that the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (20 Jan 2016)

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: HSE Funding (20 Jan 2016)

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.