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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (15 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 232 and 233 together. As these are service matters, they have 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: Hospital Beds Data (15 Jul 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: Nursing Home Services (15 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The average weighted cost of care in a private nursing home under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme at the end of 2014 was €893. The average weighted cost of care in a public facility is €1,390. It is true that costs for public nursing homes are higher than in the private sector and vary considerably even within the public system. There are valid factors for a difference, in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Report (15 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: A Vision for Change,which was published in 2006,providesa seven-to-ten year framework for the development of our mental health services. Since coming into office, this Government has prioritised the reform and resourcing of our mental health services in line with the recommendations in A Vision for Change.Additional funding totalling €125 million has been provided primarily to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (15 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service issue this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Report (15 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is committed to the continued reform of mental health services, notwithstanding the substantial overall reduction in resources available to the health service in recent years. Towards this end, ring-fenced funding of €125 million and some 1,150 posts have been provided since 2012 to develop community mental health services and suicide prevention resources. The budget...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (15 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service issue this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (15 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As these are service matters, they have 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: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (15 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As of July 10 2015, there were 488 approved applicants awaiting funding under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, and the average waiting time was 4 weeks. In Budget 2015, additional funding of €25m was provided under the Delayed Discharges Initiative to help alleviate the support services that provide alternatives to, and relieve pressures on, acute hospitals. Of this, €10m was...

Draft Ombudsman Act 1980 (Section 1A) (No. 2) Order 2015: Motion (14 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes. In addition I know that there was concern over how people would know about this. I say this with all due deference. It is not as if people in nursing homes are watching Sky News all day long. I have been in enough of them to know that even though they may be very interested, that does not happen. The Ombudsman's office will undertake a publicity campaign on this. If the people in...

Draft Ombudsman Act 1980 (Section 1A) (No. 2) Order 2015: Motion (14 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputies who contributed to the debate. Deputy O'Dowd has taken a particular interest in the area. I know that everyone has an interest in ensuring that, as we age, we are protected. One of the aims of the Civil Service renewal plan, launched by the Taoiseach and the Minister, Deputy Howlin, last October, is to have a unified, professional, open, accountable and responsive...

Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (14 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Since we were so anxious to do exactly what Mr. Justice Quirke had asked us to do, the legislation was very prescriptive. What was not prescribed, of course, was what happened in regard to the card, the health services card. I hope we will rectify the matter as quickly as possible. It would not be appropriate to ask the women themselves to return the cards. I am not certain how that would...

Draft Ombudsman Act 1980 (Section 1A) (No. 2) Order 2015: Motion (14 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Ombudsman Act 1980 (Section 1A) (No. 2) Order 2015,copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 8th July, 2015.I ask the House to approve the draft Ombudsman Act 1980 (Section 1A) (No. 2) Order 2015. The order has been laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas. Its purpose is to extend...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (14 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I will be brief. At certain times of the year staff shortages are more acute than at other times. That is obvious. Certain periods used to bedevil the last Government, especially the Christmas and new year period, if I remember correctly. Anyway, it was always that winter period. That is always an issue. People have a right to take their holidays. I am not suggesting people have a...

Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (14 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The Deputy will be aware that the Government accepted all the recommendations of the Quirke report and established an ex gratiarestorative justice system. In that context, the Government set up a range of payments and supports for the women who worked in these institutions. Payments of up to €100,000 are made to these women, depending on...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (14 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The overarching policy of the Government is to support older people to live in dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. It is clear this is what older people want and only those in genuine need of residential care should go down that route, which is why services such as day care, meals on wheels and the availability of respite facilities are so...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Early Childhood Care Education (14 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The particular issues raised by the Deputy are service matters 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: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (14 Jul 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: Seirbhísí Uathachais (14 Jul 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Is le Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte (FSS) a bhaineann na saincheisteanna ar leith a tharraing an Teachta Dála anuas. Dá réir sin, shocraigh mé go gcuirfí an cheist faoi bhráid FSS agus is ise a thabharfaidh freagra díreach don Teachta Dála. Mura bhfuil freagra faighte agat ó FSS laistigh de 15 lá oibre, déan...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (14 Jul 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...