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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (9 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The contract for the provision of GP services without fees at the point of access to children under six years was posted to doctors by the HSE on 30 April 2015. In the letter, the HSE requested GPs to complete and return the signed Form of Agreement as soon as possible, but not later than Monday 25 May 2015 in order to ensure their patients are able to register on their panel from early June...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive has recognised the need to increase the level of consistency and standardisation in the way both early intervention services and services for school-aged children with disabilities, including autism, are delivered. The Executive is currently engaged in a major reconfiguration of its existing therapy resources for children with disabilities into...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (9 Jun 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 Provision (9 Jun 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.

Other Questions: Patient Safety Agency Establishment (28 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: We do the statistics.

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The HSE Waterford-Wexford mental health service serves a population of nearly 280,000. The executive is continuing its approach to develop integrated mental health care across both counties. The significant funding provided by this Government is enabling Waterford-Wexford mental health services to implement the recommendations of A Vision for Change, to move from a traditional...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I am responsible for many things but I am not responsible for what happened back in 2009.

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I do not know what happened to that proposal. I speak not only to HSE people but to the people who deliver the service on the ground and I speak to one person in particular in Wexford on a regular basis. An investment of more than €18 million has been made in Wexford. A Vision for Change was published in 2006 and I believe it needs to be updated, but I have to say that if I listened...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I am only responsible for the mental health end of it, as the Deputy will know, I am not responsible for the other pieces.

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: When I got this job I had the same view as the Deputy in regard to how people in crisis access the services. I was of the opinion that a person should not go through an accident and emergency department but because of the difficulties in regard to self-harm and possible self-harming, the accident and emergency department is the appropriate place, and I am convinced of that now, but the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (28 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The one thing I have learned in this job is that to rush system reform is to do it badly. In fact, both the project and the system should be well thought out and managed. We are building a system that will respond, but the building of the system will take time because, as the Minister rightly said in his last reply, it is quite difficult to get people through the recruitment process. We...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (28 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I appreciate the question but before I read the formal reply I should say that the budget for services, which is the focus of the Deputy's question, has not been cut. As a matter of fact there has been an increase. The Government currently provides funding of approximately €1.5 billion to the disability services programme through the Health Service Executive's national service plan...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (28 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: We are agreed on the point that these waiting lists are unacceptable and they need a particular focus. That is why in 2014 the HSE began a waiting lists initiative using innovative approaches, including public voluntary and private providers, in order to achieve targeted reductions in waiting lists. The initiatives will continue to be funded this year. Given that we have provided additional...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Contracts (28 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The introduction of universal GP care for all children aged under six years represents the first step in the phased introduction of a universal GP service without fees. The new enhanced service will involve age-based preventative checks focused on health and well-being and the prevention of disease. The contract will also cover an agreed cycle of care for children with asthma under which...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Contracts (28 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Neither I nor Deputy Kelleher would want to give a signal that, somehow or other, there are GPs practising who are not on the specialist register. They are all on it. The contract is not available unless a GP is on the specialist register. This reassurance needs to be made. There has been a significant uptake. In the coming days, there will be more. It is not as if we will have a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Contracts (28 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: There is no plan B. Plan B is not an option.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Contracts (28 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I never do, as the Deputy knows. He has known me for long enough. Even before this process began, we experienced difficulties with GP coverage in certain areas. Workforce planning in terms of what needs to be delivered in a primary care service in the community will always be a challenge for us. As to what number I would consider a success, I would prefer 100%, but we will never get...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The HSE is currently engaged in a major reconfiguration of existing therapy resources for children with disabilities, including those with autism, into multi-disciplinary geographically based teams. The key objective of the Progressing Disabilities Programme is to bring about equity of access to disability services and consistency of service delivery across the country. This involves the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Disability Federation of Ireland statement raises a wide range of issues relating to people with a disability. The Government values the role which people with disabilities play in Irish society and is committed to facilitating the full inclusion of people with disabilities in the life of the community through access to individualised personal social supports and services. My response...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 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.