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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (20 Jan 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: Hospital Beds Data (20 Jan 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: Regulation of Health and Social Care Professions (20 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Psychotherapists and counsellors are not currently regulated under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. However, the Act provides that the Minister for Health may, under section 4(2), designate a health and social care profession not already designated if he or she considers that it is in the public interest to do so and if specified criteria have been met. The previous...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (20 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Delayed discharges arise when a patient has been clinically discharged from an acute hospital but remains in an acute hospital bed, thus rendering that bed unavailable for patients who need admission. In Budget 2015 the Government allocated €25m to tackle the problem of delayed discharges and this additional funding is being applied across residential and community services to reflect...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Beds (20 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (20 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The HSE National Assessment Guidelines state that applicants whose weekly incomes are derived solely from social welfare allowances or benefits or Health Service Executive allowances, which are in excess of the income guidelines (either at first application or on renewal), should be granted a medical card. People aged 16 to 25 years who are eligible for a medical card are those who are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (20 Jan 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Consultations (20 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Ongoing consultation with all stakeholders and the public in general is already a standard feature of our approach across policy areas. The Minister for Health and myself as well as officials from the Department regularly meet with stakeholders from across the public, private and voluntary sector to discuss policies, services and developments including those for older people. While...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (20 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As was outlined in the reply to your question of the 5th November 2014, a revised application was received by the HSE on the 25th July for the inclusion of Fampridine (Fampyra) on the community drugs schemes. The HSE's Corporate Pharmaceutical Unit has since been engaging with the company seeking improved commercial offering. These engagements have been completed and the HSE is now...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (20 Jan 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: Primary Care Centre Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The delivery of primary care infrastructure is currently underway at Kildare town, Rathangan/Monasterevin, Kilcock, Blessington and Wicklow town. The Kilcock development will be delivered as part of the PPP PCC project and it is expected to be completed by early 2017. The other locations are expected to be delivered in 2015/Q1 2016. Please see the HSE NSP 2015 page 77. As regards the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (20 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: GPs are private contractors and issues relating to payment of fees outside the terms of the General Medical Services (GMS) contract are a matter of private contract between the clinician and the patient. Under the terms of the GMS contract which general practitioners (GPs) hold with the Health Service Executive (HSE), a GP shall ordinarily accept all eligible persons, who so request, onto...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (20 Jan 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: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Jan 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 from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: We will see soon enough.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: No; it has been pointed out that the Opposition does not have a health policy.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I will begin by addressing some of the points raised by Deputies opposite. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan made reference to people with disabilities, addiction problems and dementia or Alzheimer's disease and the confusion that reigns when they have to attend at emergency departments. Last Tuesday in the Mater hospital, together with the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive, I...

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I have heard everything now. That is not like the Deputy.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Three days.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: He might have been visiting patients. He might have been doing corporate works of mercy.