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Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications (14 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the primary care schemes, including the Long Term Illness Scheme, therefore the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (14 Jan 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: Home Help Service Provision (14 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: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (14 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 to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (14 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I note that the issues in question were raised by people with intellectual disabilities at a workshop on how the Irish Government works, run by the National Anti-Bullying Advocacy Group in the National Institute for Intellectual Disability at Trinity College. I want to commend the participants for taking the time to discuss this very important topic and for summarising their views for me. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (14 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: In line with the Programme for Government, my priority as Minister has been to modernise our mental health services, notwithstanding the severe resource constraints overall in recent years, and to prioritise new resources to underpin implementation of A Vision for Change.In that regard, the Government has provided an additional €125 million and some 1,100 posts for mental health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (14 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: In 2012, a special allocation of €35m and 416 additional posts were provided for mental health to be used primarily to further strengthen Community Mental Health Teams in both adult and children's mental health services, to advance activities in the area of suicide prevention, to initiate the provision of psychological and counselling services in primary care, specifically for people...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Acute mental health services are delivered on a 24/7 basis. A Vision for Changerecommends that, as part of community secondary care provision, there should be a crisis house available in each catchment area. A number of mental health services have provided crisis houses as part of their community residential provision and, as the mental health services move away from the provision of low and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (14 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service issue this question has been referred to the HSE for direct response. 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: Mental Health Services Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Draft figures for 2014 indicate that there were 89 admissions of children to adult psychiatric units. It is important to note that the number of admissions does not necessarily equate to the number of children admitted, as a child may be admitted on one or more occasions in any given year. The reduction in the numbers of children admitted to adult psychiatric units has been a focus for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Counselling in Primary Care (CIPC) initiative is a national service provided under the governance framework of the National Counselling Service (NCS) of the HSE. Short term counselling (up to eight sessions) is provided for adults with non-complex psychological problems aged 18 and over and who hold a valid medical card. Referral into the service is by the person's GP or other member of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (14 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: In line with the Programme for Government, my priority as Minister has been to modernise our mental health services, notwithstanding the severe resource constraints overall in recent years, and to prioritise new resources to underpin implementation of A Vision for Change.In that regard, the Government provided an additional €90 million and some 1,150 posts for mental health, between...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (14 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 to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (14 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Decisions on which medicines are reimbursed by the taxpayer, are not political or ministerial decisions. These are made on objective, scientific and economic grounds by the HSE and often on the advice of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE). I understand that the HSE received an application for the inclusion of Erivedge® on the Reimbursement List. The application was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (14 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service 'Procedures on Protected Disclosures of Information in the Workplace' were devised to give effect to the legislation on protected disclosures of information as provided for in the Health Act 2004 (as amended by the Health Act 2007).  The purpose is to facilitate employees to make protected disclosures in good faith where they have reasonable grounds for believing that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (14 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: Medical Card Applications (14 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 to...

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Allowance Payments (14 Jan 2015)

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, she can contact my Private Office and they will follow the matter up with the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive (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.