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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (26 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: As I said, I will endeavour to find out for the Senator. It is not indicated in the answer, but this is one of the tools in the box in treating excessive alcohol consumption. It is not, however, the total picture.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (26 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The Irish College of General Practitioners, with which Pearse Finegan is working, has produced a measure and provided one for every GP in the country to start a conversation with someone who is their patient which sometimes can be very difficult to do. They see him or her on a regular basis and it is difficult to start the conversation. However, this drug would simply be one of the tools in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (26 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is fully committed to ensuring the on-going delivery of vital services and supports to people with disabilities within available resources. The Health Service Executive (HSE) is currently in the process of preparing its 2015 National Service Plan including its disability services programme for children and adults with disabilities. In relation to the specific query raised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (26 Nov 2014)

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 (26 Nov 2014)

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 (26 Nov 2014)

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: Nursing Home Accommodation (26 Nov 2014)

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. All public, voluntary and private nursing homes are subject to the same standards and regulations to ensure the well-being of their residents....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (26 Nov 2014)

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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Applications (26 Nov 2014)

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.

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Assessments (25 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I am sure the Deputy's remarks are being listened to by the officials in both the OPW and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. I will ensure that the comments made by the Deputy on the record will be made known to the appropriate Ministers.

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Assessments (25 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. It was very good of her to allow the debate on it to proceed in light of the absence of the relevant Minister, Deputy Kelly. The Office of Public Works is the lead State agency for flood risk management in Ireland. I understand the office is putting in place a range of measures to assist householders in flood-prone areas, based on its...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (25 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputies for raising this issue and for giving me the opportunity, on behalf of the Minister for Health, to outline to the House the current position on the matter. The HSE has advised that Naas General Hospital has experienced additional pressures this year with a 14% increase in emergency admissions in the year to date. Moreover, it has advised that there has been a 45%...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (25 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I take on board the point about that area and how that population base is increasing once again. This is a significant issue and although Naas General Hospital will become part of a bigger group, I do not believe this will deliver the type of solution that is needed. Perhaps consideration should be given to a broader solution in terms of extending the hospital. I always find that once a...

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Support Services Expenditure (25 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Up until last year, every year that I was in this job - it was not a long time - I was told that applying a 2% cut to every agency was deeply and grossly unfair, as it did not take account of agencies that were doing things differently or progressing our aims for disability services, for example, centralised and personalised planning. We have since adopted an agency-by-agency approach. It...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospice Services (25 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I suppose I have a little personal knowledge of this matter. I would have an affinity with it. Of course it would be an objective to be able to increase the budget in this area. It is not something that is being forgotten. We are very familiar with what happens, especially with the home care teams. I would like to mention an interesting development. Many people are staying and being...

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Support Services Expenditure (25 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I seem to be going slightly over time on these matters. I genuinely do not mean to do so. I know we are stuck for time. The value for money report, which was carried out by the Department of Health, took approximately two years. It was very difficult to get the type of information that was necessary on the services that are being delivered and the cost per unit of those services. We...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospice Services (25 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue because palliative care is an integral part of the delivery of health services. We should be conscious that it is not always given at the end of life but ensures that people who have a condition that will end their lives can have a quality of life for a prolonged period which allows them live the best life possible. I take on board everything the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Nov 2014)

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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reimbursement Schemes (25 Nov 2014)

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 Health Service Executive (HSE) and often on the advice of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics. The HSE has been engaging with the manufacturer, Alexion Pharma, for some time in relation to the drug Eculizumab. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (25 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The Long-Term Illness dependent Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act, 1970 (as amended). Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975 specifying the conditions covered by the LTI Scheme, which are as follows: Acute Leukaemia; Mental handicap; Cerebral Palsy; Mental Illness (in a person under 16); Cystic Fibrosis; Multiple Sclerosis; Diabetes Insipidus; Muscular...