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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I can advise the Deputy that applications for medical cards for persons aged 70 years and older can be assessed both on the basis of the standard national assessment guidelines and on the basis of the guidelines for persons aged 70 years or over. The HSE endeavours to ensure that all persons aged 70 and over, who are entitled to a medical card or a GP visit card, are facilitated to avail of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (4 Nov 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The following table shows the number of General Practitioners (GPs) who held a General Medical Services (GMS) contract with the HSE over the period 2010 to date: Date GMS Contract Holders 31st December 2010 2,258 31st December 2011 2,277 31st December 2012 2,353 31st December 2013 2,413 30th September 2014 2,412 GPs may also hold contracts with the HSE under other schemes, such...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (4 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 (4 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The questions posed by Deputy Ó Caoláin and Senator van Turnhout are related. I have learned in the past number of years that the structure relating to and the way in which a service is delivered are as important as the service itself. Volumes of staff can be brought into a service but if they are not operating within a robust structure and if there is not a good team-building...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: This will not be the last time the Senator and I discuss this issue, and she is aware that we have put a national co-ordinator in place for child and adolescent mental health services. We took the latter step on foot of additional information and I am of the view that it will pay dividends. Most people might not consider this to be a front-line post but I am of the view that it is vitally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Deputy Troy raised the fair deal scheme with regard to St. Christopher's Services, and I will combine the two questions he asked. Waiting lists are increasing and €23 million was taken from the fair deal fund and placed in enhanced home care packages last year. This worked extremely well, as far more people now receive enhanced home care packages and home help. I have made inquiries...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: One must engage in negotiations, so this is what we will do. I have heard the arguments relating to St. Hilda's Services and I visited that facility recently. It deals with people with a range of abilities and disabilities and we must ensure that service continues to be provided. All I can say to Deputy Troy is we have got what we have got. Our budget is approximately €1.5 billion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I answered that question, though perhaps not in the fashion sought by Deputy Troy. There will be interaction with St. Hilda's Services. I understood the question perfectly and I hope questions from St. Hilda's Services can be answered within the process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: They should not be there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes. There will also be a new children’s unit for forensic stabilisation. We send many children abroad, as the committee knows, and we hope to ensure these people will come back. That is also the intention for the intensive care units that we will build around the country so that people who have mental health difficulties and need that forensic input will not have to be so remote...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I will get to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I am sure the Deputy can, and maybe he does not need to ask the question. By the end of August, approximately 140 of the 150 posts approved for CAMHS were filled. The matter of most concern to me, which I have been working on for the past month or two, is that there are 46 child and adolescent beds nationally: 14 in Dublin, 12 in Cork and 20 in Galway. I am sorry; there are 20 beds in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: With regard to oral health, I assume Deputy Kelleher was asking about children with intellectual disabilities, which is the only group that needs to be sedated for oral health. I do not know about the case to which he refers. Perhaps we will find out about it afterwards and revert to the Deputy. With the development of the new oral health policy, there is less need for full anaesthetic for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (23 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (23 Oct 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 Delays (23 Oct 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...