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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Expenditure (16 Oct 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 for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (16 Oct 2014)

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

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: It contained no reference to older people, which is amazing when one considers our increasing age demographic. Disability funding was not cut last year, but Sinn Féin claimed that in its document. There is no reference to the €12 million allocated for disability services for school leavers or the €6 million for therapy services for children up to 18 years of age. Neither...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I did not want to prevent the new Deputy from speaking. However, as it would not have been his maiden speech, he was in danger of being heckled. I would not do it and he is very welcome to the House. To start, I would like to tell Deputy McConalogue about detail and budgets. I sat on the benches opposite for a long number of years. While Fianna Fáil sat on this side of the House...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Everyone up in the Press Gallery was flicking through the budget while the democratically elected Members of the Opposition did not have it. It was only after the Press Gallery had enough time to peruse it that Fianna Fáil then deemed it all right for the democratically elected Members to see it. I will tell the Deputy something else. Despite the conditions in which the country finds...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: We are always a disgrace, it is never good enough and it is always the task of the next impossible thing. That is Sinn Féin policy. There is no detail, that is just the policy.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The script is given to each Member as he or she goes in the door. I have seen it. Every morning the line is sent out and they all, like choirboys, stick rigidly to it.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy should not accuse anyone else of spin unless he can take it back. I would love to see him come in here without notes to give an unscripted speech that is not detail free. Before I go on to my particular area, I must point out that when I examined the health element of the Sinn Féin's pre-budget submission, I found no reference to either the further €35 million or the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (15 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Fluoride is already widely available in the environment; soil contains fluoride, and the oceans of the world are fluoridated, having twice the concentration of fluoride as has fluoridated drinking water. The question of wider environmental effects of fluoridation was considered by the EU Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risk (SCHER) Review in 2011. It found that fluoridation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (15 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: When the Nursing Homes Support Scheme commenced, a commitment was made that it would be reviewed after three years. The reason for allowing this period to elapse was to ensure that the Scheme had bedded in and that established trends would be available in order to inform the work of the Review. The Review is being carried out by my Department in collaboration with the HSE, with analysis and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (15 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 Applications (15 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 Applications (15 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: Disabilities Statistics (15 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The National Intellectual Disability Database and the National Physical & Sensory Disability Database are managed by the Health Research Board on behalf of the Department of Health. The Databases are sets of information which outline the specialised health services currently used or needed by people with an intellectual or physical & sensory disability. Participation in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (15 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 Aids and Appliances Provision (15 Oct 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 for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (15 Oct 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 for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Oct 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 for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (15 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is committed to the introduction of a universal GP service for the entire population in line with the Programme for Government. Universal access to a GP service for the entire population, without a financial barrier, is a key component of developed European health systems because GPs are best placed to appropriately manage a person’s health. As announced in Budget...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Oct 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The vision for the Health Service Executive's Disability Services Programme is to contribute to the realisation of a society where people with disabilities are supported, as far as possible, to participate to their full potential in economic and social life, and have access to a range of quality personal social supports and services including respite care to enhance their quality of life. ...