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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Specialist Disability services are provided by or on behalf of the HSE to enable children and adults with a disability to achieve their full potential and maximise independence, including living as independently as possible in the community. Disability services are provided in a variety of community and residential settings in partnership with service users, their families and carers and a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Issues (13 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 241, 243 and 244 together. In order to be an "approved nursing home" for the purposes of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, all private and voluntary nursing homes must negotiate and agree a price for the cost of care with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). This is a necessary feature of the Scheme due to the commitment by the State to meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (13 Feb 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: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (13 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The Department of Health provided Lottery funding of €6,000 to the Galway branch of this organisation in 2010, and Lottery funding of €34,000 to the organisation in Waterford in 2012. Having regard to any payments issued by the HSE the Deputy's question has been referred to the Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (13 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Replacing the Central Mental Hospital (CMH), Dundrum with an appropriate modern facility is one of the priority health projects set out in the Infrastructure & Capital Investment 2012-2016: Medium Term Exchequer Framework. This Government's policy on mental health incorporates the recommendations of A Vision for Change, including delivery of new facilities for the National Forensic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Beds (13 Feb 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: Nursing Home Beds (13 Feb 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: Psychological Services (13 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The Department of Health did not provide any funding to Psychotherapy firms in Dublin north central and Dublin north east constituencies over the past five years. Having regard to payments issued by the HSE, I am referring the Deputy's PQ to the HSE for direct reply as this is a service issue.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I advise Deputy Naughten that there will not be a separation of mothers and babies in any new unit that will be built. In the case of any woman who suffers from postnatal depression, the plan is that there will be a bed available for both the mother and the baby. All modern thinking informs us that there should be no separation.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: That is what will happen. I wish to reply to the Deputy's point about what has happened about treating the patient as close to home as possible. What we are doing is ensuring that they will be treated at home - not as close as possible to home but at home. The community mental health teams will call every morning, afternoon and evening and they do so in my area. That is how I know about...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: It is during the acute phase that this happens. That is what happens in Cork North-Central, in Tipperary and in other areas where this has been rolled out. This is not something that has been done without history and practice to back it up. I do not understand why the Deputy thinks that only 10% of the teams are in place. Off the 44 teams, 32 are in place. On Deputy Keaveney's point...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: No, they do not concern me because I know the consultant and I have asked him face-to-face about these matters. He is a man whom I consider to be of the highest possible integrity who desperately wants to give the best possible service to people in the community. I understand the politics of this but I do not understand how anyone could possibly justify keeping people in an institution when...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: May I address that point?

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The most recent report from the Mental Health Commission is an excellent one.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The one the Deputy has is clearly the one to which he is going to cling like a life-raft.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The one I have-----

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: It is a scandal-----

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: -----that any elected representative would use vulnerable people to enhance their own reputation.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: It is a scandal.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: We are not closing St. Brigid's Hospital, we are changing what goes on there. We all need to be very careful with the language we use when discussing mental health and people who find themselves in need of an acute service. I think some people are being reckless in that regard. I thank the Deputies for raising this issue for discussion today. The HSE has, on several occasions recently,...