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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (15 Jan 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme does not extend to nursing homes in Northern Ireland. This issue was given careful consideration before the Scheme was introduced in 2009. The decision not to extend the Scheme to Northern Ireland was taken by the Government of the day on the basis of legal advice received from the Attorney General's Office.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (15 Jan 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, individuals contribute up to 80% of their assessable income and a maximum of 7.5% of the value of any assets per annum towards their cost of care. The first €36,000 of an individual’s assets, or €72,000 in the case of a couple, is not counted at all in the financial assessment. An individual’s principal residence is only...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: As I have indicated on several occasions in recent times, HSE West has been resourced to implement A Vision for Change to modernise mental health services in the Galway/Roscommon administrative area. Existing resources in this area need to be re-shaped, which is now being progressed by the Executive, in line with similar re-configurations undertaken, or planned, elsewhere nationally. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Responsibility for the management and delivery of mental health services lies with the Health Service Executive. I have therefore, asked the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Jan 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) has been provided with funding in the order of €1.4 billion this year to fund its 2014 disability services programme for children and adults with disabilities. The majority of this funding is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (15 Jan 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 Homes Support Scheme Oversight (19 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 330 and 331 together. The first phase of implementation of the Single Assessment Tool (SAT) will commence in 2014 with a minimum of 50% of all new entries to the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, Home Care Package and Home Help Schemes assessed by the SAT in the last quarter of 2014, with full implementation of SAT by the end of 2015. Work on the review of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (19 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: In line with recommendations contained in Future Health - A Strategic Framework for Reform of the Health Service 2012 - 2015,the HSE is currently working on a Prospective Funding Model for Palliative Care which will assist in integrating and accounting for palliative care across all funding streams and delivery models. An Expert Group on Prospective Funding in Palliative Care was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Services Funding (19 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Value for Money and Policy Review of Disability Services (VFM Review) which I published in 2012 envisaged that migration to the person centred model would be by means of demonstration projects, developed as proof of concept, and run in parallel with current services, following which their suitability for wider application would be evaluated. The Health Service Executive (HSE) and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Review (19 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government has decided that the detailed preparatory work required for a new travel subsidy scheme and associated statutory provisions will be progressed as a priority by the Minister for Health in consultation with other relevant Ministers. Payments will continue to be made by the Health Service Executive to current recipients of the Mobility Allowance for a further period, pending...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (19 Dec 2013)

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: Health Services Staff Recruitment (19 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Following on from the special allocation of €35 million for mental health in Budget 2012, a further €35 million was provided in Budget 2013 for the continued development of our mental health services. Some 900 new posts have been provided primarily to strengthen Community Mental Health Teams for both adults and children and to enhance specialist community mental health services...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (19 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The HSE makes every effort to ensure that individuals who qualify for financial support under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme are provided with such support as expediently as possible. However, there is a set budget for the Scheme each year and the HSE must operate within it. The budget for the Scheme in 2013 is €974m. The HSE operates a national placement list to enable it to remain...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (19 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme provides financial support towards the cost of long-term residential care services in nursing homes. Under the Scheme, services and supports which are common to the vast majority of nursing home residents are included in the cost of care. These are: nursing and personal care appropriate to the level of care needs of the person; bed and board; basic aids and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (19 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services, including disability services. In relation to the specific queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service issues they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (19 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Funding for the provision of all health services has been provided to the Health Service Executive as part of its overall vote. I have therefore, asked the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Charities and Voluntary Organisations (19 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive (HSE) grant aids a wide range of organisations, including the Rehab Group, under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004. Employees of these agencies, including the Rehab Group, are not public servants or bound by the Department of Health consolidated salary scales. However, both my colleague Minister Reilly and myself, are concerned to ensure that the State receives...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy's question relates to the provision of specialist disability services to an individual and accordingly the Department has referred the Deputy's question to the Health Service Executive and asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy.

Topical Issue Debate: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (18 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Before I give the official answer, it often strikes me that it can come across as clinical and simply giving the facts. Everyone in this State knows of a person with a difficulty from thalidomide. I accept sympathy does not pay the bills either. It is also not a case of the Government refusing to open to negotiations. I am pleased to take this opportunity to outline the current position...

Topical Issue Debate: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (18 Dec 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: We are all singing from the same hymn sheet in that knowledge and transparency is what will protect us all. We already have care packages in place for hepatitis C sufferers so we know what is needed in this case. It is a matter of agreement but there is some disagreement between some of the group themselves. There is a solution and we just have to keep trying to find it.