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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (14 Nov 2013)

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 Issues (14 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. I am in no doubt about the seriousness of the current pressures on the health service. We are still in the process of developing a service plan. However, notwithstanding the financial pressures, the Government is fully committed to ensuring the ongoing delivery of vital services and supports to people with disabilities within the confines of the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I will find out who is the best person for the Dyspraxia Association of Ireland to meet because it might not be me. Perhaps the new HSE director of social care might be the best person. I will investigate that issue further. As part of the negotiations on the HSE's service plan, we are seeking a particular sum of money for services for those under 18 years. We must start to deliver...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I can only speak from personal experience. I have never been asked for a credit card number on a transit card. Such information is not usually collected which is a protection in itself. If there is a breach then it is incumbent on the holders of the information to inform people. That said, there is a depersonalisation after 30 days and all of the sensitive information which it might have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Thank you, Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: It is always healthy to be a little sceptical of State agencies when they have the capacity to deprive one of one's liberty. It is good for all of us to have that approach and we should question matters. The BBC programme to which the Deputy referred was about a time when things were very different. I was here for the inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. Anyone who sat at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: No, it is doing that already. This is not something new. This agreement has been in place since 2005 but we are now building in a more robust mechanism to protect people's data. We have an agreement with Spain, Australia and the USA and the EU is negotiating agreements with different countries. This one, which we have to opt into by 26 November, is with Canada, but this is not about our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I am just checking that for the Deputy. It will be on the printed material one normally completes on these flights. The provision states that candidates shall ensure that any individual may access the PNR data . I assume that the only way they can ensure that is by informing the person by way of written documentation. It states that candidates shall ensure that a compliance authority,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I should have included that in my contribution. It includes a PNR locator code, date of reservation-issue of ticket - it is a code with which everyone is issued - dates of intended travel, name, and available frequent flier and benefits information. If someone is on the frequent flier list, one's name could end up on this. It also includes numbers of travellers, and I spoke earlier in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: They are very simple proposals which I am sure will meet the approval of everybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Chairman for allocating time today to consider these two EU motions dealing with the proposed agreement between Canada and the EU on the transfer and processing of passenger name record, PNR, data. Two motions are required because the agreement itself is the subject of two separate proposals for Council decisions. This simply reflects the EU procedure for establishing such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: We all share the Deputy's concerns and there is certainly a need to ensure a proper balance is struck. However, we must also consider how we can combat human trafficking and the drugs trade. People who are trafficked often do not know the language spoken in the country to which they have been brought; they can be extremely scared and their documentation will have been taken from them. It...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: If we were to carry out the audit now, as the Deputy has suggested, one would find that Galway-Roscomon - which has always been considered as one administrative unit for mental health - would be well above what is recommended in A Vision for Change. We are not doing that now. We know what is there and what we need to deliver the service. Phase 1 provides for the closure of five beds in...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Even though there is a connection between maternity and post-natal depression, we have to separate maternity services from mental health services. In the new mental health services in Galway, for instance, we will be putting in place facilities for women and their babies to be dealt with in the one unit. That is already happening in Cork with the new unit we are building there and it will...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. Mental health services in HSE west, including Galway and Roscommon, which operate as one administrative unit, have been resourced to implement A Vision for Change. This involves modernising the service in the area to provide better outcomes for patients and staff. However, existing resources in Galway-Roscommon need to be reshaped and the priority...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: An additional €35m was allocated in Budget 2013 for the continued development of our mental health services across a range of headings, including the further development of forensic services and community mental health teams for adults, children, older persons and mental health intellectual disability. 477 posts have been approved to implement these measures. As at 30th September...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Mental health has again succeeded in obtaining a substantial ring-fenced allocation, within the overall budgetary context. The current economic environment presents a significant challenge for the health system generally in delivering services, however, mental health is being treated as a priority in so far as we can. The announcement in Budget 2014 of €20 million ringfenced for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (13 Nov 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: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Nov 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: An additional €35m was allocated in Budget 2013 for the continued development of our mental health services across a range of headings, including the further development of forensic services and community mental health teams for adults, children, older persons and mental health intellectual disability. 477 posts have been approved to implement these measures. As at 30th September...