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Older Citizens: Motion [Private Members]: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I wish to reply to one thing Deputy Kelleher said about a gentleman in Cork who has a prescription for 12 items. Although it has not been mentioned by anyone, there is a cap in respect of the prescription charge of €25 per month. It is not as if it is open-ended. I thank the Deputies for raising this matter and for giving me the opportunity to outline some key elements of our...

Older Citizens: Motion [Private Members]: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Approximately 22,000 people are in receipt of financial assistance under the nursing homes support scheme, with another 900 approved but not yet in payment. This arises for various reasons and Deputy O'Dea knows that as well as I do. In 2013, home help hours were not decimated. A total of 10.3 million hours of home help will be delivered to over 50,000 clients, exactly the same as last...

Older Citizens: Motion [Private Members]: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: There is no need to get personal. We all know stories.

Older Citizens: Motion [Private Members]: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Learn from the master.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The legislation underpinning the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS) requires each private nursing home to negotiate and agree a price for long-term residential care services with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) should they wish to be an approved nursing home for the purposes of the Scheme. This is a necessary feature of the scheme due to the commitment by the State to meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Grant Applications (22 Oct 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: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: It is not possible to predict the service levels to be provided next year for the disability sector until the completion of the HSE's National Service Plan for 2014. The National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan calls to action all individuals, organisations, local and national Government to think positively about disability. It is a collaborative effort and an open invitation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (22 Oct 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: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Oct 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Private nursing homes must be registered with the Health Information and Quality Authority and must have agreed a price for the purposes of the Scheme with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) in order to be approved nursing homes for the purposes of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme. The nursing home referred to by the Deputy has been registered with the Health Information and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 519 and 521 together. It is not possible to predict the service levels to be provided next year for the disability sector until the completion of the HSE's National Service Plan for 2014. With regards to the information requested by the Deputy, it is not available in my Department. However, I have asked the HSE to provide the information it has available...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (22 Oct 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: Home Help Service Provision (22 Oct 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: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The general position regarding funding is set out in the Value for Money (VFM) and Policy Review of Disability Services which I published last year. The VFM Review found that HSE funding is based on an incremental determination process with relevant adjustments made to the previous year's baseline allocation. In recent years, the funding of new places has been made at local level on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: This Government currently provides funding of over €1.5 billion to the Disability Services Programme, through the Health Service Executive's (HSE) National Service Plan for 2013 and is committed to protecting frontline services for people with disabilities to the greatest possible extent. In relation to Home Support Services for older people, I would like to reassure the Deputy that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (22 Oct 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: Medical Card Appeals (22 Oct 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: Hospital Closures (22 Oct 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Oct 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments (22 Oct 2013)

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