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

Kathleen Lynch: In 2012, a special allocation of €35m was provided for mental health to be used primarily to further strengthen Community Mental Health Teams in both adult and children's mental health services, to advance activities in the area of suicide prevention, to initiate the provision of psychological and counselling services in primary care, specifically for people with mental health problems...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (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. Refurbishment works are a matter for the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government.

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Five front-line audiology staff are currently being recruited to support the newborn hearing screening programme. There will be a further recruitment process later in 2013 for two to three additional posts. In addition, ten students who received the MSc in audiology with HSE sponsorship have been offered appointments. We are building up the team. Another key recommendation was the...

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following:"- recognises that the 2011 report of the National Audiology Review Group, published by the Health Service Executive (HSE) in 2011, provides the blueprint for the planning, development and delivery of HSE audiology services, including cochlear implantation; - welcomes the establishment of...

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I do not promise what I cannot deliver. What I am saying is that if we have the technology and if all we need is the money, we will argue that. As Deputy Adams correctly stated, because it was a conversation we were having, this does not need the €12 million up front. We will have to build a team. That team has to be put in place because it will require additional resources but...

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: It was a disaster and the Deputy knows it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Discussion (17 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I will deal with the questions posed by Deputies Kelleher and Ó Caoláin. We are continually hearing that the posts relating to mental health have not come on stream. I wish to place on record the exact position in this regard. We received an allocation of €20 million this year. I accept that the programme for Government contains a commitment to the effect that €35...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Report (17 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 203 and 205 together. Implementation of A Vision for Change (AVFC) and the reform of our mental health services is a priority for this Government. Implementation of AVFC has been slower than originally expected. It has been delayed by a number of factors including the changed economic context, constraints in public spending and the moratorium on recruitment....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (17 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: This Government has prioritised the reform of our mental health services in line with A Vision for Change and is committed in particular to the delivery of more and better quality care in the community. Additional funding totalling €70 million and some 900 new posts have been provided as part of the last two Budgets primarily to strengthen Community Mental Health Teams for both adults...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (17 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: Disability Support Services Expenditure (17 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: Mental Health Services Funding (17 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: In 2013, 5.5% of the Health Service Executive Budget (€733 million) will be spent on specialist mental health services. Since 2012, funding has been at a lower percentage than in previous years as prior to that the figures in the Revised Estimates for Public Services for Health Care Group Areas such as Mental Health included an allocated share in relation to both pension and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (17 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Reach Out our National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention 2005-2014 comprises of four levels of action i.e. - general population approach; targeted approach; responding to suicide; and information and research. It contains 26 action areas and 96 recommendations. The HSE's National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) was established in 2005 on foot of a recommendation in Reach Out and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (17 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: As Minister with responsibility for Mental Health, I fully appreciate the need to prioritise child and adolescent mental health services. In 2012 and 2013, additional funding totalling €70 million was made available for the continued development of our mental health services. This is being used primarily to further strengthen community mental health teams for adults, children,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 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.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: We cannot have lies either.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I withdraw it. It is untruths.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan, published in July this year, has as one of its actions the publication of a comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities. A second action is to ensure a coordinated approach to support persons with disabilities to progress into employment through this comprehensive employment strategy. The aim of these actions is to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Decision (16 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government decided in June last that new statutory provisions should be established to provide individual payments to people with severe disabilities who require additional income to address the costs of their mobility needs. An inter-departmental group, chaired by the Department of the Taoiseach, is working to develop detailed proposals for the operation of a new statutory scheme and is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (16 Oct 2013)

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