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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (10 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive has committed in its National Service Plan 2013 to maintaining community supports such as home help and home care packages at the levels planned for in 2012. This means that 10.3m hours of home help will be provided with 50,000 people receiving this service, and that 10,870 people will be in receipt of home care packages. On-going regular reviews of home...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (10 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Prosper Fingal was established in 1978 as a parents and friends organisation (formerly called The Fingal Association for the Handicapped), to provide a local day service for adults with a moderate or mild learning disability. The aim of the organisation is to “enable people with disabilities develop their true potential towards full and independent participation in society”....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (10 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Children's Sunshine Home (now operating under the title of LauraLynn House) has provided specialist disability services to children with severe disabilities since 1925. It is funded by the Health Service Executive (HSE), under Section 38 of the Health Act 2004, to deliver services on behalf of the HSE. The HSE will continue to work closely with voluntary service providers including...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (10 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: Health Services Provision (10 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 Services (10 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: Health Services Expenditure (10 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: It is too early to say whether there will be a shortfall in the HSE budget in 2013. Significant savings have been required of the health services since the downturn in the economy. The underlying reduction in health spend is over €3bn since 2008, a reduction of 20% in real terms. The number of staff within the health service has reduced by 10% and the population has increased by 8%....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (10 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 210, 211 and 213 together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government rejects the notion that persons who were issued with medical cards on a discretionary basis are being deliberately targeted where their incomes exceed the HSE's income thresholds. Despite what Opposition Deputies have stated, there is no target to reduce the number of discretionary medical cards in the HSE's national service plan for 2013. It did not form part of budget 2013...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Ambulance Service Provision (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Senator for raising this matter, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly. A significant reform programme has been under way in pre-hospital emergency services in recent years. The objective is to ensure that the best clinical care is provided for the people in each region served by the national ambulance service, NAS, through the provision of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Ambulance Service Provision (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Thank you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. I know well what Opposition Members are obliged to do, because I was in that position for long enough. However, I would urge Senator Daly to give the service a chance. It is not helpful simply to assume we will have the worst possible outcome. This, after all, is a service which the experts in the area assure us is an improvement on what went before. I...

Seanad: Irish Sign Language: Motion (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: This is a very important issue.

Seanad: Irish Sign Language: Motion (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Acting Chairman. I will commence by replying to something Senator Mark Daly said. We have signed but not ratified the UN convention because there are certain things we need to do first. Some countries have signed and ratified it, but they are now being held to account for not putting in place the necessary structures to implement what is included in the convention. Ireland has...

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: It is all down to the bank guarantee that Sinn Féin voted for.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Review (9 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: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Oct 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 residential services for people with a disability. Charges for those in receipt of long-stay residential care are governed by Regulations made under section 53 of the Health Act 1970 and supported by national...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (9 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: Health Services Expenditure (9 Oct 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The level of funding available for the health budget and the extent of the savings required in the health sector are being considered as part of the estimates and budgetary process for 2014 which is currently underway. Pending completion of the national estimates, budgetary and service planning process for 2014 it is not possible to predict the service levels to be provided next year for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 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 (8 Oct 2013)

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