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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (16 Jul 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 (16 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: An additional €35m which was provided in Budget 2013 for the continued development of 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 and to the recruitment of 477 additional staff to implement these measures. Each...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Report (16 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the funding allocated to mental health research, by publicly funded Bodies in the health sector, is being collated and I will provide it to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available. Funding for mental health services increased this year from €711 million in 2012 to €733 million. This allocation includes an additional...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget Submissions (16 Jul 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. Deliberations by the Government on the expenditure allocations for next year are likely to continue up until Budget time and it would not be appropriate for me to comment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (16 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I refer the Deputy to my replies to Parliamentary Questions Numbers 674, 676 and 677 of the 28th May 2013 and 240 of the 20th June. In addition, I would like to advise the Deputy that the Nursing Homes Support Scheme is currently under review. The review is centred on sustainability. Work will continue on the review in the coming months with a view to completion by end 2013-early 2014. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (16 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question Number 674 of 28 May 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (16 Jul 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 (16 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy will appreciate that the Health Service Executive has statutory responsibility for the planning and delivery of services at local level. This includes management of this particular facility as part of a single mental health service across Galway and Roscommon, which also encompasses similar acute units at Ballinasloe and Galway. In circumstances where one of these units reaches...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (16 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy is the only one-----

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: You voted against it.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: She can.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Who is saying she is not to?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (11 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The particular issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly 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: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight (11 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: In order to be an ‘approved nursing home’ for the purposes of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, all private and voluntary nursing homes must negotiate and agree a price for the cost of care with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). This is a necessary feature of the Scheme due to the commitment by the State to meet the full balance of the cost of care over and above a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Jul 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: Home Care Packages (11 Jul 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: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight (11 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I do not believe that there is a disconnect between the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). Under the Health Act 2007, statutory responsibility is given to the Chief Inspector of Social Services, part of HIQA, for the independent inspection and registration of all nursing homes, private and public. This responsibility is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (11 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I attended the hearings held in the Seanad Chamber and all of the debates on this legislation. One would be forgiven for believing this was a debate about some kind of legal concept that did not affect any individual but rather concerned the Supreme Court, the High Court, Europe and every lawyer and barrister in the country, that it had nothing to do with women, human life and how we live...