Results 8,201-8,220 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch
- Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: It is part of the deal done by Fianna Fáil.
- Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: That is a fact.
- Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: If the Deputy tells us what happened on the night of the bank guarantee I can tell him what happened with the budget. We can trade secrets.
- Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: As a result of what?
- Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: Yes, if that is agreed.
- Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: The Government opposes this Bill on a number of grounds. First, the Bill proposes that there would be very resource-intensive obligations on the full range of public bodies to prepare and publish equality impact assessments of their work for approval by the Equality Authority. In the Bill to establish the new Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC, which we are working on and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (2 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: Mobility Allowance Applications (2 Jul 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 (2 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: Although the 2013 allocation for disability services has been reduced by 1.2%, the Health Service Executive (HSE) National Service Plan includes an additional €4m to provide training places and day services for school-leavers and Rehabilitative / Lifeskills Training (RT) graduates in 2013. This funding is being allocated to each HSE Region based on its percentage of population. Both...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Housing Grant Applications (2 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: The scheme referred to by the Deputy is a matter for the Department of the Environment,Community and Local Government and as such the Minister for Health Dr. James Reilly has no function in this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (2 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: The Government is fully committed to protecting frontline services, including services for children with disabilities, to the greatest extent possible. The inclusion of young children with disabilities in mainstream pre-school settings is an integral part of the Government’s policy on mainstreaming which advocates that mainstream public services should serve people with disabilities...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates Applications (2 Jul 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 (2 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 Applications (2 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: Respite Care Services (2 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: Home Help Service Provision (2 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: National Dementia Strategy Implementation (2 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: It is estimated that there are currently 41,000 people with dementia in Ireland and Alzheimer's Disease accounts for the majority of cases. Given that the number of people with dementia is expected to rise to between 141,000 and 147,000 by 2041, the Programme for Government contains a commitment to develop a National Alzheimer's and other Dementias' Strategy by 2013 to; - increase...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (2 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 683 to 685, inclusive, together. The latest information available to the Department indicates that there were 873 people on the national placement list for the Nursing Homes Support Scheme at end-April and that the average time spent awaiting funding was 49 days. However, not all of these people would have been in acute hospitals. Between January and April...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (2 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: Palliative Care Services (2 Jul 2013)
Kathleen Lynch: Palliative care services are experiencing increasing demands due to the changing demographics of our ageing population and increasing patient and public expectations, particularly for support for chronic non-malignant diseases. Government policy on Palliative Care is contained in the Report of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care (2001) and the HSE Medium Term Framework for...