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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (12 Feb 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: Medical Aids and Appliances (12 Feb 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: Positive Ageing Strategy (12 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Programme for Government has committed to completing and implementing the National Positive Ageing Strategy so that older people are recognised, supported and enabled to live independent full lives. The Strategy will be a high level document outlining Ireland’s vision for ageing and older people and the national goals and objectives required to promote positive ageing. It will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (12 Feb 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 (12 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I have no plans to carry out an investigation along the lines suggested by the Deputy. The Involuntary admission of persons to a psychiatric hospital or unit in the 1950's and 1960's was governed by the 1945 Mental Treatment Act. The 1945 Act allowed for the admission and detention without their consent, of a person as a 'temporary patient' or a 'person of unsound mind' following an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Appeals (12 Feb 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 (12 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Details of the overall gross non-capital mental health budget are published annually in the Revised Book of Estimates. Based on that information, the table details the mental health budget for each of the years 2008 - 2012 inclusive: 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 €m €m €m €m €m €1,043 €1,006 €963,324 €712,000...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (12 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 717, 719 and 723 together. The increasing number of deaths by suicide is of great concern to this Government. There is not a community in Ireland that has not been affected by suicide. We know that reducing suicide rates requires a collective, concerted effort and most importantly a collaborative approach. The National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Bereavement Support (12 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 718 and 720 together. Bereavement support for families and communities is critically important in the aftermath of a death by suicide. The aim of bereavement support is to support those immediately affected by the death, to allow them to express their grief and to prevent more suicides from happening in the same area. A range of local and national services...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (12 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Funding for suicide prevention is provided to the National Office for Suicide Prevention by the HSE from its overall budget for mental health. Funding provided in the years 2008 to 2012 is as follows: Year Funding €m 2008 4.5 2009 4.3 2010 3.7 2011 4.1 2012 7.1 In relation to 2012, I have asked the HSE for details of the actual spend on suicide prevention and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Bereavement Support (12 Feb 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: Suicide Prevention (12 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) was established by the HSE in 2005 to oversee the implementation of Reach Out our National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention 2005 – 2014. Reach Out is a comprehensive and integrated approach to reducing the loss and suffering from suicide and suicidal behaviours. It encompasses the promotion, coordination, and support of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (12 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 725 and 726 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Applications (7 Feb 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: Home Help Service Expenditure (7 Feb 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 Service Executive Properties (7 Feb 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 (7 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: In line with Programme for Government commitments, this Government has prioritised the reform of our mental health services and is committed in particular to the delivery of more and better quality care in the community. The relocation of people resident in mental health facilities, including those with an intellectual disability, to more appropriate settings in the community, is continuing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (7 Feb 2013)

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

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: An exercise such as this is useful in that it gives people an indication of the reasons that lie behind a decision not being made. It is akin to putting a glass panel against a particular difficult problem. This has been a useful exercise. I appreciate that people will think further about this later. We have been grappling with this issue for a considerable time and are therefore aware of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: It is a pity the question was not very brief.