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Topical Issue Debate: Appointments to State Boards (23 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I always try, when responding to questions or topical issues, to be as helpful as possible.

Topical Issue Debate: Appointments to State Boards (23 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: It does not serve us not to do so. I recall a time when there were substantial vacancies on boards and, as correctly stated by Deputy Ó Cuív, the unsightly and unseemly scramble to fill vacancies at the time of an election. The Deputies will be aware, from the copy of the reply which they have received, that the lack of appointments to vacancies on the board of the Food Safety...

Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (23 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: No.

Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (23 Jan 2013)

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Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (23 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: So that Deputy Wallace has no misunderstanding, I am not suggesting for one minute that if there is early intervention at primary level, it should discontinue at secondary level. I see it as a continuum because we have it at third level and we are introducing it at second level also. The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, is launching an extensive anti-bullying campaign and we...

Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (23 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I appreciate being allowed to stay seated while I reply. In response to Deputy Wallace, who has clearly read the report, in my view it is a little too late in secondary school to start on the issue of emotional well-being. As he has heard me say previously and as I will say again, in this issue language is vitally important. We are beginning on a new phase in our approach to those who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (23 Jan 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 (23 Jan 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 (23 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 227 and 228 together. 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 (23 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 to 231, inclusive, together. Rehabilitative training (RT) focuses on the development of an individual's life skills, social skills and basic work skills with the objective of enhancing the trainee's quality of life and general work capacity. RT, which is foundation-level training not connected to the labour force, is funded by the Health Service Executive...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (23 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: As stated in response to the original question posed by the Deputy in October last year the data sought are not collated in a manner that would facilitate the detailed breakdown requested. The HSE has committed in its National Service Plan to maintaining the home help and home care package services at levels planned for 2012. National Quality Guidelines for Home Help Services, including...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jan 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 Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (22 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: There are no immediate plans to introduce the legislation necessary for such recognition although as indicated in the past, serious consideration is being given to the issue. There is a long standing wish of many Travellers that they be granted recognition as an ethnic group but also there are some divergent views within the Traveller community. The previous Government was of the view that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Costs (22 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I understand that the HSE replied to the Deputy on the 17th January regarding this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (22 Jan 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 (22 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: Dealing with the current high levels of suicide and deliberate self harm is a priority for this Government. Reach Out our National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention recognises the youth sector as a high risk group and sets out a number of specific actions. Consequently, the HSE's National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) has developed a range of initiatives aimed specifically at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Scheme (22 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The information requested by the Deputy regarding the Motorised Transport Grant will be available soon for 2010, 2011 and up to the end of the third quarter 2012. Information in relation to earlier years is not readily available. I will provide the information requested by the Deputy in the near future. The eligibility criteria for the Motorised Transport Grant last changed in 2008, with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation (22 Jan 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: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Jan 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is committed to the provision and development of services for children with disability including those with autism. Significant resources have been invested in recent years in the health sector in these services and the HSE provides a range of community and residential services including therapeutic services and respite. The HSE is currently engaged in a reconfiguration of...

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

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 629 and 630 together. As this is a service matter these questions has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.