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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (11 Dec 2012)

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: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Dec 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation (11 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. However, I would like to advise the Deputy that the Community Hospital of the Assumption is registered with the Health Information and Quality Authority as a designated centre for older people. Service provision at the hospital must be viewed in the context of overall provision of services for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (11 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I would like to advise the Deputy that all public residential centres for older people in the Sligo/Leitrim area are registered with the Health Information and Quality Authority. In relation to the Ballinamore proposal, 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 (11 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: HSE National Service Plans outline, as required in legislation, the type and volume of services to be provided each year in return for the resources made available by the Oireachtas. Expenditure on Disability Services amounts to approximately 10.5% of the €14 billion health budget. For 2011, the total outturn for specialist Disability Services, as outlined in the HSE National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (11 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Government policy is to support older people to live in dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. Mainstream Home Help and enhanced Home Care Package services are core to not only realising the preferred wishes of many vulnerable older people, but also to reducing pressures elsewhere in the wider care system. The demand for these services, and for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (11 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: In the National Service Plan the HSE anticipated that in 2012 a small number of public residential units would close, and further, that between 555-898 beds would close across a range of public units. Up to end October, a total of 504 beds have closed and it is not envisaged that the figure of 555 bed closures will be reached. In the absence of reform, bed closures result in increased cost...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Regulation (11 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Government for National Recovery, 2011-2016 commits the Government to developing and implementing national standards for home support services, which will be subject to inspection by the Health and Information Quality Authority (HIQA). All relevant implications arising from this proposal will obviously have to be taken into account including, for example, recent reports by The Law Reform...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 512 and 531 together. Funding from the €35 million special provision for mental health in 2012 was allocated for measures 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The introduction of "Access protocols for 16 and 17 year olds" from 1 January 2013" will ensure the expansion of mental health services to all up to 18 years. The protocol provides that from 1 January 2013, all new cases of children up to their 17 birthday will be seen by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, in areas where previously the age limit for receipt of services had been 16...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (11 Dec 2012)

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 Appeals (11 Dec 2012)

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: Nursing Home Subventions (11 Dec 2012)

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 Care Packages (11 Dec 2012)

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 (11 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy may be referring to training programmes for people with disabilities. The Health Service Executive (HSE) funds Rehabilitative (lifeskills) training, while Vocational Training programmes are funded by FÁS. Rehabilitative training is provided through a number of specialist disability service providers, including the National Learning Network, which is a member of the Rehab...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Decisions to transfer patients are made by treating clinicians if it is determined that the patient's condition warrants such a transfer. As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 459 and 473 together. This Government is committed to ensuring that vulnerable people with disabilities in residential services are safeguarded and protected, and that their quality of life is enhanced. With this in mind, the current Programme for Government includes a specific commitment to put the draft standards developed by the Health Information and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Professions Admission Test (11 Dec 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Properties (11 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I understand that officials in my Department have contacted the Health Service Executive on this matter and the HSE has informed my officials that they are in the process of preparing a response to the Deputy which should issue shortly. However, I have again arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (11 Dec 2012)

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