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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.

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

Kathleen Lynch: The HSE replied to Deputy Ferris on this matter on the 8th November 2012.

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.

Seanad: Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (6 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I very much appreciate the Senator's contribution because his is a side of the argument we must hear. Equally, however, we must be compassionate, logical and tolerant of the decisions others make. The legislation we will be able to produce on foot of the eighth amendment and the restriction in places on us will not satisfy anyone. There are more than two sides to this argument....

Seanad: Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (6 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I genuinely appreciate the views of all the contributors to the debate, although I do not agree with all of them and I will be straightforward in saying that. In terms of allowing sufficient time for further debate, we have had 20 years and more. The current hiatus in the body politic is a result of a very particular incident. I am not certain that legislation when it is produced will even...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (6 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 Help Service (6 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: Voluntary Sector Funding (6 Dec 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Neurological Alliance of Ireland (NAI) is a national umbrella organisation for voluntary groups, professionals and interested parties representing the views and concerns of those whose lives are affected by neurological conditions. The majority of member groups of the NAI receive funding from the Health Service Executive (HSE). Funding is provided in respect of both operational expenses...