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- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: Patients in private nursing homes can avail of the range of services and prescribed items supplied under the General Medical Services Scheme, the Drug Payment Scheme and the Long Term Illness Scheme in the same manner as other patients and in accordance with their eligibility status. There is no statutory obligation on the HSE to provide physiotherapy, chiropody, occupational therapy, speech...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Mar 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 — Health Services: Health Services (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive (HSE) National Service Plan for 2012 provides for a reduction of 3.7% in funding to specialist disability services. However, the Service Plan states that at least 2% of this should not impact on services and needs to be generated from other savings and increased efficiencies. As part of the ongoing work of the HSE's National Consultative Forum on disability...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Mar 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 — Law Reform Commission Review: Law Reform Commission Review (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: The Law Reform Commission's recent report, entitled Legal Aspects of Professional Home Care, is a follow up to its 2009 consultation paper entitled Legal Aspects of Carers. Primary legislation and resources will be required for the introduction of a statutory regulation system for home care services. The question of possible changes to legislation, including regulation and inspection, for...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: I presume the Deputy is referring to the physical developmental needs and not the educational needs of children with cerebral palsy. Where children with special needs require physical and other therapies, this support is provided by the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, the Department has asked the HSE to reply to the Deputy directly outlining the physical and other therapy supports...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: The development of comprehensive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) for young people up to 18 years is recommended in the policy document A Vision for Change; traditionally CAMHS had been organised for young people up to the age of 16. A Vision for Change therefore requires the HSE to remodel the psychiatric service and to reconfigure resources. Currently transitional...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: A special allocation of â¬35m for mental health was provided in Budget 2012 in line with commitments in the Programme for Government. This funding will be used to enhance Community Mental Health Teams, improve access to psychological therapies in primary care and implement suicide prevention strategies. It is planned that 414 staff will be recruited to the mental health service to deliver...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Mar 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 — Health Services: Health Services (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: The objective of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database (NPSDD) is to provide an overview of the specialised health and personal social service needs of people with a physical, sensory and/or speech and language disability. The NPSDD Annual Report is based on monitoring current service provision and future service requirements over a five-year period using the demographic...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: Rehabilitative Training programmes are designed to equip participants with the basic personal, social and work related skills that will enable them to progress to greater levels of independence and integration in the community. There are 2,800 rehabilitative training places with approximately 3,000 people attending the courses each year. Trainees access places through the HSE Occupational...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 652 to 654, inclusive, and 661 together. The legislation underpinning the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS) requires all private nursing homes and voluntary nursing homes to negotiate and agree a price for the cost of care with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) should they wish to participate in the scheme. This is a necessary feature of the scheme...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (27 Mar 2012)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.