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Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: We have taken advice, but not only from experts. I am not always enamoured with the advice of experts. We have taken advice and engaged exhaustively on how one should deliver a service. I really do accept fully what Deputy Lowry is saying in this instance, but most parents I meet say they are prepared to wait for a diagnosis if offered early intervention. They say that what they want is...

Topical Issue Debate: National Dementia Strategy (25 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes.

Topical Issue Debate: National Dementia Strategy (25 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I endorse everything that the Deputy has said. When we set off on this adventure three years ago, we were not sure what we would find. We had a plan and knew what we wanted to deliver but, as the Deputy rightly stated, the project has delivered more, and differently, than expected. We have learned that the large technology piece is not always what is important. Sometimes what is important...

Topical Issue Debate: National Dementia Strategy (25 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank Deputy Calleary for raising this matter. I cannot disagree with anything he said. I am very conscious of the impact of dementia not only on the individual, but on families and communities. That is why the four pilot projects were put in place. It is estimated that there are approximately 50,000 people with dementia in Ireland today. These numbers are expected to increase to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (25 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 and 185 together. As the Deputies' questions relate to service matters, I have arranged for the questions to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputies. If the Deputies have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, they can contact my Private Office and they will follow the matter up with the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centre Provision (25 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The development of primary care is central to the Government's objective to deliver a high quality, integrated and cost effective health care service. Supporting infrastructure, procured through a combination of public and private investment, will facilitate the delivery of multidisciplinary primary health care. There was no Public Private Partnership Primary Care Centre project delivery...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (25 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 and 169 together. The Government is committed to protecting frontline health and personal social services needs for people with disabilities. The Government currently provides funding of approximately €1.5 billion to the Disability Services Programme through the Health Service Executive's (HSE) National Service Plan for 2015. In 2015, the HSE is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Nov 2015)

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 (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, he can contact my Private Office and they will follow the matter up with the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (25 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (25 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (25 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (25 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Prescription charges are part of a set of measures introduced by Government in recent years to reduce pharmaceutical drugs expenditure. Medical card holders are required to pay a prescription charge of €2.50 per item for medicines and other prescription items supplied to them by community pharmacists, subject to a cap of €25 per month for each person or family. Prescription...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (25 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I have no plans to set up a separate suicide prevention authority. This function is currently being carried out by the HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) which was established in 2005 to oversee the implementation of the then national suicide prevention strategy and to coordinate suicide prevention initiatives around the country. Earlier this year, the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Expenditure (25 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: A national procurement process is currently underway to provide treatment for certain categories of misalignment by a panel of independent practitioners under contract to the HSE over the next three years, with consideration of an extension to four years. This initiative will especially focus on those waiting for four years or longer. Tenders are currently being evaluated and it is expected...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs (25 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicinal products under the community drug schemes in accordance with the provisions of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to you. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (24 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is committed to the provision and development of services for children with special needs, including early intervention services, and to improving access by these children to therapy services insofar as possible within available resources. Health related therapy supports and interventions for children, such as speech and language therapy, can be accessed through both the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (24 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If he has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (24 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (24 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is committed to ensuring that long term residential services for older people meet the 'National Quality Standards for Residential Care for Older People in Ireland (2009)'. The Standards and the associated National Regulations that underpin them encompass issues relevant to the privacy, dignity and respect of residents and seek to support the provision of a physical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Inspections (24 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Government is committed to ensuring that long term residential services for older people meet the 'National Quality Standards for Residential Care for Older People in Ireland (2009)'. The Standards and the associated National Regulations that underpin them encompass issues relevant to the privacy, dignity and respect of residents and seek to support the provision of a physical...