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Written Answers — Health Service Funding: Health Service Funding (19 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As is the case with all charities, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is not in a position to provide additional funding to the Jack and Jill Foundation to enable the expansion of its services. However the HSE is working with the Jack and Jill Foundation to identify and prioritise the needs of each child on a case-by-case basis to ensure that no child is hospitalised for want of adequate...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Jan 2012)

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

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (19 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. However, I have asked the Health Service Executive to supply this information to me and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As I informed the Deputy previously, it was decided that funding to People with Disabilities in Ireland (PwDI) had to cease at the end of 2011. On the basis of a value for money review, it was clearly established that the vast majority of the money allocated to PwDI was being spent disproportionately. The largest proportion of PwDI's annual budget has been spent over the last number of years...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Services have been developed by individual service providers or former Health Boards over time and reflect the individual experience and expertise of providers in meeting local needs. This has led to variations in the way services are configured and, in relation to the provision of therapy supports for children and young people with disabilities, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (18 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive is carrying out a viability review of all its long stay nursing homes. This is expected to be completed shortly and will inform the Department's review of the provision of public residential care in the light of the need to meet national standards, regulations, local demographic pressures and public and private provision.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 to 215, inclusive, together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (18 Jan 2012)

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

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (18 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The HSE has advised that it issued a reply to the Deputy on 9th December 2011 in relation to future residential services for Older People in the Cavan and Monaghan area. While the reply specifically refers to Lisdarn Unit the same position applies to St Mary's Castleblayney.

Hospital Services (17 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue which I am responding to on behalf of the Minister for Health. Letterkenny General Hospital provides a full range of acute services, including a 24-hour accident and emergency department. The hospital serves a catchment population of 350,000. I am sure the Deputy is well aware of this. During October 2011, the special delivery unit, SDU,...

Hospital Services (17 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The extension referred to by the Deputy was due for completion by early February 2012. As he knows, however, a storm in the middle of December caused considerable damage to the block. That has been put right and it is estimated the extension will be completed in the next six weeks. With the commissioning and additional works that need to be done on internal structures, the HSE believes the...

Employment Rights (17 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank both Deputies for raising the issue. As they rightly said, it is very serious. I am responding on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter. There are a number of measures in place to prevent exploitation and forced labour in Ireland. The International Labour Organisation's definition of forced labour comprises two basic elements: the work or service is...

Employment Rights (17 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland and other such organisations are not so much the first port of call for people who find themselves in difficulties but usually the only port of call. It is amazing that we have four statutory agencies charged with responsibility in this area - four different units with wide-ranging roles - namely, the Legal Aid Board, the Garda Síochána, the Department of...

Mental Health Services (17 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank Deputy Calleary for raising this issue. He is probably aware I have had an interest in this area not just since I got this job but for many years, and I have worked very closely with his colleague, the former Minister of State, Mr. John Moloney. We should never forget that what we are doing now is simply a continuum. Others have been here before and there will be others in the...

Mental Health Services (17 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: There are four areas in the country where, with the co-operation of the voluntary service users and the professionals involved, we have managed to roll out what is considered the model in regard to mental health services, namely, high-support hostels, day hostels and community-based mental health teams. In the areas I have looked at where this has been done the service is extraordinary. It...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy will be aware, residential services for people with disabilities are currently unregulated. This is acknowledged as a matter of concern. The legislative framework for the regulation of these services is provided for by the Health Act 2007, which envisages a role for the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, in this regard. Part 7 of the Act outlines the role of the...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The funding of disability services by the Department of Health is the subject of a detailed Value for Money and Policy Review as part of the Government's Value for Money Reviews for the period 2009 to 2011. As part of the overall VFM review, a separate Expert Reference Group on Disability Policy was established to look specifically at existing disability policy and whether it needs to be...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Value for Money and Policy Review (VFM&PR) of the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Disability Services in Ireland is being undertaken in the context of the Government's Value for Money & Policy Review Initiative 2009-2011 and is due to be completed in the first quarter of 2012. The review, which encompasses statutory and non-statutory service providers, is assessing how well current...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 223 to 225, inclusive, together. Specialist disability services are provided in a variety of community and residential settings in partnership with service users, their families and carers, and a range of statutory, non-statutory, voluntary and community groups. Some services are delivered directly by the Health Service Executive (HSE) and include basic health...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Jan 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The HSE has statutory responsibility for the delivery of health and personal social services, and the question of funding specific care programmes, or individual non-statutory care providers, can only be addressed in the context of finalising the HSE Service Plan 2012. The allocation of funding across care groups, including Palliative Care, has yet to be agreed. As was the case in previous...