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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Dec 2011)

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 (6 Dec 2011)

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

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (6 Dec 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. From a national perspective I would like to advise the Deputy that the Department is currently reviewing the provision of public residential care in the light of the need to meet national standards and regulations, local demographic pressures and public and private provision. The review will...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (6 Dec 2011)

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

Written Answers — Eating Disorders: Eating Disorders (6 Dec 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 425 to 428, inclusive, and Nos. 431 to 434, inclusive, together. As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Dec 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 429, 430, 435 and 436 together. As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (6 Dec 2011)

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 (6 Dec 2011)

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 (6 Dec 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 447, 453 to 457, inclusive, and 475 together. The Government is committed to implementing A Vision for Change and reforming our model of healthcare delivery so that more and better quality care is delivered in the community. In this regard I have asked the HSE to prepare an implementation plan, which will identify specific areas of A Vision for Change that...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Dec 2011)

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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Dec 2011)

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 — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Dec 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 476 and 477 together. The decision referred to by the Deputy is a decision of the Health Service Executive, not my colleague the Minister for Health. As such the Deputy's questions have been referred to the Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Departmental Agencies (1 Dec 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: It has been decided that funding to People with Disabilities in Ireland must cease at the end of 2011. I would like to thank the members of PWDI and their staff for their efforts over the years, but in common with all aspects of Government spending, everything has to be examined with a view to preserving, so far as possible, front line services. On the basis of a value for money review, it...

Departmental Agencies (1 Dec 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I am keen to put something else on the record which is important. Some of the statements made in the past week may have inadvertently indicated that fees were paid to board members. They were not paid and they have never been paid and we are all aware of that.

Departmental Agencies (1 Dec 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I will provide Deputy O'Brien with a complete breakdown of the allocation later on. It was disproportionate. I understand it was of the order of 60% or more in terms of the national headquarters. I met the board members of People with Disabilities in Ireland this afternoon to discuss how their voice can continue to be heard. I intend that it will be heard nationally through the disability...

Departmental Agencies (1 Dec 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: There are always areas open to such groups either through lottery funding or through the HSE. I know exactly the groups to which Deputy O'Brien is referring. We intend to consider some suitable form or structure either through partnership, Leader programmes, local authorities or the health forums. Avenues of funding are always available. The difficulty was that although the challenge was...

Written Answers — Traveller Community: Traveller Community (1 Dec 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: During the course of the examination by a working group of the UN Human Rights Council of Ireland's report to that Council, prepared under the Universal Periodic Review procedures of the Council, my colleague, Minister Shatter, was asked, among many other matters, about the position of Travellers in Irish society. One delegation specifically recommended that Ireland should recognise...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (1 Dec 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: It has been decided that funding from the Department to People with Disabilities in Ireland (PwDI) must cease at the end of 2011. On the basis of a value for money review it has been clearly established that the vast majority of the money allocated to PwDI is being spent disproportionately. The largest proportion of PwDI's annual budget has been spent over the last number of years on the...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (1 Dec 2011)

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 (1 Dec 2011)

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