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Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy's sense of outrage is exactly the same about every situation he addresses in this House, whether it is in the Committee of Public Accounts-----

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Excuse me, Chairman, do I have the right to speak?

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I am addressing you, Chairman. Am I allowed to speak? I did not interrupt the Deputy.

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy's sense of outrage and attitude to everything is exactly the same. Every time I hear him, regardless of the issue, his tone is the same and his sense of outrage is the same. Outrage does not solve problems.

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy should try to have a little bit of respect. I know he does not do it often, but he should try it on this occasion.

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: It usually works and he should try it on this occasion.

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: We are in negotiations. We are very conscious that there are difficulties and we are equally conscious that these people provide an incredible service and we do not want to lose that service. The Deputy's outrage and lack of respect is not doing them any good.

Developments in Mental Health Services: Statements (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I will not make a contribution because I do not think we will be coming back to this matter another day.

Developments in Mental Health Services: Statements (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: It is not that. I was not going to make much of a contribution anyway because what I find most offensive is that everyone who came into the House to speak got up and left afterwards. If they are so interested in mental health, the least they could do is sit down and listen to the debate.

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Before I give the Deputy the official response, I wish to point out that there was no reference in the Topical Issue he tabled to St. Patrick's or Tír na nÓg.

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I hope the Deputy understands that I cannot reply to that because I did not have any notice of it. The Deputy will need to understand that. I thank Deputy McGuinness for raising this issue. I am pleased to outline the position on the Camphill and L’Arche organisations. As an aside, I wish to say that the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan, has been bending my ear on the issue of...

Developments in Mental Health Services: Statements (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I welcome the opportunity to discuss developments in the mental health services overseen by this Government and to outline my plans for the future. Promoting positive mental health and well-being in general is obviously important to us all. Mental health, for many reasons and in many respects, is a complex and emotive issue. It is encouraging that, in my time as Minister of State, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the joint committee for the invitation to attend to discuss disability issues. I appreciate its interest in this important matter. As the Vice Chairman indicated, I am joined by Ms Frances Spillane, Mr. Kieran Smyth and Ms Grainne Duffy from the Department of Health, with Mr. Pat Healy, national director of social care at the HSE. The Government, statutory and non-statutory...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I will consider Deputy Byrne’s request this afternoon and see how we can progress it because the Deputy has been talking about it for a considerable time. I would have thought it would have been sorted out by now. To respond to Deputy Ó Caoláin’s question about respite and Deputy McLellan’s comment about the 600,000 people and the breakdown of respite hours,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Most people with a disability want their own space rather than respite. There are people, however, who will never be in a position to live as independently as they would like and will need supports, whether in separate accommodation or not. Some have such profound difficulties that they will always need the type of wraparound service being provided at the moment in this case. We will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: In the primary care sector there will be 260 additional posts, 52 of which will be in speech and language services because this is the area where there have been the greatest difficulties. It is to build up primary care teams, a process which will continue with the €20 million allocated. We took a particular view of the waiting list for CAMHS, child and adolescent mental health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (19 Nov 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The LTI Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act, 1970 (as amended). Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975 specifying the conditions covered by the LTI Scheme. The conditions covered by the LTI Scheme are as follows: Acute Leukaemia; Mental handicap; Cerebral Palsy; Mental Illness (in a person under 16); Cystic Fibrosis; Multiple Sclerosis; Diabetes Insipidus;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Nov 2015)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (19 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...