Results 11,381-11,400 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (15 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (15 Nov 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 — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (15 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme is due for formal review commencing in 2012. The scheme will be three years in operation at that stage. The reason for allowing this period to elapse is to ensure that trends and statistics will be available in order to inform this work. The review will look at the ongoing sustainability of the scheme, the relative costs of public versus private provision...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (15 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (15 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I understand the Deputy wishes to understand the rationale behind the closure of Abbeyleix Community Nursing Unit. The unit provides continuing care, day care and respite services to people in Laois/Offaly and bordering areas of Kilkenny, Carlow, Tipperary and Kildare. The Health Service Executive has advised that the reducing funding allocation being experienced across all HSE services,...
- Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (15 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: Valentia Community Hospital is a voluntary facility which has a service level agreement with the HSE under section 39 of the Health Act 2009. The legislation underpinning the Nursing Homes Support Scheme requires all private nursing homes and voluntary nursing homes which previously received funding under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004 to negotiate and agree a price for the cost of care...
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (15 Nov 2011)
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 (15 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Closure: Nursing Home Closure (15 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. Question No. 642 answered with Question No. 632.
- Written Answers — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (15 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Mental Health Services: Motion (15 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Ãireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: â good mental health is an integral component of general health and well-being and recognises the importance for all citizens to achieve and maintain optimum mental health; and â about one in four people will experience some mental health problems in their lifetime; welcomes the:...
- Mental Health Services: Motion (15 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Technical Group, the Independents and the various people who contributed to the debate on the motion because as the previous speaker said, we need advocates in society to speak about our mental health or our emotional well-being. It is important that we recognise our emotional well-being, and it is not just about different groups or people speaking themselves. It is us speaking...
- Mental Health Services: Motion (15 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: Approximately one in four of us will experience mental health problems in our lifetime. Above anything else, this tells us we must mind our mental health. The State has an obligation to its citizens to mind them and ensure, in as far as it is possible, they are enabled to attain the highest possible quality of life. The way in which mental health is treated is about how we live our lives....
- Mental Health Services: Motion (15 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: Short stays.
- Stroke Services (15 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I am grateful to Deputy Nash for raising this issue. The Deputy is aware that I have an interest in it through family circumstances. Following the transfer of acute services from Louth County Hospital to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, the Health Service Executive has worked to reorganise stroke services in the Louth-Meath hospital group. Stroke services in the group were...
- Stroke Services (15 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I cannot give the Deputy an answer to the specific question but I will relay his concerns. I will find out the answer and I will get back to the Deputy in terms of these specific areas. The Deputy is correct. If we intend to use multidisciplinary teams for other chronic diseases then we must introduce them in this case as well. The outcomes for stroke can be a great deal better if correct...
- Order of Referral of the Access to Central Treasury Funds (Commission for Energy Regulation) Bill 2011 [Seanad] to the Select sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Motion to Rescind (15 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I move: That the Order of the Dáil of 8th November, 2011, referring the Access to Central Treasury Funds (Commission for Energy Regulation) Bill 2011 [Seanad] to the Select sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, be discharged and that the Bill be considered in Committee of the whole Dáil on Thursday, 17th November, 2011."
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (10 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I would like to reassure the Deputy that patients in Tallaght Hospital (or any other Acute Hospital) who require long term residential care can continue to apply for financial support under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme. Once a person receives approval for financial support they can choose to enter any nursing home that is participating in the scheme in any part of the country, subject to...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I have asked the HSE to reply directly to you on this matter as a matter of urgency.