Results 11,401-11,420 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch
- Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (10 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.
- Self-Harm Incidence (10 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I thank Deputy Neville for raising this important issue. It is not the first time he has done so and given his commitment to the subject, I dare say it will not be his last. At the outset, I note that just this morning, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney, and I launched a leaflet on behalf of Shine and the IFA in respect of farm stress. While one sometimes is...
- Self-Harm Incidence (10 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I cannot disagree with anything the Deputy said. This is a crucial group, one we have identified. There are, of course, others within the group who never come to the attention of the medical profession, but, nevertheless, it is an issue about which we will have to do something very quickly. The training programmes we are rolling out, including the pilot programme in Cork, will give us the...
- Hospital Services (10 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue on which I am responding on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly. Connolly Hospital is an academic teaching hospital which provides a full range of acute services, including a 24 hour accident and emergency department. It serves a catchment population of 331,000. Multidisciplinary teams of medical, nursing and allied...
- Hospital Services (10 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: Good. I was anxious to let the Deputy know. The Minister has made it a priority to unblock access to acute services in our hospitals by improving the patient flow through the system. Access to services is not about bed numbers per se but is about how the bed capacity in a hospital is managed to maximise throughput and provide safe and quality care to patients. This can be seen in the...
- Hospital Services (10 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I will conclude. The entire reply will be included in the Official Report and will be supplied to Deputy Nulty. I again congratulate the Deputy on his election. Additional information not given on the floor of the House. In the absence of real and sustained change in how the existing capacity is managed, additional beds will be quickly absorbed without any net gain for patients. The aim of...
- Hospital Services (10 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: Briefly, I concur fully with the Deputy's comments. In addition, I note the Minister is not averse to providing additional once-off funding to ensure the waiting times in Connolly Hospital are reduced. Moreover, he is committed to ensuring the lengthy stays on trolleys seen in the past of people who are ill will be greatly reduced. However, as the Deputy is aware, it is not always about...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Nov 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 (9 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: My Department has initiated a review of the Health Act 2007 (Care and Welfare of Residents in Designated Centres for Older People) Regulations 2009, as amended. These Regulations set out detailed requirements regarding, among other things, staffing and environmental conditions for all designated centres, including welfare homes. As part of the review process submissions were invited and...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The Minister for Health has agreed to an amendment to the HSE's National Guidelines for the Standardised Implementation of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme. The amendment was agreed subject to assurances from the HSE that: individuals with complex cases will not be disadvantaged, average processing times for complete applications should not exceed 4-6 weeks, geographical location...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 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 (9 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged to have this question transferred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Nov 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 (9 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive has advised me that expenditure on health services for people with a disability in 2011 will be approximately â¬1.5 billion. Special consideration was given to disability and mental health in Budget 2011 through a maximum reduction of just 1.8% in the allocation for the two sectors. The relatively lower reduction of 1.8%, compared to other areas of the health...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Nov 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 (8 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The Office for Disability and Mental Health participated in the development by the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government of a Housing Strategy for People with Disabilities which has a particular emphasis on the housing needs of people with mental health difficulties. This Strategy was published on 6 October 2011. Five meetings were held during 2011. Three meetings of...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (8 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy is aware, a commitment was given in the Programme for Government to develop a national Alzheimer's and other dementia strategy by 2013. As I have indicated previously, my Department has started the process of developing a policy on dementia that will support the delivery of long-term care services having regard to future demographic trends and the consequential increase in...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (8 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The HSE provides a range of services across primary care, specialist child and adolescent mental health services, health promotion and suicide prevention services which support young people's mental health. As the HSE's financial accountability structure is across HSE areas and hospitals and not by care group, it is not possible to identify a specific figure for services which support young...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — National Disability Strategy: National Disability Strategy (8 Nov 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The Programme for Government commits to publishing, "following wide consultation, a realistic implementation plan for the National Disability Strategy (NDS), including sectoral plans with achievable timescales and targets within available resources and ensuring whole-of-government involvement and monitoring of the Strategy, in partnership with the disability sector". As the Minister...