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Long-term Care Home (11 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank Deputies for raising this issue. It provides me with an opportunity to update the House on this matter. St. Brigid's in Brittas, County Dublin, was established in 1959. It was originally a tuberculosis clinic which opened in 1935. There are currently 80 residents, as has been outlined by Deputies, at the facility. There is also a day centre at the front of the main building...

Long-term Care Home (11 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I agree with the Deputies that some leeway must be given when an topical issue is of concern to more one Deputy. This debate is a case in point. I do not have the type of detail sought by Deputy Timmins but will seek it out and reply to him. I cannot give an assurance that unions will not be notified before families. I understand consultation took place with people living in the unit and...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (6 Oct 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 — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 190 and 191 together. The Deputy's questions regarding future services at a home in County Cork and its admission policy are service matters for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply. Requests to meet my colleague Minister Reilly are normally arranged through his Office. Such requests can be made...

Written Answers — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (5 Oct 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 (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 201 to 203, inclusive, and 205 together. This 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 recommendations of A Vision for Change...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: A Vision for Change provides a framework for action to develop a modern, high quality mental health service over a 7 to 10 year period. It recommends that steps be taken to bring about the closure of all psychiatric hospitals and that the resources released by these closures should be reinvested in the mental health service. It emphasises that this process should take place on a phased...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: A Vision for Change sets out a comprehensive framework for the development of all mental health services over a 7 to 10 year time frame and contains some 200 recommendations. The Report proposes a holistic view of mental illness and recommends an integrated multidisciplinary approach to addressing the biological, psychological and social factors that contribute to mental health problems. It...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2011)

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

Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: He cannot.

Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy never fails to astonish me.

Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy never fails to astonish me with his-----

Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I take on board Deputy Boyd Barrett's comments regarding the visit and I undertake to follow up on that. This is a case of contempt and I have as much sympathy as anyone for that woman, who had been in prison for several weeks before the matter came before this House. While I have every sympathy for her, it is not possible for the ESB to purge that contempt. This is now an issue between...

Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: No, it cannot.

Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: No, it cannot.

Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: No, it cannot. Every day I am astonished at the level of ignorance. Someone should mediate in respect of this lady because the circumstances in which she finds herself are ridiculous. This should be a matter of mediation and I will take on board Deputy Boyd Barrett's issue regarding the visit and will make inquiries thereon.

Accident and Emergency Services (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. There is a slight flaw emerging in the topical issues debate format. The Deputy is speaking about something of which we are all aware. Perhaps we should be concentrating on plans to resolve the issues involved. That is what Members would really like to see, but that is not what we get. I am about to repeat virtually everything the Deputy said,...

Accident and Emergency Services (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: I will most definitely bring the Deputy's request to the Minister. One of the significant proposals made by the special delivery unit, and which appears to be common sense to anyone who has spent any time in hospital, is that consultants make two daily ward rounds rather than one. As we all know, people can be discharged later in the day once results come back from laboratories. In such...

Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: If it were to be taken by a senior Minister, it would be the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter.

Prison Committals (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: He is in Geneva.