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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Capital funding is different. It is very difficult to ring-fence the money. However, I agree with the point made. Many of the facilities are now being used for other HSE services.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Capital projects of this size have to be future proofed. The good thing about the proposal is that a group of people came together and with no gain to themselves. It is about how the services for Cork city and surrounding areas develop in the future. A project of this size takes a great deal of time. I think there are about three preferred sites but that is an issue for the Cork...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Home Help Service (6 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank Senator O'Brien for raising this issue which I went through with his colleague, Deputy Billy Kelleher, recently. The Senator's question on home helps is specific and he has clearly stuck to his question but the issue has a wider context. I thank him for raising the issue in the House. He will of course be aware that the issue of paying gratuities to a particular group of home help...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Home Help Service (6 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The significant part of the answer refers to the conclusion of the Lansdowne Road agreement. This issue needs to be discussed to reach agreement on it in terms of the section 39s. While they are funded in the main by the HSE, it is not the direct employer. I take on board what the Senator is saying. Depending on the circumstances and the urgency of any issue, and depending on who is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (6 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: As the particular issue raised by the Deputy relates to an individual case, this is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE 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 them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (6 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. As this is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (6 Oct 2015)

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 (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow the matter up with the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (6 Oct 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (6 Oct 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Expenditure (6 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Work is currently underway in the Department of Health in relation to the preparation of budget estimates for 2016. As part of this process, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has submitted an estimate of its proposed expenditure for 2016, including health and personal social services for people with a disability. As discussions on budgetary issues are ongoing between the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (6 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The Long Term Illness (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, which are as follows: Acute Leukaemia; Intellectual Disability; Cerebral Palsy; Mental Illness (in a person under 16); Cystic Fibrosis; Multiple Sclerosis; Diabetes Insipidus; Muscular...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (6 Oct 2015)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (6 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Section 39 of the Health Act 2004 provides for the HSE to provide assistance to a body that provides a service similar or ancillary to a service that the Health Service Executive (HSE) may provide. Employees of Section 39 organisations are not public servants. They are not included in the HSE employment control ceiling, are not bound by the Department of Health Consolidated Salary Scales...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (6 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: The introduction of GP care without fees at the point of access to all persons aged 70 years and over commenced on 5 August 2015. This service is being provided under the existing 2005 GP visit card contract and, therefore, patients who qualify for a GP visit card on or after 5 August 2015 are entitled to the same GP service as those who held a GP visit card prior to that date. A...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (6 Oct 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (6 Oct 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (6 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 497 and 499 together. As the Deputy's questions relate to service matters, I have arranged for the questions to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, he can contact my Private Office and they will follow the matter up with the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (6 Oct 2015)

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 (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, he can contact my Private Office and they will follow the matter up with the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (6 Oct 2015)

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 (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow the matter up with the HSE.