Results 41-60 of 110 for going forward speaker:Mary Butler

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (9 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: ...families are expected to benefit from this weekend service. Furthermore, in Budget 2024 I announced that a minimum of 18% of all new home support hours are now ringfenced for people with dementia. Going forward there will be a strong focus on dementia-specific services, which have developed in recent years, like the Memory Technology Resource Rooms and National Dementia Adviser...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (21 Jul 2020)

Mary Butler: ...right place, at the right time. In this regard, my Department is in the process of developing a statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of home support. As part of this, work is on-going to determine the optimal approach to the development of the scheme within the broader context of the Sláintecare reforms. Work undertaken in 2019 focussed on the design of the scheme,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Butler: ...the right place, at the right time. In this regard, my Department is in the process of developing a statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of home-support. As part of this, work is on-going to determine the optimal approach to the development of the scheme within the broader context of the Sláintecarereforms. Work undertaken in 2019 focussed on the design of the scheme,...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: ...will provide some degree of reassurance for those in nursing and residential homes and their carers and families. We must learn lessons. If the Minister would give me an update on how we intend going forward, I would appreciate it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: ...protect the interests of persons detained in approved centres under the Act. As the Mental Health Commission is an independent body, and in light of the fact that the Commission has not completed its on-going review of the CAMHS service nationally, the specific issues raised by the Deputy are in the first instance a matter for detailed consideration by the MHC and HSE. In this context, any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: ...of people receiving care and/or living in these settings. The guidance continues to recognise the importance of visiting and meaningful social contact for residents. This is a positive further step forward to a return to more normalised access and visiting for people living in nursing homes and their families. Key changes of note to the guidance are as follows: - The minimum level...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Mary Butler: ...to day care services. I am hopeful we can move on this soon. Day care centres are a huge lifeline for the people who attend them. They are important to their well-being and they are looking forward to going back. I am hoping to open centres on a staged basis. If a day care centre previously operated for five days a week, we could open it initially two or three days a week and move...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Sep 2023)

Mary Butler: ...to the HSE have been addressed as a matter of priority inclusive of open case reviews, individual care planning, corporate and clinical governance and risk management. In addition there has been on-going and extensive engagement between the Department of Health, the HSE, and the Mental Health Commission regarding the findings, and extensive collaboration continues to take place. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Jul 2021)

Mary Butler: ...unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jul 2021)

Mary Butler: ...unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs...

Joint Committee On Health: Impacts of Covid-19 on Mental Health Services: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Mary Butler: ...view, that experience has been extremely traumatic for people. I was delighted that in last year's budget funding was provided for bereavement counselling. That is something we will look at again going forward. Phenomenal work is being done by the Irish Hospice Foundation to support people at this time. I firmly believe that we need a national day of mourning, or a national day of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Mary Butler: ..., is putting a focus on youth mental health because 2% of children, as I said, need the support of CAMHS. They have moderate to severe mental health difficulties and a lot of complicated issues. Going forward, we also want to talk about youth mental health in general because there is another 98% of the population of young people who would have only emotional distress or mild challenges...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Butler: ...met to discuss the matter a number of times and continue working together on developing a policy in relation to the treatment of rental income. I expect to be in a position to bring legislation forward in the coming months. It is also worth noting changes that have been introduced relating to the sale of a residence. Within the NHSS, the asset value of a resident's home, known in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Care Packages (3 Dec 2021)

Mary Butler: I acknowledge the Deputy has raised this issue with me on several occasions. Work is ongoing in the Department of Health to progress the development of a new statutory scheme to support people to live in their own homes. Recruitment for 130 posts to support the national roll-out of international resident assessment instrument, interRAI, as a standard assessment tool for care needs is...

Joint Committee On Health: Impacts of Covid-19 on Mental Health Services: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Mary Butler: ...champion has been appointed there. As part of the shared island initiative whereby the North and South collaborate, I met her last week and she was concerned about the budget available to her going forward. With regard to our budget, the biggest allocation in the history of the State, €1.14 billion, was provided for mental health services last year compared with €711...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes (9 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: ...bed reconciliation exercise that validated its publicly-managed residential bed stock. The purpose of this exercise was to reconcile variances derived from the audit and agree particular bed data going forward, with a view to providing accurate information that would identify challenges and support future planning. I agree with the Deputy; this was important post Covid to see exactly how...

Topical Issue Debate: Psychological Services (17 Jan 2018)

Mary Butler: ...for his answer. I acknowledge he has to read out what has been given to him but unfortunately it states once again that the service is not available for children aged between six and 18. We are going to have to find a solution, and I believe we can. I welcome the pilot programme, although it is phased. It is a small step in the right direction that will deal initially with some...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2021)

Mary Butler: ...to the debate and for their time, yesterday and today. Many of them have waited until the end of the debate even though it is the final sitting day before recess. I watched all my colleagues go home yesterday at 3.30 p.m. but I was delighted that the Seanad could sit late on a Friday evening, so I thank Senators very much for that. It has taken some time to get to this point. Since I...

Joint Committee On Health: Impacts of Covid-19 on Mental Health Services: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Mary Butler: I thank the Senator for her comments on my green ribbon. I always wear it proudly. I travelled to Cork a couple of weeks ago to launch the green ribbon campaign with the Lord Mayor of Cork, Mr. Colm Kelleher. That was a great visit. In today's post, I got 20 lovely green ribbon face masks. I was trying to decide how to give them out so I have decided to be like Ryan Tubridy, with one for...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Procedures (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: ...-alone regional review. We understand that this might be superseded in the event of a favourable recommendation following the national review. This is a stepping stone. We have a long way to go. I respect what the Minister has achieved tonight and I look forward to engaging again with him and the other Members of the Oireachtas from the south east and Waterford. It is imperative...