Results 81-100 of 120 for going forward speaker:Mary Butler

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Mary Butler: ...over the weekend what the Deputies have in their motion and believed it was very fair and balanced. Much of what is in it, especially what Deputy Shanahan referred to, is already in train. I will go through some of the things we are doing and also speak about where the challenges lie. I will speak about what we are doing more generally regarding the extensive reforms occurring in home...

Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Dec 2017)

Mary Butler: ...messages to different groups of people but that is not open to scrutiny. In September 2017, Facebook announced that it was taking steps to combat the problem. Its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, said: Going forward - and perhaps the most important step we’re taking - we’re going to make political advertising more transparent... Not only will you have to disclose which page paid for...

Select Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Mary Butler: ...still applied. Regarding the cap at three years, that amendment is ready and is with the Attorney General. My team has been doing a significant amount of work on that. As Deputy Naughten noted, this has been going on for three years. I was anxious to get this Bill through. We are working very closely on a second amendment, which will not be ready in time, regarding renting out homes....

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second and Subsequent Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank all the Senators for their contributions to the debate. The Bill allows us to maintain our support for the core principle of community rating, which is a long-established and well supported Government policy for the health insurance market, and ensure that the cost of insurance is shared across the insured population. The main purpose of the Bill is to update the amounts of risk...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: ...to clarify that the decision made by the World Health Assembly on 27 May 2022 did not amend the regulations. Rather, it commenced the negotiation process to amend the regulations which is currently ongoing and is due to conclude by May 2024. The working group has been tasked with discussing targeted amendments to the IHR to address specific identified issues, challenges and gaps, which...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Oct 2018)

Mary Butler: I also commend my colleague, Deputy O'Callaghan, on bringing forward the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018. This legislation will give greater support and protection to victims of sexual violence through the criminal justice process, and the most important word in that line is "victims". It is timely that we are here tonight to discuss this. It is disappointing to...

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Butler: ...for longer than 24 hours. The latest figures are devastating. Last year's figure of approximately 10,000 has skyrocketed by 35% this year. Many elderly people have told me they are afraid to go to hospital because they fear they will be left on a trolley on a corridor for days, with no privacy as people pass by. They are afraid they will die alone and would prefer to stay in the...

Seanad: Private Nursing Home Sector: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank all the Members who contributed. I am looking forward to being able to respond on some of the issues raised. It is a great opportunity to be able to come into the House. I always find that the contributions are balanced and measured. They differ, but at the same time this is a great opportunity. I wish to clear up some points because I do not agree with everything said regarding...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Healthcare Policy (24 Sep 2020)

Mary Butler: ...under the impression that I was coming to the House to discuss issues concerning visitations to nursing homes, but I will address both issues. This was raised in the Dáil a couple of weeks ago by a Sinn Féin Deputy from Cork. I know it is a very challenging issue. I am a mother of three and I brought either my mother or my husband to every single appointment I ever had when...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (26 Apr 2022)

Mary Butler: ...in the context of limitations imposed by Covid-19, the club agreeing further efforts to secure alternative funding, and the proposed formulation of a strategy and robust governance for the organisation going forward. To date, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has committed over €580,000 to the project. In addition, officials from the Department have worked with...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services Provision (19 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: ...disability services and are acutely conscious of how this impacts on children and their families in these most difficult and challenging times. Nationally, children's disability services are undergoing significant change as the HSE progresses towards the reconfiguration of services into children's disability network teams under the national programme, Progressing Disability Services for...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Mary Butler: ...for many cancers. Of these, smoking is the most important. Others include excess body weight, physical inactivity, alcohol consumption and sun exposure. Prevention measures are promoted by the Government as part of the overall health and well-being initiatives under the Healthy Ireland programme. Initiatives such as breast cancer awareness month bring a renewed and targeted emphasis on...

Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Healy for bringing forward this well-intentioned Bill. As my colleague said, however, Fianna Fáil opposes the Bill. While we support the declaration of a housing emergency, certain provisions of the Bill are unconstitutional. The housing crisis demands a more sophisticated and multifaceted approach to address the private rental and social housing crisis we face....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2023)

Mary Butler: ...to ensuring an equitable and fair distribution of patient assignments to individual GPs and across geographies, for example, not putting 30 with one and one with another. In addition to the foregoing, a joint HSE and IMO working group is being established to review the operation of the patient assignment protocol to ensure that it is framed and operating in a fair, equitable, patient-...

Services and Supports for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2016)

Mary Butler: ...from the intensive home-care packages over the lifetime of the implementation programme, which is due to expire at the end of 2017. I was concerned about the expiration date and how we might move forward from there, but the Minister of State explained this was only the beginning and it will move on from there. That is most welcome. I thank the Government for supporting this important...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Mary Butler: Fianna Fáil has afforded the Government the time and space to deliver the best possible outcome for Ireland. As the largest party in opposition, that remains our approach. We need stability at this crucial time in our nation's history and it is for this reason that Fianna Fáil is facilitating the budget. That should not be seen as an endorsement of the Government because there...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Butler: ...is largely driven by variances in staff-to-resident ratios and the skill mix in public and private nursing homes. The VFM Review made nine recommendations which the Department continues to take forward. It should be noted that many of the recommendations from the report were already in progress and overlap with existing workstreams. - Recommendation 1: The establishment of an inter-agency...

Assaults on Older Persons Bill 2018: First Stage (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Butler: ...sources say that even those victims subjected to more minor assaults, or in some cases extreme verbal threats, find it difficult to feel safe in their homes again and in some instances they never go back to living alone again. These are terrible crimes that scar people and their families. It creates fear in communities that is hard to shake and get over. I look forward to working with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (4 Oct 2023)

Mary Butler: ...health National Clinical Programmes and Models of Care, which has led to significant service improvements. This includes full implementation of the specialist perinatal mental health network provided for as well as the on-going expansion of specialist mental health teams for Eating Disorders, ADHD in adults, and Dual Diagnosis. Key achievements in 2023 have included:For the first time in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Care Services (23 May 2023)

Mary Butler: .... More than 300 day care centres are open and last Friday, we opened the 46th dementia-specific day care centre. Another will be opening soon in the Ceann Comhairle's area. We are looking forward to that. The Deputy will know that the HSE has operational responsibility for planning, managing and delivering health and personal social services. A wide range of core services are...