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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: In the context of age-friendly homes, I was asked to provide further funding next year. As a result, €5.2 million was provided in the budget in order to roll this out across the 31 local authorities. If you are an older person living at home without family support or an immediate next of kin, there is a dedicated person within the local authority. If you want to rightsize, because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: The dementia advisers are very much to the fore and I met some of them recently who had taken part in LGBT+ training so they could also recognise the symptoms. Well, I do not mean the symptoms. The point I am trying to make is that I met a gay woman one day and her only fear was that if she developed dementia, nobody would know she was gay because she could not remember. The dementia...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Chair, who I know has been a strong advocate for home care for many years. We see the challenges especially at weekends in rural areas, like Saturday and Sunday. Home care works really well from Monday to Friday in a lot of areas but if you are in a particularly isolated area and you need two carers three times a day on a Saturday and Sunday, it can prove problematic....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: The previous mental health policy did not include dual diagnosis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: I will try to get through as many of the Deputy's questions as possible. If I forget any, she should come back to me. On her first question, it is a complicated area but there is huge overlap as well. I was struck by what was said earlier, that just because a person is an older person, that does not mean that his or her disability fades away. What we are doing for home support workers? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: We do not have a timeline but we will work out the timelines on all the recommendations shortly. Many of the CHOs are recruiting at the moment and they are finding it difficult to recruit staff, even on €16 per hour plus mileage. We are seeing that across the board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: There has been a huge amount of outreach around dementia, so we have dementia-friendly communities. A huge amount of work has been done with libraries so the signs of dementia are recognised. It is one area where there has been a reach out to first responders in respect of dementia. I can remember a case I was aware of, where a person in a shop was really disorientated and she started to...

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

Mary Butler: I would also like to welcome my friends from Waterford, five ladies who are up to visit me today.

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

Mary Butler: I am glad to have the opportunity to take part in statements on private nursing homes. I will begin by outlining the factual situation regarding the sector before turning to the issue of reform. There are 562 nursing homes in Ireland, which accommodate 31,867 registered beds. Approximately 20% of these are publicly-run HSE facilities or community nursing units, approximately 3.7% are run...

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

Mary Butler: Did Senator Mullen say "neglect"?

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

Mary Butler: Senator Mullen used the word "neglect".

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

Mary Butler: Apologies.

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

Mary Butler: Neither do I.

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...

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

Mary Butler: To touch on the temporary inflation payments scheme, TIPS - we have TAPS and we have TIPS - for nursing homes, it has been bandied about that this amounts to €15 per person. This payment was not per person but per nursing home. If any of the Members wants to get out their phones and look at their calculators, this payment is for 433 private nursing homes. They have 18,000 residents...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (15 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (15 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.