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Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (11 May 2022)

Mary Butler: Ireland’s demographics are changing rapidly. Welcome improvements in health outcomes and extended life expectancy have changed our expectations for how older people should live within their communities. For the most part, older people clearly indicate their preference to live in their own homes and communities, for as long as possible. The Programme for Government 2020 commits to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 May 2022)

Mary Butler: The National Positive Ageing Strategy (NPAS) provides a framework to address age-related policy and service delivery across Government and society. The Strategy is intended to promote older people’s health and well-being so that older people can continue to contribute to social, economic, cultural and family life in their own communities as long as possible. The Strategy highlights...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 May 2022)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 May 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 (10 May 2022)

Mary Butler: Since the HSE first contacted the Department on 25 June 2021, notifying of their intent to close the facility referred to by the Deputy, I have received a significant number of briefings and updates, both verbal and written, from the Department and HSE. I will continue to liaise with the HSE and the Department to ensure the care needs of the residents remains at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 May 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: Nursing Homes (10 May 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: Home Care Packages (10 May 2022)

Mary Butler: The Programme for Government agreed in 2020 commits the government to ‘Introduce a statutory scheme to support people to live in their own homes, which will provide equitable access to high-quality, regulated home care’. Consequently, work is on-going within the Department of Health to progress the development of the new statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 May 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: Departmental Data (10 May 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: Nursing Homes (10 May 2022)

Mary Butler: The Government has approved a policy change to the Nursing Homes Support Scheme “Fair Deal”, to incentivise applicants to the Scheme to rent out their principal residence after they have entered long term residential care. The rate of assessment for rental properties will be reduced from 80% to 40% for income from all principal residences. This will be reviewed after six...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 May 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 (10 May 2022)

Mary Butler: The Department currently has no plans to introduce an independent complaints mechanism for mental health services nor has a review been carried out to ascertain the cost of establishing such a mechanism. In line with the Mental Health Act 2001 (Approved Centre) Regulations 2006, each inpatient mental health service, as with general health services, must have a complaints procedure in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 May 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: Home Help Service (10 May 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: Nursing Homes (10 May 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.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (5 May 2022)

Mary Butler: It is not for paediatrics. It is for adults first and then paediatrics. I have to put 16 in place and I will have nine at the end of this year. It is incremental. It is the only way we can get the staff and that is what we are doing. It is important to point out that we know CAMHS is a specialist service for people under the age of 18 with moderate to severe mental health...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (5 May 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this. We have spoken across the floor many times, and I acknowledge the number of times and the interest she has in mental health services for both young people and older people.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (5 May 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy. I wish to make a few points first. With regard to the last point the Deputy made, she asked if I was aware of the crisis situation in CAMHS in south Wexford where a senior clinical nurse specialist is to be relocated to another unit, leaving Arden House, Wexford, with just one clinical nurse serving a 200-patient population. The area director of nursing, who bears...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (5 May 2022)

Mary Butler: First, these decisions relating to staff rotation are part and parcel of strategic workforce planning. That decision is taken by the local area director of nursing, who is fully entitled to do that. I want to make a second point. Over the past two years, I secured an extra €97 million for mental health. It is the largest ever budget. I will always be looking for more when I am in...