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World Mental Health Day: Statements (9 Oct 2025)

Mary Butler: I have passed on that issue.

World Mental Health Day: Statements (9 Oct 2025)

Mary Butler: I thank everyone for being in the House this afternoon. First, I thank Ms Nicola Byrne from Shine and the team that have sat through every single word of it. I also acknowledge Deputy Clarke for sitting through every single word of it. When we have statements on mental health, it is normally on a Thursday afternoon. I could nearly write the list of people who will come in to speak because...

World Mental Health Day: Statements (9 Oct 2025)

Mary Butler: I acknowledge Deputy Peter Roche and his lived experience. He spoke about the loss of his son. It was powerful advocacy. The more we talk about mental health, the more important it is. The Opposition has a job to do. I listen and take notes. I take on board what is said. I fervently believe that this is a good budget this year, but we have to deliver the budget. There are 300 new...

World Mental Health Day: Statements (9 Oct 2025)

Mary Butler: I know that, but "Tullamore-Westmeath" is what the HSE identified. That is what it calls the midlands. A crisis resolution team is funded at €1 million a year, recurring, for a multidisciplinary team to work out of hours. There is also the crisis café. I have opened many cafés around the country. The crisis cafés have reduced the presentations to emergency...

World Mental Health Day: Statements (9 Oct 2025)

Mary Butler: Keep talking.

World Mental Health Day: Statements (9 Oct 2025)

Mary Butler: I welcome our counterparts from the Swedish parliamentary friendship group to the Public Gallery of the Chamber. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Lars Mejern Larsson and the other members of the group during my St. Patrick's Day visit to Denmark and Sweden earlier this year and it is fantastic to have them and the Swedish ambassador to Ireland in the Gallery for this important debate. I...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Mary Butler: This year, working with the Minister, I have secured funding that brings our annual investment in mental health services to almost €1.6 billion. This is my sixth budget in a row as Minister of State with responsibility for mental health. It is also the sixth year increased funding for mental health. In 2026, we will add 300 whole-time equivalent staff to our mental health services....

Allocation of Time: Motion (7 Oct 2025)

Mary Butler: I move: It is proposed that the following arrangements shall apply on the motions for the Financial Resolutions by the Minister for Finance: - Resolution Nos. 1 and 2 shall be grouped together for the purposes of debate, and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 30 minutes; - Resolution Nos. 3 and 4 shall be grouped together for the purposes of debate, and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (7 Oct 2025)

Mary Butler: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of labour market estimates for the State. The most recent LFS figures available are for Q2 2025. Table 1 contains LFS estimates for unemployed persons broken down by duration of unemployment from Q2 2015 to Q2 2025. In Q2 2025, there were 31,800 persons in the State in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Flexible Work Practices (7 Oct 2025)

Mary Butler: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of labour market estimates for the State. The most recent LFS figures available are for Q2 2025. The LFS does not contain a breakdown of public sector vs private sector employment. NACE sections O - Public Administration and Defence, P – Education and Q - Human...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (7 Oct 2025)

Mary Butler: The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The LFS produces estimates for the number of employees who report earning the national minimum wage as well as those who indicate they have gross hourly earnings which do not exceed the national minimum wage. In Q2 2025 there were 28,500 employees, aged 17-19 years, who reported that they earned...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Oct 2025)

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 (7 Oct 2025)

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 (7 Oct 2025)

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 (7 Oct 2025)

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.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (2 Oct 2025)

Mary Butler: I propose: Notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or in Tuesday’s Order of Business, the following is proposed in relation to today’s business: - on Leaders’ Questions, two members of each party or technical group in Opposition may use their time for Q&A, and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows:- - Tánaiste - 10 minutes;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Oct 2025)

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: Suicide Prevention (2 Oct 2025)

Mary Butler: Efforts to reduce Ireland's suicide rate had been guided by our outgoing national suicide reduction strategy, Connecting for Life, which came to the end of its implementation period at year-end 2024. Grounded in international best practice, Connecting for Life provided a comprehensive framework for suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention across the country. The Department of Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Oct 2025)

Mary Butler: The Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Services( SPMHS) is now available in all 19 maternity hospitals nationwide, SPMHS provides support to pregnant women and women with a baby up to one year old, with an existing or new mental health problem. Funding to date of €3.6 million has resulted in 6 consultant led multidisciplinary teams are in place across major maternity hospitals (Coombe,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Oct 2025)

Mary Butler: It is a priority for me, and for Government, to ensure that children who need services can access them and access them on time. This is in line with our national mental health policy Sharing the Vision, our suicide reduction strategy Connecting for Life, and the HSE Annual Service Plan 2025. Year-on-year funding for mental health services increased from €1.3 billion announced in...