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Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Statements (3 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: Fáiltím roimh an deis labhairt leis an Seanad ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo. I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the nursing homes support scheme, more commonly known as the fair deal scheme. The Government's priority is ensuring that our older population is looked after, supported and protected. We are living longer lives than at any other...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Statements (3 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I thank all the Senators for their contributions, their thoughtfulness, the amount of time they have put into considering these issues and their assistance in formulating my thoughts on a new home care scheme, which seemed to be the focus of most contributions. That is, of course, linked to the fair deal scheme. I will answer a few questions, if I may. Much was made of farm assets and...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Statements (3 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I am very happy to do that because part of the Department's ambition is to have the widest consultation possible. While the formal consultation period has closed, I will continue to consult informally as widely as I can, and we would be more than welcoming of the views of any particular group.

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I wish to thank Deputies Dino Kenny and Deering for raising this issue. Medicines play a vital role in improving the overall health of Irish patients. Securing access to new and innovative medicines in a timely manner is a key objective of the Irish health service. However, the challenge is delivering this objective in an affordable and sustainable way. Under the community pharmacy...

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I am acutely conscious that there are real lives behind these speeches. Sometimes these speeches can come across as very harsh departmental responses but I am acutely aware that real people and children are involved, including mums, dads, brothers and sisters. We are talking about real life and I am not going to forget that for a second. I will have the assessment process looked at and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Capacity Review (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: 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 (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: The Programme for Partnership Government gives a clear commitment to increasing the mental health budget annually, as resources allow, to expand existing services. Since 2012, the overall gross non-capital health budget for the HSE has been increased from €711 million to over €850 million in 2017. This is an increase of €140 million over this period. Key priorities...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: 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 Expenditure (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: 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 Care Packages Provision (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 to 149, inclusive, together. As these are service matters I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I thank the Senator. A vital element of these projects is to keep attention focused on them. It is the duty of public representatives to ensure that progress is maintained on such important projects and that the wider public continues to be informed that they have not been forgotten about and they are very much active and on the table.Although it is the Government’s policy to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I am glad the Senator is happy with this response. I always welcome the opportunity to update him and his constituents on projects like this and the focus they keep on them. I also commend him on his work in the wider Roscommon area. The endoscopy unit is a great credit to people like the Senator who saw the future in the hospital at all times. He stayed the course to ensure that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I thank Senator Mulherin for raising this very important issue which is clearly one about which she is very passionate and concerned. University Hospital Galway, UHG, is the designated cancer centre in the Saolta university healthcare group and provides specialist oncology services, treatment planning and surgery for patients with cancer. Other hospitals within the Saolta group also provide...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: With regard to the specific family, I am obviously not familiar with the case and I cannot speak on it. If the Senator wants to send me the details, I have no problem asking the HSE to furnish me with the details and an update on the situation on her behalf. Otherwise, as the Senator will appreciate, I am unable to comment on specifics, both because I do not know the detail and because it...

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Motion (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: That is fine. I had anticipated that I would have two opportunities to speak and that I would be making an opening statement and a closing statement, but I believe I will make one contribution so I will do my best to be as efficient as I can and to combine my statements. I wish to respond to as many of the individual issues as I can. I thank Senator Freeman, who moved this motion. I...

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Motion (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: In response to Senator Hopkins, I have addressed the lessons to be learned and the regular oversight of implementation. Senator Black spoke about the additional funding. It is accepted that funding is necessary. We can focus our debate on the funding and on pumping millions more into mental health services, but I have far more concerns about what we are doing with the money we have. We are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (10 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: 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 Support Scheme Administration (10 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: These figures are not available to my Department. This matter falls under the remit of the Department of Finance. I understand that my colleague, Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance, will provide the Deputy with an answer to the question raised.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (10 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: 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 Care Packages Data (10 Oct 2017)

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