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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (21 Jul 2020)
Mary Butler: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS), commonly referred to as Fair Deal, is a system of financial support for people who require long-term residential care. Participants contribute to the cost of their care according to their means while the State pays the balance of the cost. The Scheme aims to ensure that long-term nursing home care is accessible and affordable for everyone and that...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (21 Jul 2020)
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: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jul 2020)
Mary Butler: On foot of a National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) recommendation, on 23 May a COVID-19 Expert Panel on Nursing Homes was established, to examine the complex issues surrounding the management of COVID-19 among this particularly vulnerable cohort. The purpose of the Panel is to examine the national and international responses to the COVID-19 crisis, and to examine the emerging...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Jul 2020)
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 Support Scheme (21 Jul 2020)
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: Convalescent Centres (21 Jul 2020)
Mary Butler: The Health Service Executive has been engaged with the Agency referred to by the Deputy for some time in terms of the potential replacement of its core business, which has reduced following the onset of COVID-19. However, the HSE were unexpectedly advised of the Board’s intention to seek to liquidate the company. The HSE has advised the Department that it is acutely conscious of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (21 Jul 2020)
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 Home Accommodation (21 Jul 2020)
Mary Butler: In line with the Government's Roadmap for the re-opening of Society and Business, the National Public Health Emergency Team has agreed that a phased approach to the recommencement of visiting to long term residential centres would be appropriate at this time. The advice is that a co-ordinated and standard national approach to the recommencement of visiting is taken. In light of the above...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (21 Jul 2020)
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 Care Packages (21 Jul 2020)
Mary Butler: A high-quality, consistent home-support service, focused on keeping people well in their homes and communities for as long as possible, is a key enabler to ensuring that people across a continuum of care get the right care, in the right place, at the right time. In this regard, my Department is in the process of developing a statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of home support....
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (21 Jul 2020)
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: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (21 Jul 2020)
Mary Butler: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to this directly as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (21 Jul 2020)
Mary Butler: Community services such as day care play an important role in enabling older people to continue living in their communities. My Department and the HSE are undertaking work to determine the current level of service delivery in the community and to set out plans, including associated required capacity, to resume services, including day services, in line with the Roadmap for Reopening Society...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (21 Jul 2020)
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: Disability Services Provision (21 Jul 2020)
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: Disability Services Funding (21 Jul 2020)
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: Disability Services Provision (21 Jul 2020)
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: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jul 2020)
Mary Butler: Nursing home providers are ultimately responsible for the safe care of their residents and have a range of legal responsibilities under the regulatory framework, including the Health Act 2007 (Care and Welfare of Residents in Designated Centres for Older People) Regulations 2013. People living in long-term residential care facilities are particularly vulnerable populations in the context...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (21 Jul 2020)
Mary Butler: A meeting request was received from the organisation in question and has been acknowledged by my private office. I have received a high volume of meeting requests since my appointment and I hope to have the opportunity to meet with as many organisations as possible in the coming weeks and months, schedule permitting. My office will make contact with the society in due course to arrange a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Protection (21 Jul 2020)
Mary Butler: Parental alienation describes a process through which a child becomes estranged from a parent as the result of the psychological manipulation of another parent. It appears, however, that international opinion is divided as to whether or not this is as a mental health disorder. My Department will make further enquiries seeking an update in relation to this matter and will reply separately to...