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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: The HSE Mental Health Services Division expect to spend its full allocation of €853 million in 2017. Budget 2017 made allowance for an additional €35 million for services to be initiated in 2017 and continued in 2018. Recognising the time-frame required to initiate new developments, €15 million was provided as part of the overall 2017 Budget. This was in part due to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (17 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: The Department of Health has met regularly with various stakeholders, including Nursing Homes Ireland. Meetings with NHI have discussed a wide range of issues including the review of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, funding of Long Term Care, residential care standards, recruitment and workforce planning. NHI was also represented on previous Working Groups chaired by the Department which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: The HSE Mental Health Services expect to spend their full allocation of €853 million in 2017. New developments have been initiated and will continue to be enhanced, along with existing services, in the coming years in line with the Programme for Government and recommendations from A Vision for Change. Between 2012 and 2017 €140 million additional funding has been provided...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: The HSE Mental Health Services Division expects to spend its full allocation of €853 million in 2017. This includes the €15 million allocated to new developments, which have been initiated and will continue to be enhanced, along with existing services, in the coming years in line with the Programme for Government and recommendations from A Vision for Change. Among the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I can confirm the €15 million in budget 2017 combined with the continuing funding of €20 million in budget 2018 will have a full year value of €35 million in 2018. I can also confirm that a further €15 million has been included in budget 2018, and further spending of €55 million in 2019. This will bring spending on new developments in mental health to a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: Budget 2017 made allowance for an additional €35 million for services to be initiated in 2017 and continued in 2018. €15 million was provided as part of the overall 2017 Budget. This recognised the time-frame required to initiate new developments, the time lag of new staff taking up posts and the completion of preparations for the introduction and enhancement of key...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: Budget 2018 made allowance for an additional €59 million for Mental Health Services for 2018. €35 million is made up of the €20 million continuing cost in 2018 of developments initiated in 2017, combined with a further €15 million for further new developments. €24 million will fund pay-related costs. In addition, the Minister for Health has committed to a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: The Department of Health is working with the HSE to prepare the 2018 National Service Plan. Pending agreement of the National Service Plan, I am not in a position to comment either on the funding that will be made available for dementia care or the specific services that will be provided. An evaluation of the Dementia Advisers employed by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland has commenced....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (17 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: Health Services (17 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 Funding (17 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: Respite Care Services Funding (18 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I am pleased to say that overall funding for services for older people will increase in 2018. We are in a position to further strengthen supports for our older people, particularly to facilitate speedier discharge from acute hospitals over the winter period. The quantum of service to be provided will be outlined in the Health Service Executive's National Service Plan for 2018, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (18 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 Data (18 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 (18 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: The work of the Taskforce is now complete. Subject to Government approval of its recommendations, the intention is to launch and publish the Taskforce report in November. The launch will be supported with info-graphics targeted at children and young people that will reflect the themes emerging. These Info-graphics will be launched on the various task force member websites and through media...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (18 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: Budget 2018 provided significant additional funding for mental health, which means that HSE funding for this key care programme will increase from around €853 million in 2017 to €912 million next year. New service initiatives on Child and Adolescent Mental Health services are being progressed in the context of finalising both the overall HSE Service Plan 2018, and the more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (18 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: Health Services (18 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.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: The issue raised by the Deputy has been brought to our attention on numerous occasions by people who are frustrated because they feel they could care for their family members at home, thereby sparing the State the cost of a nursing home bed or a fair deal bed. They want to know why they cannot get an equivalent amount of financial support in cash. Such financial supports are available in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: As the Deputy will appreciate, the new scheme is in its very early stages. It is in its infancy. We have just completed the public consultation process and we are starting to design the scheme. All of those issues will be considered. We cannot pre-empt that consideration by jumping ahead and saying we will discourage people from trying to avoid being discharged by providing a financial...