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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (21 Nov 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 (21 Nov 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 (21 Nov 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 Help Service Expenditure (21 Nov 2017)
Jim Daly: In budget 2018 a further €37 million has been made available for older people services, comprising €5m funding in 2017 and €32 million next year, to further strengthen supports for older people, particularly to facilitate speedier discharge from acute hospitals over the winter period. A significant proportion of this additional funding will go towards home care services....
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (21 Nov 2017)
Jim Daly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 401 and 402 together. 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 Nov 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 (21 Nov 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 Funding (21 Nov 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 (21 Nov 2017)
Jim Daly: Each year 4,000 people in Ireland develop dementia – an average of 11 people every day. Currently there are approximately 55,000 people living with dementia in the Republic of Ireland, and this number is expected to almost treble to over 150,000 by 2046. These numbers highlight the need for us as a nation to acknowledge and understand the condition and its impact on individuals and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care for Children (21 Nov 2017)
Jim Daly: The evaluation of the Children’s Palliative Care Programme, which was published in November 2016, contains 20 recommendations for the further development of children’s palliative care services. The Evaluation noted that the Children’s Palliative Care Programme had made a major difference to the lives of children with palliative care needs and their families and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (21 Nov 2017)
Jim Daly: The State's Capital Programme “Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan 2016-2021” which was published on 30 September 2015 included an investment programme in health infrastructure. Based on this, the HSE prepared its programme of investment in public nursing home facilities. The programme which was announced on 26 January 2016 included the...
- Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2017)
Jim Daly: I thank Deputies for raising this matter. At the outset I reassure the Deputies that, as my colleague the Minister for Health, has stated, the most important issue in the consideration of services at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, is that patient safety and outcomes must come first. The Minister, Deputy Harris, is committed to securing and further developing the role of the...
- Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2017)
Jim Daly: I assure all of the Deputies that I have taken note of all of their contributions and will relay them back to the Minister of Health, Deputy Harris, who is the line Minister with responsibility for this. Due to the competing demands on his time, he is not always able to come into the House. It is practice that Ministers of State from the Department would take some of these debates, but that...
- Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2017)
Jim Daly: It does not mean that the Minister is any less interested or committed to the project. Deputy Stanley is correct to say that it is not about resources. The resources to the hospital have improved under this Government by €12.5 million over the past three or four years, which is a significant increase in investment in any hospital the size of Portlaoise over that time. Nobody has a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (22 Nov 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: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2017)
Jim Daly: My office has not received a request for a meeting with the Board of Cobh Community Hospital. I would suggest that the Deputy arrange for a representative from the Board of Cobh Community Hospital to contact my office to request a meeting and I will endeavour to facilitate the Board's request.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (22 Nov 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 Provision (22 Nov 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 Help Service (22 Nov 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: Hospital Services (23 Nov 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.