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- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (2 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: I hope to introduce the legislation in the first quarter of 2021 and I believe it will be well-received across both Houses and by all Members. Our plan is to deliver a statutory home care scheme by 2022. A couple of key enablers have to be put in place first. The first is the single assessment tool, interRAI, which provides an assessment of the person that needs to enter home care or...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: The importance of continued social interaction of residents and their families cannot be overstated and every effort should be made, in line with public health advice, to ensure that these interactions continue. As you may be aware, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) published updated guidance on visitations to long term residential care facilities on 30thNovember. The new...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (3 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: The Chief Inspector of Social Services within the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is the statutory independent regulator for the nursing home sector. I am advised by HIQA that during April 2020, while many private and statutory nursing homes were managing COVID-19 outbreaks, multiple nursing homes did not return NF01 within the 72 hour timeframe, however, the system does not...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (3 Dec 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: Mental Health Services (3 Dec 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 Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (8 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the Mental Health Act 2001. The Department of Health is currently finalising heads of bill to significantly amend and update mental health legislation, taking into account the 165 recommendations of the Expert Group Review of the 2001 Act, which was informed in part by a public consultation, a comprehensive submission by the Mental Health...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Access (8 Dec 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 Justice and Equality: Home Help Service (8 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 580 and 581 together. As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mental Health Services (8 Dec 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 Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: The Healthy Ireland Survey is an annual interviewer-administered face-to-face survey commissioned by the Department of Health. It monitors the health and wellbeing of people living in Ireland. The survey was stopped at the commencement of Covid-19 restrictions as the method of collecting the data (face-to-face) is not compatible with Covid-19 restrictions. The survey fieldwork has...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Funding (8 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Suicide Incidence (8 Dec 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 Justice and Equality: Home Care Packages (8 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Home Help Service (8 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Counselling Services (8 Dec 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 Justice and Equality: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (8 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mental Health Services (8 Dec 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 Justice and Equality: Home Help Service (8 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.