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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (28 Apr 2021)

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: Health Services Funding (28 Apr 2021)

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: HSE Reports (28 Apr 2021)

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: Health Services Provision (28 Apr 2021)

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: Victim Support Services (28 Apr 2021)

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: Health Services Provision (28 Apr 2021)

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 Help Service (28 Apr 2021)

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: Psychological Assessments (28 Apr 2021)

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 (28 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: Provision of quality care for older people, who can be among the most vulnerable in society, remains a priority for the Government, which is committed to providing the leadership and resources to improve mental health outcomes for older people. This commitment is underlined by the significant increase of €50 million in Exchequer funds for HSE Mental Health Services in 2021. ...

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: I thank Members for another opportunity today to update the House on developments in the areas of mental health and older people. While we do not yet fully understand the effects of Covid-19 on mental health, a range of post-pandemic mental health and psychosocial challenges are likely to arise. These may persist for months or years afterwards, perhaps compounded by economic impacts....

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his continued interest in mental health and his constructive approach. He welcomed the surge capacity, especially in regard to eating disorders. There is no doubt but that, in respect of these disorders, we have seen an increase in referrals over the past year. Four out of every five of those referred are young girls. There are major issues with eating disorders and...

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Patricia Ryan for her continued interest in older people. On the first question, on mental health supports for older people, there are 1,000 mental health organisations throughout the country. We work closely with many such NGOs and fund them to provide supports for us. Nevertheless, it will always be the case that funding is made available at different times. We have to...

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: I will respond as briefly as I can. With regard to the housebound, the figures provided are the same as those I was given last week. The reason there have been more referrals than the Deputy had heard about three weeks ago is that we left it open to GPs to continue referring people. I assume that some older people initially decided that they did not want the vaccine but later decided that...

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: I thank all three Deputies for their constructive approach. To refer back to Deputy Murnane O'Connor's comments, although all three Deputies raised their concerns about older people and day care centres, I am particularly anxious to see the likes of the men's sheds, women's groups and active retirement groups back open. We are actively looking at that at the moment. I met with Seán...

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his comments. He is correct that our older people have proven to be very resilient and that they have done everything asked of them. We are concerned about older people who, restrictions aside, are not in a position to leave their homes and are housebound or bed bound. In response, an additional 5 million home care support hours has been put in place this year to...

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputies for raising these issues relating to older people and mental health supports. The HSE has a range of proactive responses to any rise in service need, including online and other telehealth and psychosocial supports. In January 2021, we put in place a psychosocial framework for mental health promotion. The main thing we have to do is make sure older people, especially, know...

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: As the Deputy knows, I cannot comment on any individual case. If he sends the details to my office, we certainly will look at them. A similar case, which had got newspaper headlines, was raised by another Deputy last week. However, the Deputy did not send me the details. It is very difficult to answer questions in the Chamber about such critical cases, where young people need support for...

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: The Deputy indicated that the details may have arrived in my office today. We certainly will look into the matter. It is important to note that decisions on all such issues are not political. They will always be made from a clinical and medical perspective.

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: Can I have a few minutes to respond?

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: Unfortunately, the Deputies are asking many questions and I will have no time to respond.