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Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook (Resumed): Minister of State at the Department of Health (26 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I thank the Chairman. We face many challenges in housing policy. One of the first issues I noted when I took up my current position was that when public representatives ask local community organisations or housing bodies like Respond or Clúid to develop housing projects for the elderly in places such as Bishopstown or Mallow, the organisation or body in question will get 95% funding...

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook (Resumed): Minister of State at the Department of Health (26 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: Consideration is being given to whether 5,000 homes could be brought onto the market if the 80% requirement were removed. The additional issue that must be borne in mind is whether a person whose mother or father is in a nursing home wants the family house, with all of its private belongings and possessions, to be rented out to someone else. We need to be careful about this sensitive aspect...

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook (Resumed): Minister of State at the Department of Health (26 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I suspect that the budget would be-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook (Resumed): Minister of State at the Department of Health (26 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: The budget is coming into close focus. There is pressure on housing and the budget is approaching. The matter is being actively considered. Meetings are happening as we speak. There will be meetings between the Departments on this issue in the coming weeks. I will not go any further than that. I do not want to pre-empt where this process will conclude. It is difficult to get the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook (Resumed): Minister of State at the Department of Health (26 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: It is a constant challenge. HIQA provides a challenge. Any independent objective analysis would conclude that what HIQA has achieved is extraordinary and benefits the older person who is cared for in a nursing home. To be fair, HIQA has dragged us kicking and screaming into the 21st century in the area of care for the elderly. HIQA continues to challenge us on a daily basis. The...

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook (Resumed): Minister of State at the Department of Health (26 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I can and I cannot. The officials will have the work done in gathering the data by the end of November. That process feeds into the interdepartmental working group. Then it is up to me to get a report from the interdepartmental working group. I am saying it will be by year-end, but with an opt-out clause.

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook (Resumed): Minister of State at the Department of Health (26 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: That is a good way of putting it. I am keen to have it by year-end but I cannot guarantee it.

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook (Resumed): Minister of State at the Department of Health (26 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: There is one more point on the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. The committee may be aware of the involvement of the commission. It is dealing with the nursing homes on contractual issues. The commission is examining the issue but I am unsure whether it would be prepared to become involved. I understand the commission will issue guidelines to the nursing homes. The...

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook (Resumed): Minister of State at the Department of Health (26 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: It relates to security of tenure. It means a resident in a nursing home one day cannot be thrown out three days later. The idea is that nothing adverse like that could happen. The committee should be aware of that as well.

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I thank Members for their comments on this legislation and the children's hospital programme. I assure Members that all of their comments have been recorded and noted, and the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, will respond on Committee Stage to the concerns raised, and at later Stages. The transition of the existing paediatric services to a single entity is a complex matter, involving...

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pharmacy Regulations (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I thank the Deputies for raising this issue. The Pharmacy Act 2007 established the PSI. The functions of the PSI are set out in the Act and are carried out on its behalf by the council of the PSI. The council comprises 21 members who are lay members and pharmacists. Section 30 of the 2007 Act provides for an exception to the general provision in the Act which requires the sale and supply...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pharmacy Regulations (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I thank the Deputies again for the points they have so well made. As I have said, the role of the Minister for Health in this process, as set out in the Pharmacy Act 2007, is limited to the consideration of any rules that are submitted for his consent. The Minister must consider any rules that are presented to him from a fair and impartial perspective and without prejudice or prejudgment....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pharmacy Regulations (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: As the Acting Chairman, Deputy Durkan, will know, neither the Minister nor I would have a role in such affairs. It would be a matter for the Chairman and members of the Joint Committee on Health. The Members opposite would be quite free to make the request to the Chairman and members of the committee. It is not in my gift or that of the Minister to decide who appears before any Oireachtas...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I acknowledge that the Deputy and his party always co-operate and take a positive approach to mental health issues. I have never found Members of the Deputy's party to be partisan or politically opportunistic in any shape or form regarding mental health. I include his party leader, Deputy McDonald, and Deputy Buckley in that. They have always been very constructive and co-operative. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I do not have any further information other than sections 38 and 39 and the national lottery funding. Both application forms are available on the website. There is no reason that a local organisation or a local branch of an organisation such as SOSAD could not apply for section 38 or section 39 funding. I saw recently that 1,027 organisations in the State that specifically help with mental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Dementia Strategy (27 Sep 2018)

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: National Dementia Strategy (27 Sep 2018)

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: National Dementia Strategy (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: As a response to the challenges facing people with dementia and their families and carers, the National Dementia Strategy was launched in December 2014. The Strategy contains 35 priority and additional actions and its implementation is being led by the National Dementia Office in the HSE. The office has made substantial progress towards developing evidence-based care pathways for people with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Dementia Strategy (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: In order to meet the challenges faced by people with dementia, the Irish National Dementia Strategy was launched in December 2014. The Strategy aims to improve dementia care to allow people with dementia to live well for as long as possible and to deliver improved services and supports. The Strategy contains 35 priority and additional actions and its implementation is being led by the...