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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: It is the policy of the HSE to provide an age appropriate mental health service. A significant majority of young people are now being treated by a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team. A total of 29 Child and Adolescent service users have been admitted to adult mental health units up to the end of April this year. There have been some difficulties in recruiting and retaining Specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 434 and 444 together. The Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS) is a system of financial support for those assessed as needing long-term nursing home care. Participants contribute to the cost of their care according to their means while the State pays the balance of the cost. It is Government policy to encourage orderly succession arrangements for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matte with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matte with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: Under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, where an applicant's assets include land and property in the State, the 7.5% contribution based on such assets may be deferred and collected from his or her estate after his or her death. Under Section 26(2)(b) of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 the Revenue Commissioners are the appointed agents for the State in the collection of the repayable...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: Home supports are a key mechanism for enabling older people to remain in their own homes and communities for as long as possible and for facilitating their discharge from acute hospitals. From the outset, the resources available for 2016 matched those provided in 2015, so there was never any overall reduction in services. However, the numbers of patients who had completed their acute...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Home Care Packages Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I thank Senator Kelleher for raising this matter and I congratulate her on the work she has done to date. I am aware that she continues to work specifically in this area. As with the other part of my portfolio, mental health, everybody knows somebody who has been affected by dementia, be it a neighbour or friend, and the numbers affected will continue to increase. Also similar to mental...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Home Care Packages Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I agree with the Senator. Through the bodies, groups and individuals I have met in recent weeks, I am aware that everybody is on the same page and knows we have enough reports and strategies. What we need to do now is TO implement them. Implementation is key at this stage and we need to make progress on that. The figures are increasing at a high rate within such a short space of time and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, but if there are specific questions, I ask Senator Ardagh to let me know and we will get back to her. I thank the Senator for raising this issue. The programme for a partnership Government commits to a decisive shift within the health service towards primary care in order to deliver better care close...

Topical Issue Debate: Charities Regulation (29 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I thank the three Deputies for raising what is an important issue. I share their view that Console, like all charities, relies on the goodwill and generosity of the public. A trust has been broken, and when the issue is suicide and a vulnerable part of our society, it is especially upsetting. Console is one of the charities funded in part through the HSE's National Office for Suicide...

Topical Issue Debate: Charities Regulation (29 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputies again. I stress that my priority and that of the HSE and the Department has been and will continue to be to provide assurances regarding the continuity of the various services that are offered. These matters are not always as black and white as we would like them to be. There is a due process that needs to be followed. If a matter of concern about a particular...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (29 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153, 154 and 163 together. Figures sought by the Deputy for the years 2012 to 2016 are set out in the table: Year Numbers regraded from Voluntary to Involuntary Status Number of Admissions and Renewal Orders revoked before Mental Health Tribunal is held Number of Admissions and Renewal orders revoked at Mental Health Tribunal 2012 567 1530 142 2013 541...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (29 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 to169, inclusive, together. In relation to the cost of care in public residential facilities, the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act, 2009 provides that the components that make up the cost of care must be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas, and the HSE has complied with this requirement. There is no legal obligation under the Act for the HSE to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.