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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I certainly accept the Deputy's points and will ensure that there is an increased focus on what he seeks for St. Vincent's. I was addressing the matter on a more global scale but the measures, vis-à-visstep-down care and transitional care, will also apply to St. Vincent's. I am delighted to hear the Deputy's interest in view of the fact that local Deputies of all parties and none can...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The Government is strongly committed to developing all aspects of HSE mental health services, including CAMHS, as envisaged in A Vision for Change. Significant progress has been made in recent years, underpinned by additional funding since 2012 to develop mental health services overall, which was reflected by an additional €55 million in budget 2019. Improvements to various...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The funding for all CAMHS teams is available and, therefore, it is not an issue of funding where there are gaps. I strongly disagree with the Deputy's description of the CAMHS system as being in disarray. That is very disrespectful to those who work in it, those who avail of its services and those we are encouraging to reach out and avail of the system. It is not helpful for someone to make...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I ask the Deputy to let me finish; this is a two-way thing as far as I know.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: Much of it relates to people being inappropriately referred. If someone who is acutely sick and is referred to a CAMHS team, no psychiatrist will say they must wait 12 months. They will see people who are seriously ill. Some people with lower levels of illness are left waiting longer. There are gaps in the system and areas where we fail to recruit consultants for myriad different reasons....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The Department of Health allocated funding of almost €100 million to the HSE for addiction services in 2019. The HSE national service plan for 2019 sets out the type and volume of addiction services to be provided, having regard to the funding allocated. In addition, the Department provides a further €28 million to drug and alcohol task forces through various channels of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I concur with the Deputy on the good work being done within the finite budgets. I thank him for acknowledging exceptional work done by people in his area and throughout the country. I will pass on his concerns and hopes for increased funding in this area to my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, who has ultimate responsibility for securing that. I will ensure that his...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: A Vision for Change reached the end of its ten-year term in 2016 and preparations for a review and updating of policy have been under way since early 2016. As a first step in this process, an expert evidence review was completed in February 2017. This provided both domestic and international evidence to determine the policy direction for a refresh of A Vision for Change. In October...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I concur with the Deputy over the success of the first A Vision for Change document. It was probably one of the most ambitious documents launched in healthcare in modern times. Its success or otherwise can be debated, but it has transformed mental health care. It was an extraordinarily ambitious document published at a time when the country was awash with resources. The country entered...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The answer to the last two questions is "Yes". Sláintecare is very much in the background. This document is very much a progression from the first document. The team that is putting it together has an eye to the first document. The members of that team realise that progress has to be made. It is not possible to do costings. Much of this document will be more outcome-orientated and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I outlined earlier that "an additional 23 beds have opened in Limerick, including five as part of this year’s winter plan". As the Deputy has said, 17 beds have been provided outside of that. I do not have the details of the closure to which the Deputy has referred.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: Is it okay with the Deputy if I come back to him on the particular question he is asking?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I thank the Deputy for the question. I know he does not want the standard answer which mentions that the contract is very central to the future of GP practice. Whether we like it or not, the existing contract has been in place since 1971 or 1972. The renegotiation of that contract is a central aspect of the development of GP practice into the future. In recent years, we have invested in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The on-call issue is a significant one for rural GPs. I think it is one of the biggest causes of stress. GPs in more built-up areas do not face the same demand with regard to on-call as GPs in rural areas. The number I have given in respect of training places might not be correct. I will get the correct figure for the Deputy. I have given a number from my head, but I cannot rely on my...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: There is nobody who would like to see the contract negotiations brought to a conclusion more than me, the Minister, Deputy Harris, everyone in the Department of Health and the other Ministers on this side of the House. As the Deputy will appreciate, there are two sides involved in the negotiations. It is not just within the Government's remit to end the negotiations. Both sides have to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I do not have the question to hand. I can provide the answers, but not without the questions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I will have to come back to the Deputy on this matter. I do not have the reply to hand.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I will come back to Deputy Calleary on this matter.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: Flattery gets one everywhere.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: Although I do not doubt the Deputy's bona fides, I would be surprised if the Department makes a judgment based on-----