Results 5,981-6,000 of 11,565 for speaker:Mary Butler
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (25 Jan 2022)
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 Health: Health Services (25 Jan 2022)
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 Care Packages (25 Jan 2022)
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 Health: Mental Health Services (25 Jan 2022)
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: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Jan 2022)
Mary Butler: The HSE provides all PPE, including appropriate face masks, to all health care workers employed by the HSE, and in certain private settings such as nursing homes in accordance with advice of the National Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control Team (AMRIC). In addition, I understand from the HSE that the supplies of FFP2 masks are being provided through the Community Healthcare...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (25 Jan 2022)
Mary Butler: The Nursing Home Support Scheme (NHSS), commonly referred to as 'Fair Deal', is a system of financial support for people who require long-term residential care. The primary legislation underpinning the NHSS is the Nursing Home Support Scheme Act 2009. Participants in the NHSS contribute to the cost of their care according to their means while the State pays the balance of the cost. The Scheme...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Jan 2022)
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 Care Packages (26 Jan 2022)
Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Jan 2022)
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.
- Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank Deputies for their constructive contributions, of which there were 51. It has been an excellent debate from that point of view. Fifty-one Deputies, which is a lot, came to speak about the important issue of youth mental health. I have listened closely to what has been said and taken copious notes. I will continue to work closely with all sides of the House to ensure developments...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jan 2022)
Mary Butler: The Deputy is quite right; day care centres are very important. A focus I have had since September last has been on trying to get as many day care centres open as possible, and I have an update for him. It is a key priority for me to allow more people to engage in services that allow them to remain independent and live in their own homes with dignity. The HSE has operational...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jan 2022)
Mary Butler: I assure the Deputy I will keep a very close eye on this. As I said, we have 73%, or 237, of day care centres open. Where the challenges arose was in any day care centre that was part of or adjacent to a community hospital, that is, in the community nursing units, and this has happened all over. I will give an example. Even though most of the restrictions were lifted last Friday, there is...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jan 2022)
Mary Butler: Yes.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (27 Jan 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which is timely and very important. The Deputy asks about peer review for psychiatrists in the context of prescribing medicines to people using mental health services and, no doubt, like me, he is thinking of the publication yesterday of the report into the independent review of care provided in the child and adolescent mental health services,...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (27 Jan 2022)
Mary Butler: The Deputy is correct. There are 35 recommendations in the report and six of those recommendations are already complete. If memory serves me, I said last night that 13 of them are being progressed and the rest have yet to commence. I will be keeping in close contact with the HSE to make sure these recommendations are in place. One part of the review we are doing is in regard to the 72...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Naughten for raising this important matter. Covid-19 is a new disease, so information on it, its features and its course are still emerging. The natural history, clinical course and consequences of Covid-19 are still not completely understood. It is recognised that most patients with Covid-19 return to baseline after acute infection, but a proportion of people report ongoing...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)
Mary Butler: The number of people affected by longer term effects after acute Covid-19 remains unknown and estimates vary internationally. We are still learning about this condition and the supports that are needed to care for those affected by it in Ireland. The Department of Health, through the Health Research Board, HRB, continues to fund research into the clinical impacts of Covid-19 so that we can...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network (27 Jan 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Murnane O'Connor for raising this topic which I am dealing with on behalf of the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan. I would like to clarify that while the Department of Transport has responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport, it is not involved in the day-to-day operation of public transport services, including matters related to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network (27 Jan 2022)
Mary Butler: The Deputy raised a valid point. The decision to move to a self-service station in Muine Bheag in 2019 was part of a wider decision by Iarnród Éireann to rebalance its operations. The Minister suggests that as it is an operational matter for Iarnród Éireann, it would be very well placed for the Deputy to contact it on this issue. The experience of Iarnród...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network (27 Jan 2022)
Mary Butler: I totally agree with you, a Cheann Comhairle.