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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages Provision (15 Oct 2019)

Jim Daly: I thank the Deputies for raising this issue. Home supports enable older people to remain in their own homes and communities, as well as facilitating timely discharge from hospital. As outlined in the HSE’s national service plan for 2019, the HSE maximises the utilisation of current resources prioritising those requiring discharge from acute hospitals. Significant resources and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages Provision (15 Oct 2019)

Jim Daly: I could not agree with the Deputy's last line more. It is not about money alone. Money alone will not solve this problem. I have stated that on the record of this House. While I got an additional €52 million in this year's budget, if I got an additional €152 million, I could not wipe out the current waiting list. While I do not intimately understand the Wexford situation...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (15 Oct 2019)

Jim Daly: I am very much surrounded by Kildare Deputies in the House today.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (15 Oct 2019)

Jim Daly: Representatives of Kildare county. I thank the Deputy for raising the matter and providing the opportunity to discuss the Maynooth project under the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. As the Deputy will be aware, in 2016, the Government approved 30 LIHAF projects that then received final approval in late...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (15 Oct 2019)

Jim Daly: LIHAF is primarily aimed at the activation of sites for housing development that may not otherwise be viable and is not in and of itself a traffic management measure. This LIHAF project will provide the essential infrastructure to realise the full potential of the lands in the south-east quadrant of Maynooth for housing provision and assist in alleviating traffic congestion in the town....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (15 Oct 2019)

Jim Daly: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue to which I am replying on behalf of my colleague, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. The housing assistance payment, HAP, is deemed to be a social housing support under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014. As a long-term housing support, an assessment of housing need must first be completed in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (15 Oct 2019)

Jim Daly: I will pass the Deputy's comments, concerns and frustrations on to the Minister. I accept she would not be on her feet raising this issue today if everything was being processed within two days and the process was running as smoothly as my presentation in response to issues she raised would suggest. I will pass the Deputy's concerns on to the Minister. That is my job here. That is how...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data (15 Oct 2019)

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: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data (15 Oct 2019)

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: Mental Health Services Data (15 Oct 2019)

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: Community Care (15 Oct 2019)

Jim Daly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 329 to 331, inclusive, together. A key principle underpinning Government policy is to support older people to live in their own home as long as possible. There will, however, always be people whose needs are best met in a residential care setting or supported housing model. There are 10 Supported Care Homes in Community Healthcare Organisation Area...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments (15 Oct 2019)

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: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (15 Oct 2019)

Jim Daly: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS), commonly referred to as Fair Deal, is a system of financial support for people who require long-term residential care. Participants contribute to the cost of their care according to their means while the State pays the balance of the cost. In Budget 2020 the Government has provided an additional €45m investment in the NHSS, increasing its...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Funding (15 Oct 2019)

Jim Daly: The Government has made improved access to home support services a priority. We have committed to an additional investment of €52 million in Budget 2020 to bring the total funding for home supports to €487 million in 2020. In 2020 the HSE will deliver over 19.2 million hours of home support, representing a substantial increase of 1 million hours more than this year’s...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (15 Oct 2019)

Jim Daly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 396, 397 and 401 together. Budget 2019 made allowance for an additional €55 million for Mental Health Services to build on existing services. This is made up of the €20 million continuing cost in 2019 of developments initiated in 2018, combined with €35 million for further new developments. Since 2012, the Mental Health HSE Budget has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2020 (15 Oct 2019)

Jim Daly: HSE Mental Health services will receive €1.026 billion in funding in 2020, an increase of €234m since 2016, and an increase of €39m over 2019. The additional €39m euro announced for mental health services in budget 2020 is additional funding and does not rely on any carry-over funding from 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2020 (15 Oct 2019)

Jim Daly: HSE Mental Health services will receive €1.026 billion in funding in 2020, an increase of €234m since 2016, and an increase of €39m over 2019. The additional €39m euro announced for mental health services in budget 2020 is additional funding and does not rely on any carry-over funding from 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2020 (15 Oct 2019)

Jim Daly: HSE Mental Health services will receive €1.026 billion in funding in 2020, an increase of €234m since 2016, and €39m over 2019. The €39 additional million euro announced for mental health services in budget 2020 is additional funding and does not rely on any carry over funding from 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (15 Oct 2019)

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: Home Help Service Provision (15 Oct 2019)

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.