Results 7,661-7,680 of 11,572 for speaker:Mary Butler
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Research (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this. As he said, if it saves one life, it will be important. I reiterate how important it is that people are invited to screening appointment, they take it up. Some 13,000 people in Ireland a year are diagnosed with skin cancer. I was one of those people this year. Thankfully, even though I had a malignant tumour, I was lucky that I got the all clear...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Health. The Minister and myself appreciate that hyperemesis gravidarum, or severe nausea, is a debilitating condition for women. The Minister is anxious that our health service should support women with this condition in every way possible. Improving women's health outcomes is a...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: Sorry, to get it reimbursed. However, I assume their doctor can prescribe it.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: Okay. The answer does not really deal with the question the Deputy is asking and, therefore, I will raise this with the Minister and his officials to see if anything can be done. Perhaps the Deputy can clarify, in his response, if a patient must go to a consultant and pay for that appointment in order to get the prescription to claim the cost back.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: The Deputy is absolutely right that time is of the essence. If a woman is eight or nine weeks pregnant and is extremely sick, the last thing she wants to do is to get up and try to make a consultant appointment. Cariban, which is regarded as a beneficial treatment for hyperemesis, does not have a marketing authorisation from the European Medicines Agency or the Health Products Regulatory...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this most important issue of the section 39 funding requirements of the Circle of Friends Cancer Support Centre. I also thank and acknowledge the staff and volunteers for the valuable work they do at the centre. The need to address survivorship care for those living with and beyond cancer is now recognised internationally, and groups such as the Circle of...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising the importance of Circle of Friends Cancer Support Centre. We are all familiar with similar organisations in our constituencies. Waterford city has Solas Cancer Support Centre. It is such an important place. I know how important cancer support centres are. They are key in providing psycho-oncology and psychosocial support, and it is important that the...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for the question. The Department of Health acknowledges that there are variations in the cost of care across community hospitals and private nursing homes, with public community units generally having a higher cost of care. The HSE will always step in where a resident's needs are sufficiently complex that they are not able to be cared for anywhere else in the community....
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his contribution and for his proposed amendment. I remember being here this time last year and having the exact same debate. I must, however, reject the amendment and I will outline the reasons for this rejection. Section 7F of the Health Insurance Acts provides that if a beneficiary of the risk equalisation scheme makes more than a reasonable profit, the excess...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: As this is an operational 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 (7 Dec 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: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Dec 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: Mental Health Services (7 Dec 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: Nursing Homes (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Closures (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (7 Dec 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for her question. Having engaged in writing with the HSE, I was informed that day-care services commenced operating from the Loughrea Spa Hotel on Monday 26 September in accordance with the commitments given by the HSE that the service would be operational by end September 2022. The service is currently operating Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and has capacity for 24...