Results 8,021-8,040 of 11,572 for speaker:Mary Butler
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Bereavement Counselling (16 Feb 2023)
Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Smith. He is aware of Rethink Ireland, which is an organisation that funds various supports. Recently I visited the Solas Centre in Waterford. One of the programmes it runs is to provide information and supports for teachers in schools with a child in the class who has lost a parent to cancer or where a child has died of cancer. We have found this to be very effective. The...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Bereavement Counselling (16 Feb 2023)
Mary Butler: I do not disagree with the Deputy. With regard to the level 4 specialist trauma informed bereavement counselling, the NCS provides trauma informed bereavement counselling for more complex cases in some CHO areas, so we have that in CHOs 1, 8 and 9, although not in the other six areas. This service is available to both medical card and non-medical card holders, which is very important, and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Home Care Packages (16 Feb 2023)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. He is correct that we have an ageing population. It is something we must endorse and embrace and that is what we are doing. The World Health Organization, WHO, has determined that we have the highest life expectancy in Europe, at 82 years of age. I am conscious of the Minister's comment a few minutes ago that we hear a lot of negativity but to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Home Care Packages (16 Feb 2023)
Mary Butler: Work is ongoing in the Department to progress the development of the new home support scheme. This involves a lot of complicated work, as the Deputy will understand. There is a regulatory framework comprising primary legislation for the licensing of home support providers, secondary legislation in the form of regulations and HIQA national standards that are in development. All this has the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Home Care Packages (16 Feb 2023)
Mary Butler: The Deputy makes a valid point. There are many people in our country who are not in a position to work and are highly qualified and skilled. They can work now after six months but we are sitting on a lot of people who have expertise.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Home Care Packages (16 Feb 2023)
Mary Butler: We want to promote home care as a viable career opportunity. I worked very closely with the former Minister of State, Deputy English. On 1 January this year - we are six weeks into the process now - 1,000 permits were issued for people from outside the EU to come here and provide home care. We hope they will do so. This approach worked in the nursing home sector, where 2,640 permits have...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Home Care Packages (16 Feb 2023)
Mary Butler: Yes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Home Care Packages (16 Feb 2023)
Mary Butler: I thank Deputy O'Dowd for his comments. I am on the same page as him. I will never compromise on standards.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Home Care Packages (16 Feb 2023)
Mary Butler: We never want to see a Leas Cross again. There is no compromise and I will be bringing in more regulation for HIQA later this year as part of the statutory home care scheme. I also agree with the Deputy that the State must take a more active role in the care of older people and I said so at the weekend. I think all the Deputies present agree with me on this. As they are aware, the care of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (14 Feb 2023)
Mary Butler: Proceeds of Sale The Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Act 2021, which was signed into law on 22 July 2021, and commenced on 20 October, introduces further safeguards in the NHSS to further protect the viability and sustainability of family farms and businesses. It also includes an amendment in relation to applying the 3-year cap to the proceeds of sale of a house while a resident is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Feb 2023)
Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 568 and 573 together. I would like to again express my sympathy to all those who lost loved ones during the pandemic. Since the start of the pandemic, the national response has continuously evolved to take account of emerging evidence and learnings both nationally and internationally. Throughout, this has included a specific focus on older people, in...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (14 Feb 2023)
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: Home Care Packages (14 Feb 2023)
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: Home Care Packages (14 Feb 2023)
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 of the Elderly (14 Feb 2023)
Mary Butler: Ireland’s population is ageing rapidly, and for the most part, our older population clearly indicates their preference to age in place, in their own homes, for as long as possible. One of the Government's key priorities, as outlined in the Programme for Government, is to support older people to live in dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible....
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (14 Feb 2023)
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 of the Elderly (14 Feb 2023)
Mary Butler: The Government is committed to supporting healthy and positive ageing as well as to ensuring that older persons can continue to live independently in their homes and communities for as long as possible. At present, this objective is supported by the National Positive Ageing Strategy(2013), which, as a blueprint for whole of government policy making and service delivery in partnership with the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2023)
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: Health Services (14 Feb 2023)
Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 585 and 591 together. 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 (14 Feb 2023)
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.