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- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his question. It is very valid. He is quite right in saying waiting lists have doubled in the past three years. We have had 33% more referrals and the teams managed to allocate 225,000 appointments last year. I have held a series of round-table discussions in the past month or so, the first of which was with representatives of the HSE, the Department and the College...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)
Mary Butler: I know that. I will ask some of my colleagues to answer some of the questions because some of them are of a clinical nature. Over the past 18 months child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, have been in a spotlight. As the committee will know, we have both a review and an audit under way looking at all 74 CAMHS teams the length and breadth of the country. Between 2021 and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)
Mary Butler: I thank Senator Flynn. I do not accept there is discrimination against children with autism from any CAMHS team. We have to remember that we have 1 million children in Ireland under the age of 18 and only 2% of children will need the support of CAMHS. CAMHS is specifically for young children and adolescents who have a moderate to severe diagnosis of mental health challenges. Mental health...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)
Mary Butler: I will hand over to my colleague, Dr. Niazi, the HSE national clinical adviser and group lead for mental health. Before I do, though, I wish to revert to one point. It is the multidisciplinary team that will determine whether a child reaches the threshold to be accepted for CAMHS support. Some parents approach me to say that they believe their children should be in the care of CAMHS but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)
Mary Butler: CAMHS is not suitable for children who need interventions due to learning difficulties, social issues, behavioural challenges or mild-to-moderate mental health problems. CAMHS is more for children with severe mental health difficulties. The Senator is right, in that they can also have diagnoses of autism. There are children accepted into CAMHS who have severe mental health difficulties as...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)
Mary Butler: -----to see what we can do better. At our last meeting, primary care services, disability services, the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, and CAMHS were all in the same room to discuss how to break down barriers. Parents in my constituency tell me that, although their children are in primary care, they feel they should be in CAMHS or getting other primary care psychology...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)
Mary Butler: It can be sent through me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)
Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú, who I acknowledge to be passionate about this area. In respect of primary care psychology, we have run a waiting list initiative for the past three years to get anyone waiting longer than 52 weeks off that list and seen. However, the referrals into primary care psychology from 2020 to 2022 saw an increase of 48%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)
Mary Butler: I welcome the engagement that Mr. Higgins and his team will have tomorrow on retention per se. We will soon need to have an unpopular conversation about whether we should retain graduates for "X" number of years.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (18 May 2023)
Mary Butler: As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (18 May 2023)
Mary Butler: The COVID-19 Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme (TAPS) was established in April 2020 in response to a public health emergency to provide support to private and voluntary nursing homes to mitigate and respond to the impacts of COVID-19. The core concept of the scheme when it was established was that the State would provide additional funding to those nursing homes that require it to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (18 May 2023)
Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 432, 433, 434, 435, 436 and 447 together. Fair Deal was designed to protect and support vulnerable older people, to ensure equal access to nursing home care based on what they could afford. This gives certainty to people and families. Government funding for Fair Deal is to support vulnerable older people at a time in their lives where full time care is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (18 May 2023)
Mary Butler: As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (18 May 2023)
Mary Butler: As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (18 May 2023)
Mary Butler: Neither the Department nor NTPF has any direct role in setting pay in private sector nursing homes. The NTPF has been designated by the Minister for Health pursuant to Section 40 and Section 41 of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 as a body authorised to negotiate with proprietors of non-HSE registered nursing homes to reach agreement in relation to the maximum price(s) that can be...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (18 May 2023)
Mary Butler: As these are operational matters, 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 (18 May 2023)
Mary Butler: As these are operational matters, 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 (18 May 2023)
Mary Butler: As these are operational matters, 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 (18 May 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 (18 May 2023)
Mary Butler: As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.