Results 1,281-1,300 of 15,389 for speaker:Helen McEntee

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Awareness (31 Jan 2017)

Helen McEntee: Education is key to improving the mental health, resilience and emotional well-being of our young people. Last year saw the launch of the first Action Plan for Education by the Department of Education. This included a section on Mental Health and Wellbeing. The aims in this section were set to roll out a national programme to support the implementation of Wellbeing Guidelines to all primary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (31 Jan 2017)

Helen McEntee: As Minister for Mental Health and Older People my priority is to ensue that our older people get the best care possible. Government policy is to promote care in the community for older people so that they can continue to live in their own homes for as long as possible and long-term nursing care should be a last resort after home support and other community based supports have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 Jan 2017)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (31 Jan 2017)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Eligibility (31 Jan 2017)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (31 Jan 2017)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (31 Jan 2017)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (31 Jan 2017)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 Jan 2017)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 Jan 2017)

Helen McEntee: Since 2012, the Government has added around €115 million to the HSE Mental Health Budget; an increase of around 16% up to end 2016. The Programme for Partnership Government gives a clear commitment to increasing our mental health budget annually, as resources allow, to expand existing services. In 2014 and 2015 funding was directed to reconfiguration of general adult teams, including...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (31 Jan 2017)

Helen McEntee: In 2016, funding of €5 million was allocated to develop mental health services in primary care. As part of this initiative, the HSE submitted a Business Case for the introduction of around 114 Assistant Psychologist posts on a two-year pilot basis across the primary care psychology services. The role of the Assistant Psychologist will be to support services and enhance the service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Helen McEntee: Improving access to mental health services is a key priority for me as Minister. Significant work is underway to improve access to services outside of normal working hours. The HSE is responsible for secondary care mental health services in Ireland. These are specifically for people with moderate to severe mental health problems / illnesses such as more serious depression, bipolar illness,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (31 Jan 2017)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hare Coursing (31 Jan 2017)

Helen McEntee: Neither the Minister for Health, nor the HSE, endorses Hare coursing. I understand that the Deputy's question relates to a recent media query received by the HSE in relation to a mental health facility in the west of Ireland, and that the HSE has refuted the claims made. While the centre in question does not, and has never run hare coursing activity for its service users the Executive...

Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (1 Feb 2017)

Helen McEntee: The HSE has recently offered the property and farmland at St. Senan's Hospital in Enniscorthy for sale in two lots. Lot 1 comprises the vacant building which is about 130,000 sq. ft., or 12,077 sq. m., in size and circa 45 acres. Lot 1 will be sold by private treaty. Lot 2 comprises about 44 acres of land and will be auctioned unless previously sold. Given its unusual size, previous use...

Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (1 Feb 2017)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy outlined, recommendations were made under A Vision for Change to close St. Senan's. Following that, huge investment was made in the county of approximately €11.5 million which has resulted in a 50-bed mental health community nursing home on the grounds of Wexford General Hospital, a 13-place high support mental health hostel in Melview House, Enniscorthy and a ten-bed...

Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (1 Feb 2017)

Helen McEntee: We need to keep our options open here. Lot 1 will be sold by private treaty and the property will be auctioned off. We still do not know what the outcome of that will be. We are talking about providing services across the board, not just in County Wexford, on a 24-7 basis. The HSE is developing a plan as to what a 24-7 service would look like. We know that out of the 17 mental health...

Priority Questions: Home Care Packages Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Helen McEntee: It is Government policy that long-term nursing home care should be a last resort and we want to develop home care services to provide a more viable alternative to nursing home care for a greater number of people. Traditionally, home care was viewed as providing a lower level of support than residential care and not as an alternative to it. Increasingly, however, it is considered possible to...

Priority Questions: Home Care Packages Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Helen McEntee: As we develop a new scheme, it is important to continue to invest and see our funding increase and the Government has committed to continue its investment. This year, we will see €30 million of the €40 million announced for the winter initiative go into our home care packages, with an additional €10 million on top of that. The nursing home support scheme, which took...

Priority Questions: Home Care Packages Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Helen McEntee: As Minister of State with responsibility for older people, I stress that my priority and the priority of the Government is to ensure that older people can remain with the people that they love and in their homes and communities for as long as possible. The difficulty we currently face is that there is no statutory scheme. There is no framework for the provision of home help. While it has...