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Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (21 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: No.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: There are a lot of questions there so I am going to ask for a written response to the Deputy. On the first issue the Deputy raised regarding the 80-year-old lady waiting an hour and 20 minutes, that is not good enough. Nobody could say that it was good enough because it certainly is not. I can only imagine the trauma which that poor person experienced, especially when she had broken bones....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: On the situation regarding Neart Le Chéile, I am not familiar with it. If the Deputy could copy me into the correspondence, I will speak to the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, as drugs strategy comes under her remit. We will see if we can get a response for the Deputy.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. Every day in Ireland, there are 30 new cases of dementia. There were 30 yesterday, there will be 30 today and there will be 30 tomorrow. We are seeing 4,000 people aged under 65 living with early-onset dementia. What we want to do is support people with dementia in being able to age in their own homes, which can be very difficult. For every...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: It is true.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: Actions, not words.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: He is not.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his question. I cannot speak to the individual case he mentioned, but if he passes the details to me, we can examine them.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: As I stand here today, 54,000 people are receiving home care. Last year, 75,000 people in total received home care. It supported them to be able to live well at home, which is important. I take on board the Deputy’s point about the public health nurse and the medical card. People not having medical cards is an issue that we encounter at times. Working with the medical card...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disease Management (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: The Deputy has summed it up there. When one has a child living in pain every day, it is very difficult for parents. As stated, the care needs of people affected by EB are currently being treated on the basis of a two-centre approach delivered through Children's Health Ireland and St. James's Hospital. I take on board what the Deputy said in that the outreach nurse is available for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: I certainly will go back to the Minister and relay to him the concerns raised by Deputy Dillon. Departmental officials are considering all available opportunities to improve on the pace of delivery of capital health projects. This process is currently underway and includes consideration of the use of modern methods of construction to deliver rapid build. In March this year changes to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disease Management (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Tully for raising this really important issue. All of us in the House fully appreciate how devastating a diagnosis of a rare disease can be for patients, their families and carers. There is cross-party support for doing everything we possibly can to help patients who live with this awful condition on a daily basis. As Deputy Tully said, EB is a rare, life-long genetic...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his question. The annual capital plan sets out the planned health infrastructure investment within a given year throughout the country. Capital investment has a critical role to play in enabling and enhancing service provision and in driving the reforms set out in Sláintecare. A number of projects for MUH are included in the 2023 capital plan. Funding has been...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for the question. We all know the importance of having GPs, especially in rural practice; we understand that. The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, spoke this morning about the plans they have put in place. For every two GPs who retire now, between three and six are entering into training. It will take a couple of years for that to work through. The Deputy may wish to send me...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his question. The Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, was in here this morning with me at 9 a.m. answering questions on health for 90 minutes. Deputy Wynne put the question of University Hospital Limerick and the issues there to him. There is an acceptance and acknowledgement that there are a lot of issues with capacity but work on the new €90 million project,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for her question. I heard the report myself on "Morning Ireland". I will have to revert to the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, and the Department to get a written response for her.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes (9 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: On foot of a conversation we had in the House last year about an audit, I requested one. In 2022, the HSE carried out an audit on publicly-funded bed capacity across all nine community healthcare organisations, CHOs. We have 128 HSE public residential care centres for older people, many of which are classed as community hospitals. Subsequently, the HSE completed an in-depth bed...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes (9 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: I, as a Minister of State, have been on the record, working with the Minister for Health, saying that I do not want to see any more public capacity close at any level. Upcoming projects in Galway include a new 60-bed unit in Merlin Park, an increase in capacity on the 25 already there, and a 40-bed unit in St. Anne's in Clifden. It was announced previously but progress is being made. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes (9 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: I have been deeply distressed and worried and have intervened and worked with HIQA, the Department and the HSE on Aperee nursing homes. Some 15 companies own 10,700 beds in the private sector. That is the reality of the situation with which we are dealing. On 6 September, I think, HIQA published 50 reports; 17 were compliant and 33 had non-compliance. I read each and every one. Six...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: We have bucked the trend in recruitment when it comes to mental health services. In 2021, a total of 659 people were working in CAMHS, whereas at the moment, there are 820. It is an area in which we have done well to recruit where posts have been available. By the end of next year, 900 whole-time equivalents will be working across the 75 CAMHS teams. Notwithstanding that, there are...