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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (13 Jun 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: Eating Disorders (13 Jun 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: Mental Health Services (13 Jun 2023)
Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1219, 1292 and 1294 together. The Mental Health Commission (MHC) is an independent statutory body, established under the Mental Health Act 2001. The Commission’s principal functions are to promote, encourage, and foster the establishment and maintenance of high standards and good practices in the delivery of mental health services and to take all...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (13 Jun 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: Prison Service (13 Jun 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: Nursing Homes (13 Jun 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: Residential Institutions (13 Jun 2023)
Mary Butler: I am really sorry to hear that Beaumont Residential Care has decided to withdraw from the Fair Deal scheme and I understand the level of stress and worry this must have caused residents and their families. This is a commercial decision that has been made by the nursing home provider to withdraw from the Fair Deal scheme. The only mechanism for funding from the public purse for nursing home...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (13 Jun 2023)
Mary Butler: The Health Information and Quality Authority's older people's services inspection team is legally responsible for the monitoring, inspection and registration of designated centres for older people, such as nursing homes, in Ireland. Details in relation to the number of nursing homes and beds registered beds between 2019 and 8 June 2023 and the number of homes that have opened and closed...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Housing Policy (13 Jun 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. The Department of Health’s strategic policy goal is to deliver a new model of integrated, older persons health and social care services, across the care continuum, supporting older people to remain...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (13 Jun 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: Mental Health Policy (13 Jun 2023)
Mary Butler: The HSE has previously advised my Department that more than €80m a year is provided to Section 38 and Section 39 agencies to provide mental health services on behalf of the HSE. Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with agencies are negotiated each year by the HSE. All such funding is provided for specific purposes which are agreed annually. The process of negotiating and agreeing SLAs...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (13 Jun 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: Mental Health Services (13 Jun 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: Care Services (13 Jun 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: Mental Health Commission (13 Jun 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: Mental Health Commission (13 Jun 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: Meals-on-Wheels Services (13 Jun 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: Departmental Schemes (13 Jun 2023)
Mary Butler: It is essential that all future plans for the nursing home sector continue to prioritise the best interests of residents while seeking value for money for the Exchequer. The Government is committed to seeing greater public sector involvement in the residential care of older people in Ireland and to move over time towards a needs-based model of funding and pricing for the nursing home sector....
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (13 Jun 2023)
Mary Butler: 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 essential. This is a very difficult decision for people and their families and it...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (1 Jun 2023)
Mary Butler: Targets rose from 18.67 million hours in 2020 to 22 million hours in 2023, while the delivery of hours rose from 17.55 million in 2020 to 20.78 million in 2022. As of 31 March 2023, 5.2 million hours had been provided in the year to date, and this was an increase-----