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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: I will take on board the Deputy's point about the wording. The Deputy also asked about Bantry General Hospital. I will come back to her with more specifics on the staffing levels at the hospital. I presume it is on the mental health side, rather than the general hospital?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: The Deputy also inquired about the availability of a dietician and what consultations patients can access. I will come back to her directly with more specifics on those points. I regret that the Deputy has not been able to get that information. I will ensure it is delivered to her in a timely fashion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: Deputy Murphy O'Mahony also referred to Lisheens House in Skibbereen. I am very familiar with Lisheens House and I am aware that the Deputy had raised the matter in the Dáil yesterday. I had just left the Dáil and I was not aware that the Deputy was about to raise the matter. I thought that Questions on Promised Legislation had concluded. Last Friday, I met with the people of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: After meeting me on Friday last, the people at Lisheens House are well aware of what it is necessary for them to do. They began an engagement with the mental health side, which they did not see through. They then went over to the primary care side to seek funding in respect of counselling. Again, there was an issue regarding the amount and availability of information they were supplying to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: Lisheens House has to comply with the same governance procedures with which 1,050 other organisations have complied.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: The people at Lisheens House are well aware of the position. I had a meeting with them on Friday and I made the position quite clear. They are under no illusions about what they need to do. The Deputy referred to the length of time and the delay involved. She also spoke about this matter in the Dáil yesterday. The period in question involved waiting for information to be returned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: They have to conduct a clinical evaluation of their services and provide this to the HSE.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: We need to focus on the number of full-time salaries being paid, which is 116,000, up from 103,000. Obviously, lifestyle is an issue and some staff choose to work half-time or part-time such that it takes two or three people to fill a whole-time equivalent post. That is the difference we are trying to highlight. We must keep control of the narrative: the figure has not increased from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: That is a separate debate. However, there is no difference in cost between 116,000 people delivering the service provided by 116,000 whole-time equivalents, which is the number of full weekly salaries, and 135,000 people doing so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: I will ask the director to comment on the agency side of things.

Written Answers — Department of Health: First Aid Training (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: 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 Provision (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: 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 Support Scheme Review (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: The proposed policy change to the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS), to cap contributions from farm assets at 3 years where a family successor commits to working the productive asset, has been approved by Government. My Department is working on the development of draft Heads of Bill while considering a number of complex ancillary policy and operational matters which may need to be addressed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: The need for additional beds and the potential to develop a replacement facility to the existing community nursing unit in Lifford will be reviewed further post 2021, when new Census data is available and the Health Service Capacity Review and the National Development Plan have been advanced. The existing unit at Lifford will continue to operate in intervening period. As I advised the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: 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: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: 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: Psychological Assessments (14 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: We hope to publish the heads of the Bill before year end. On the Deputy's point that it will not help farmers, I argue it will if it is capped at 22.5%. The present situation is up to 100% of the farm can be taken under the fair deal scheme. This would apply a cap at 22.5% so it would be far superior to the current arrangement. The review is still continuing. I hope by year end to have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data (13 Nov 2018)

Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.