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- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: International Relations (18 May 2023)
Mary Butler: I am taking this Commencement matter on behalf of the Minister for Health. I appreciate the spirit in which the question has been presented. Ireland has been significantly deepening its collaboration with World Health Organization across all levels, including with the WHO Regional Office for Europe. This closer engagement has been driven in part by the Covid-19 pandemic and associated...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: International Relations (18 May 2023)
Mary Butler: The scale of the Covid-19 response and recovery requires us to utilise all the tools and knowledge that we can mobilise to ensure we have the best defences in place should we be faced with a future global health emergency. We are all aware of the importance of global co-operation in the field of public health. Much of this is technical in nature and involves a wide variety of stakeholders....
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (18 May 2023)
Mary Butler: I thank the Senator for raising this Commencement matter, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Finance. As the Senator will be aware, the programme for Government, Our Shared Future, contains a number of specific commitments relating to income tax, specifically that: from Budget 2022 onwards, in the event that incomes are again rising as the economy recovers, credits and bands...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (18 May 2023)
Mary Butler: I again thank the Senator Byrne raising this issue. The Government is committed to supporting and encouraging workers and to reducing their income tax burden. As I outlined, significant progress has been made in recent budgets to deliver on the programme for Government income tax commitments. The summer economic statement, which will be published in coming weeks, will set out a budgetary...
- 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 May 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: Health Service Executive (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: Departmental Data (18 May 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.
- Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)
Mary Butler: Hear, hear.
- Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)
Mary Butler: I just want to let the Deputy know that her amendment is accepted by the Government.