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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I do not have any further information other than sections 38 and 39 and the national lottery funding. Both application forms are available on the website. There is no reason that a local organisation or a local branch of an organisation such as SOSAD could not apply for section 38 or section 39 funding. I saw recently that 1,027 organisations in the State that specifically help with mental...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pharmacy Regulations (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: As the Acting Chairman, Deputy Durkan, will know, neither the Minister nor I would have a role in such affairs. It would be a matter for the Chairman and members of the Joint Committee on Health. The Members opposite would be quite free to make the request to the Chairman and members of the committee. It is not in my gift or that of the Minister to decide who appears before any Oireachtas...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I acknowledge that the Deputy and his party always co-operate and take a positive approach to mental health issues. I have never found Members of the Deputy's party to be partisan or politically opportunistic in any shape or form regarding mental health. I include his party leader, Deputy McDonald, and Deputy Buckley in that. They have always been very constructive and co-operative. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pharmacy Regulations (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I thank the Deputies for raising this issue. The Pharmacy Act 2007 established the PSI. The functions of the PSI are set out in the Act and are carried out on its behalf by the council of the PSI. The council comprises 21 members who are lay members and pharmacists. Section 30 of the 2007 Act provides for an exception to the general provision in the Act which requires the sale and supply...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pharmacy Regulations (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I thank the Deputies again for the points they have so well made. As I have said, the role of the Minister for Health in this process, as set out in the Pharmacy Act 2007, is limited to the consideration of any rules that are submitted for his consent. The Minister must consider any rules that are presented to him from a fair and impartial perspective and without prejudice or prejudgment....

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I thank Members for their comments on this legislation and the children's hospital programme. I assure Members that all of their comments have been recorded and noted, and the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, will respond on Committee Stage to the concerns raised, and at later Stages. The transition of the existing paediatric services to a single entity is a complex matter, involving...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Dementia Strategy (27 Sep 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: National Dementia Strategy (27 Sep 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: National Dementia Strategy (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: As a response to the challenges facing people with dementia and their families and carers, the National Dementia Strategy was launched in December 2014. The Strategy contains 35 priority and additional actions and its implementation is being led by the National Dementia Office in the HSE. The office has made substantial progress towards developing evidence-based care pathways for people with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Dementia Strategy (27 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: In order to meet the challenges faced by people with dementia, the Irish National Dementia Strategy was launched in December 2014. The Strategy aims to improve dementia care to allow people with dementia to live well for as long as possible and to deliver improved services and supports. The Strategy contains 35 priority and additional actions and its implementation is being led by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Sep 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: Disability Services Data (27 Sep 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: Hospital Beds Data (27 Sep 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.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: There is nothing simple about this. Deputy O'Reilly keeps using the word "simple" in that she wants simple answers to simple questions but this is a very complex, difficult area of surgery. The Deputy can nod her head all she likes but we sometimes have to listen. Nobody in this room has a monopoly on understanding or compassion for what is involved for these patients. I am a practising...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: -----neither the Minister, Deputy Harris, nor I have ever carried out one of these procedures and never could do so because it is a clinical matter and there are clinical decisions and considerations. The Deputy can shout me down all she likes but it would be in her interest and in everyone's interest to listen to me as well. She can nod and if she wishes to play politics with this she can...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: We can throw money at it and we are doing that but there are other challenges in the system. As a matter of absolute fact, and I am not manipulating waiting lists, this year there will be 447 procedures carried out by the children's hospital group. Two years ago 224 procedures were carried out by them so that is a 100% improvement rate in two years in the amount of procedures carried out...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I thank the Deputies for the opportunity to address the House on this issue. The Minster for Health and I are sorry that any child and his or her family experience a long waiting time for treatment for scoliosis. Improving access for these patients is a key priority for this Government and specific plans have been developed and funded in 2017 and 2018. However, I fully accept there is room...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (26 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I thank the Deputy for raising the important issue of the challenges arising in University Hospital Limerick and, on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Harris, I welcome the opportunity to address the House on this issue. The emergency department in University Hospital Limerick, UHL, is one of the busiest in the country, with approximately 67,000 attendances annually. Demand for emergency...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (26 Sep 2018)

Jim Daly: I will relay the Deputy's concerns to the Minister, Deputy Harris. To address the issue of the Minister not being present, it is a very fine balance. I appreciate the Deputy's frustration and I am not saying this to be argumentative but to illustrate the challenges the Minister faces daily in getting the balance right between trying to deal with the issues and engaging with the...