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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: My budget does not run for only three months of the year. It runs from 1 January to 31 December and much of the spending happens throughout the year as we recruit. For example, last year we recruited 91 new people to mental health services. Some 10,362 people were working in mental health services in December 2021 and in December 2022 the number was 10,453. The budget runs for the whole...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: The whole purpose of the CAMHS hubs is to prevent people having to travel if they have this option. That is what we are trying to do, to give parents and children more options. With respect to the follow-up of the 140 cases the Deputy referred to that were classed as lost, the team in Limerick informed the Mental Health Commission that it had a significant staffing issue at that time. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. The mid-west CAMHS leadership team works in partnership with clinical directors for the national clinical programmes to develop new models of practice to meet the needs of children and families in the mid-west. The HSE has advised my Department that the mid-west community healthcare mental health service has one CAMHS centre in Ennis, which is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: I know the Deputy is asking this question on behalf of her party colleague but I do not agree the status is unclear. It is crystal clear. On 21 January 2023, the local HSE office received a final report from the team of CAMHS consultants who had carried out the audit. When concerns were raised by the audit team in respect of individual children, immediate contact was made with the families...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: I thank both Deputies for their questions. As I was going to say in response to Deputy Funchion, we are all very aware of the challenges we have in CAMHS throughout the country and of the fact waiting lists are going in only one direction, which the Minister and I are very unhappy about. We speak about it constantly. One thing Deputy Ward did not mention is that there were 33% more...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: If I can answer, 225,000 appointments were given to children in the care of CAMHS last year. Ninety-one people were added to mental health staffing between December 2021 and December 2022. It is not that we are not acting. To drive CAMHS reform, I am holding a series of roundtable discussions with key CAMHS stakeholders. The first meeting, to be held this afternoon, will involve the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: I was expecting the Deputy's colleague, Deputy Mark Ward, who is seated beside her, to take this question on behalf of Deputy Pa Daly. Following the publication of the Maskey report, in order to gain assurance about the quality of the CAMHS service being provided in north Kerry, the HSE confirmed a planned sample file audit of 50 files in north Kerry CAMHS would take place. This was a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: Recommendation 36 of Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for All outlines that appropriate supports should be provided for on an interim basis to service users transitioning from CAMHS to General Adult Mental Health Services and that the age of transition should be moved from 18 to 25. To this end, a Youth Mental Health Transitions Specialist Group has been established by the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: This Government remains committed to developing all aspects of mental health services nationally, including CAMHS. Over €1.2 billion has been provided this year for mental health, and dedicated funding for CAMHS is administered as part of the overall HSE Mental Health allocation each year. A central priority is to improve access to CAMHS and to reduce waiting times. CAMHS teams...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: Effective from 1 November 2022, the amount of rental income that nursing home residents can retain under the Fair Deal from renting their principle private residence increased from 20% to 60%. Prior to the November 2022 changes being implemented, participants in the Fair Deal scheme were able to rent out their homes or other assets, but rental income was subject to assessment at 80% like...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: I would like to advise the Deputy that HSE Community Healthcare West are committed to a new 40-bed build community nursing unit (CNU) in Clifden. The HSE are committed to providing services to older people that meet the demand for services in the short and longer term for the people in Galway. The new 40-bed CNU build will amalgamate the residential services currently provided in Clifden...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (20 Apr 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 Help Service (20 Apr 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 Help Service (20 Apr 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: Health Services Staff (20 Apr 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 (20 Apr 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 (20 Apr 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 (20 Apr 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: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: The Government has provided extensive support to the Nursing Home Sector since the start of the pandemic. The Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme (TAPS) was established in April 2020 as a temporary, administrative measure to respond to the challenges being faced by the nursing home sector at the start of the pandemic. Almost €149 million has been claimed by private nursing homes under...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: This Government remains committed to developing all aspects of mental health services nationally, including CAMHS, under the HSE Service Plan 2023. Over €1.2 billion has been provided this year for mental health, and dedicated funding for CAMHS is administered as part of the overall HSE Mental Health allocation each year. The 35 recommendations arising from the Maskey report...