Results 3,121-3,140 of 11,402 for speaker:Mary Butler
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 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 (18 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: Nursing Homes (30 Mar 2023)
Mary Butler: As this is a service 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 (30 Mar 2023)
Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 288 and 289 together. As the Deputy is aware, €750,000 has been provided in Budget 2023 to support counselling psychology training places. This funding demonstrates the Government’s commitment to strengthen access to psychology training. I am focussed on using the funding from Budget 2023 to support counselling psychology students in an...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (30 Mar 2023)
Mary Butler: As this is a service 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 Waiting Lists (30 Mar 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 Services Waiting Lists (30 Mar 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 (30 Mar 2023)
Mary Butler: The Nursing Home Support Scheme (NHSS), commonly referred to as 'Fair Deal', is a system of financial support for people who require long-term residential care. The primary legislation underpinning the NHSS is the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009. Participants in the NHSS contribute to the cost of their care according to their means while the State pays the balance of the cost. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Mar 2023)
Mary Butler: As the Deputy is aware, €750,000 has been provided in Budget 2023 to support counselling psychology training places. This funding demonstrates the Government’s commitment to strengthen access to psychology training. I am focussed on using the funding from Budget 2023 to support counselling psychology students in an equitable way that benefits all students in all years of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Mar 2023)
Mary Butler: As the Deputy is aware, €750,000 has been provided in Budget 2023 to support counselling psychology training places. This funding demonstrates the Government’s commitment to strengthen access to psychology training. I am focussed on using the funding from Budget 2023 to support counselling psychology students in an equitable way that benefits all students in all years of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (30 Mar 2023)
Mary Butler: The Department of Health takes the closures of nursing homes very seriously. The closure of nursing homes can put pressure on other local health and social care facilities. It is vital that the welfare of residents is ensured. There are several reasons for nursing home closures each year including retirement, non-compliance with HIQA regulations, financial viability and, in some cases,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (30 Mar 2023)
Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 344 and 345 together. 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 (30 Mar 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.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for her question. A decision to place any young person into an adult psychiatric unit is never taken lightly. We have four units in Ireland, namely, one in Merlin Park in Galway, two in Dublin and one in Cork, for the taking into care of children and young people under the age of 18. On 20 occasions last year a young person - in 90% of the cases the person involved was...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)
Mary Butler: Correct.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for her question. To date, we have managed to reopen 92% of the nursing homes that were open before the Covid-19 pandemic. During the Covid-19 pandemic, we took the opportunity to carry out a risk assessment of every premises to see whether it was suitable from the point of view of infection prevention and control measures and the basics, that is, simple things such as...
- Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)
Mary Butler: The confidence motion triggered by the Labour Party today essentially proposes a very simple choice for us as Members of this House. On the one hand, Deputies are being asked to vote in favour of collapsing the Dáil, provoking a general election and going into government with the Labour Party to set to work on delivering the 1 million homes promised by the party's leader over the...
- Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)
Mary Butler: This morning, I had to cancel my visit to St. Loman's psychiatric hospital, Mullingar, to be present here today-----
- Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)
Mary Butler: -----while the Opposition has a race to the bottom in populist politics.
- Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)
Mary Butler: Keep objecting.