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Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Data (26 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Data (26 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: The local enterprise office, LEO, supports the creation of many jobs in County Meath. The 2024 annual employment survey of LEO clients once again shows positive job creation across most LEOs. In 2024, the local enterprise office in County Meath provided grant assistance to 259 small businesses, thereby helping them to support 1,455 jobs and to create 255 new jobs. The plan the Deputy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: It was already done.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: Yes.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Services (25 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy. We have had the change from the nine community healthcare organisations, CHOs, to six individual health regions. Each of the six health regions and each national service has been provided with a specified number of whole-time equivalent staff members that they can hire. They can replace, recruit and prioritise staff within the approved numbers they have. By the end of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Services (25 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: I congratulate Deputies Sheehan and Quaide on their recent election to the Dáil and I thank them for their interest in all health matters. The Minister for Health has asked me to thank Deputy Sheehan for raising this important matter and for the opportunity to update the Dáil on it. Primary care therapy services, such as speech and language therapy, play a central role in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (25 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: The new CAMHS eating disorder team will transform the experiences of adolescents with eating disorders in the mid-west, giving them earlier and enhanced supports and reducing the need for hospital admissions. As I said, there are currently 20 dedicated eating disorder beds across the four CAMHS inpatient units. The Deputy is right to say there are only three adult beds in St. Vincent's...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (25 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and from the outset I congratulate him on his recent election to Leas-Cheann Comhairle. It is great to see him in the Chair. I thank the Deputy for her forbearance. Last Thursday I was not in a position to take the question. I thank her for agreeing to have the debate tonight. I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter in the House this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: The Government remains firmly committed to enhancing specialist mental health services, including those relating to eating disorders. It is factually incorrect to say that nothing has happened. When I came into this role in 2020, we had three eating disorder teams - one in place. By the end of this year, 14 of the 16 eating disorder teams will be in place across the country-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: That is by the end of the year. Would the Deputy like me to answer or does she want to heckle me?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: We have 14 teams funded. It takes a year and a half to set up a team. They are multidisciplinary teams. We have 100 clinicians and ten consultant psychiatrists working on eating disorder teams across the country. The Deputy is right in that we have not made progress in relation to the bed capacity, but 90% of those with an eating disorder are treated in the community. That is what we...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: I move:Tuesday's business shall be Statements on Disability (not to exceed 2 hrs 25 mins). Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Driving Test Waiting Times, selected by Sinn Féin. Wednesday's business shall be:- Statements on the Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine (not to exceed 2 hrs 25 mins) - Statements on the Future of Healthcare for...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (25 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106, 169 and 177 together. The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 18 February 2025, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 50 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including legislation around updating employment and equality acts,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: I recognise the important contribution SOSAD make to counselling service in north-east Leinster. SOSAD’s financial situation was brought to my attention last Autumn, and I arranged to meet them along with my officials from the Department of Health in November 2024. Funding to organisations such as SOSAD is arranged through the section 39 process via local HSE Mental Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 861 to 866, inclusive, together. 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: Mental Health Services (25 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: As this is an operational matter we have forwarded your query to the HSE for response.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Feb 2025)

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: Home Help Service (25 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: As this is an operational matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (25 Feb 2025)

Mary Butler: As this is an operational 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 Feb 2025)

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.