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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Service Executive (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: I want to thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. I want to thank him for the work he did to advocate for that family. As the Deputy said, his parents wanted to bring their little man home. If the Deputy had not raised the issue here, that might not have happened. That little man is at home tonight with the comfort of his parents and his two brothers, I am thankful that it is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Departments (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputies Nash, Guirke, O'Rourke and O'Dowd for raising the matter of the ambulance bypass protocols at Navan hospital's emergency department and for providing me with the opportunity to update the House on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Donnelly. There are a number of ambulance bypass protocols in place throughout the country at this time and they are important to ensure patients...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: A once-off fund of €100m for 2022 has been allocated from Budget 2023 to support community-based health and social care service providers for cost increases. This funding includes the €10m Temporary Inflation Payment Scheme for private nursing homes and a larger fund for voluntary community-based providers, which is being made available in recognition of the challenges being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Consultations (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: The Government is committed to supporting healthy and positive ageing throughout the life course as well as to ensuring that older persons can continue to live independently in their homes and communities for as long as possible. At present, this objective is supported by the National Positive Ageing Strategy (2013), which provides a blueprint for whole of government policy making and service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for submitting this question. We require further information to progress this question further.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (6 Dec 2022)

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 (6 Dec 2022)

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: Hospital Services (6 Dec 2022)

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 (6 Dec 2022)

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 (6 Dec 2022)

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: Care Services (6 Dec 2022)

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: Mental Health Services (6 Dec 2022)

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: Care Services (6 Dec 2022)

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: Care Services (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: The Health Act 2007 established the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) and the Office of the Chief Inspector of Social Services. In doing so, it also provides for a scheme of registration and inspection of residential services for older persons (nursing homes), persons with disabilities and children in need of care and protection. HIQA's functions include the setting of standards...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 667 and 668 together. The Department of Health, including my Office and that of Minister Donnelly, regularly receives from many sources extensive correspondence in relation to mental health and suicide, including the issues raised in this case. In this context, it would simply not be practical to furnish the detailed information sought by the Deputy. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Dec 2022)

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 (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: As this is a request for information on the volume of services provided by the Health Information and Quality Authority, I have asked HIQA to collate the details sought by the Deputy and I will forward them to him as soon as they are available.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 688 and 693 together. I recognise how difficult it has been for the families of nursing home residents during this pandemic, which has presented one of the greatest and most wide-ranging public health challenges internationally in recent history. Throughout the pandemic, as part of the overall national response to COVID-19, there has been a specific and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (6 Dec 2022)

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: Nursing Homes (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: Proceedings were concluded between HIQA and two nursing home providers during the period set out by the Deputy.  One was an application seeking a judicial review of the regulatory judgements of the Chief Inspector contained in a report, the second was an application seeking leave to challenge certain decisions of the Chief Inspector contained in an inspection report.  A stay on the...