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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Research (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this. As he said, if it saves one life, it will be important. I reiterate how important it is that people are invited to screening appointment, they take it up. Some 13,000 people in Ireland a year are diagnosed with skin cancer. I was one of those people this year. Thankfully, even though I had a malignant tumour, I was lucky that I got the all clear...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Health. The Minister and myself appreciate that hyperemesis gravidarum, or severe nausea, is a debilitating condition for women. The Minister is anxious that our health service should support women with this condition in every way possible. Improving women's health outcomes is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: Sorry, to get it reimbursed. However, I assume their doctor can prescribe it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: Okay. The answer does not really deal with the question the Deputy is asking and, therefore, I will raise this with the Minister and his officials to see if anything can be done. Perhaps the Deputy can clarify, in his response, if a patient must go to a consultant and pay for that appointment in order to get the prescription to claim the cost back.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Care of the Elderly (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: The Deputy is quite right in what she said. We all know the benefits of day care centres. It is one of my priorities to get them open as safely and as securely as possible. One of the areas where we have seen challenges is in day care centres that were adjacent to or part of amenity nursing units, which were our old style community hospitals. Any place in which there was a day care...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Research (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue and it is great to get the opportunity to discuss it. The Minister and myself are committed to supporting our national population-based screening programmes. As we all know, screening saves lives and it is important that decisions on changes to our existing screening programmes, such as changes to the age range eligible for screening, are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Care of the Elderly (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and I welcome the opportunity to discuss day care centres because they are such an important provision for older people. There are three key points in supporting older people to live well in their own homes: home care, day care centres and meals on wheels. When the three are working in collaboration with each other, it makes an important difference...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 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 (7 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 Appointments Status (7 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 (7 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 (7 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 (7 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: Hospital Staff (7 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: Hospital Closures (7 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 (7 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 (7 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 (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for her question. Having engaged in writing with the HSE, I was informed that day-care services commenced operating from the Loughrea Spa Hotel on Monday 26 September in accordance with the commitments given by the HSE that the service would be operational by end September 2022. The service is currently operating Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and has capacity for 24...

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

Mary Butler: Palliative care is a core component of healthcare provision in Ireland. We have to make sure it is available to every child and adult when they need it, whether it is at home or in hospital. We do not think often enough about it until we hear the story of a young child whose parents were heartbroken because they did not have the opportunity to bring their little man home. The Deputy said...

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

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputies for their contributions on this matter. I know how important it is. I also know that the Minister shares a concern to ensure that patients in Navan, County Meath in general, the north east and any other part of the country can access urgent services when they need them. As I mentioned earlier, there is currently an ambulance bypass protocol in place for Our Lady's...