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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 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.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his contribution and for his proposed amendment. I remember being here this time last year and having the exact same debate. I must, however, reject the amendment and I will outline the reasons for this rejection. Section 7F of the Health Insurance Acts provides that if a beneficiary of the risk equalisation scheme makes more than a reasonable profit, the excess...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for the question. The Department of Health acknowledges that there are variations in the cost of care across community hospitals and private nursing homes, with public community units generally having a higher cost of care. The HSE will always step in where a resident's needs are sufficiently complex that they are not able to be cared for anywhere else in the community....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising the importance of Circle of Friends Cancer Support Centre. We are all familiar with similar organisations in our constituencies. Waterford city has Solas Cancer Support Centre. It is such an important place. I know how important cancer support centres are. They are key in providing psycho-oncology and psychosocial support, and it is important that the...

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

Mary Butler: The Deputy is absolutely right that time is of the essence. If a woman is eight or nine weeks pregnant and is extremely sick, the last thing she wants to do is to get up and try to make a consultant appointment. Cariban, which is regarded as a beneficial treatment for hyperemesis, does not have a marketing authorisation from the European Medicines Agency or the Health Products Regulatory...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this most important issue of the section 39 funding requirements of the Circle of Friends Cancer Support Centre. I also thank and acknowledge the staff and volunteers for the valuable work they do at the centre. The need to address survivorship care for those living with and beyond cancer is now recognised internationally, and groups such as the Circle of...

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.