Results 4,601-4,620 of 11,470 for speaker:Mary Butler
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Jun 2022)
Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1783 and 1784 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: Health Services (14 Jun 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 Staff (14 Jun 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 (14 Jun 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 (14 Jun 2022)
Mary Butler: I am aware of the specific challenges faced by the Nursing Home sector related to price inflation and increased energy costs. I have met directly with Nursing Homes Ireland, the representative organisation for private and voluntary nursing homes, to discuss this issue, and have written to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to request that they consider the matter alongside...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (14 Jun 2022)
Mary Butler: I am acutely aware of the strategic workforce challenges that exist in the home-support and nursing homes sectors in Ireland and I have established a cross-departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group to examine these. Ensuring the adequate supply of appropriately skilled home-support workers and healthcare assistants is a key objective of this initiative. The structure and membership...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Jun 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 Staff (14 Jun 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 (14 Jun 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 (14 Jun 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: Eating Disorders (14 Jun 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 (14 Jun 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: Departmental Reports (14 Jun 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 Staff (14 Jun 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.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jun 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Donnelly for raising this issue. He is quite right. There was a protest outside Leinster House on Tuesday. There is an action plan, which will be published very shortly. The action plan will not relate only to mental health. It has to relate to educational prospects, to prospects for apprenticeships and to education and social protection. All of those key factors...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jun 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy very much for raising this important issue. As he knows, since I became the Minister of State responsible for mental health, we have had a new vision – Sharing the Vision – and a strategy. We have a national implementation monitoring committee to ensure the vision is realised. As part of this, I have tasked a subcommittee in CAMHS to investigate exactly...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (2 Jun 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.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for her very important question. I am in a unique situation in that I have a budget that can fund every home care package in the country. My budget for the delivery of home care across the country is €672 million. Every day, 55,000 people receive home care. The problem is that we currently have approximately 5,300 people awaiting home care. The packages are...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)
Mary Butler: I also was not in a position to attend as I was in the Seanad taking Commencement Matters at noon yesterday. I expect to publish the Traveller health action plan before the summer recess. It does not just relate to mental health; it also covers a suite of measures for Travellers relating to social protection, housing, access to education and access to apprenticeships. Considerable work has...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (1 Jun 2022)
Mary Butler: As the Deputy said, Erkina House is a high-support residence that provides a rehabilitation and recovery service for people with mental health difficulties. There are currently 12 residents in the house, which is situated in the village of Rathdowney, County Laois, in the Deputy's constituency. The first I heard of this matter was when Deputy Stanley, the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming,...