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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 May 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: Mental Health Services (31 May 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: Mental Health Services (31 May 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: Mental Health Services (31 May 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: Mental Health Services (31 May 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 (31 May 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: Departmental Programmes (31 May 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: Departmental Programmes (31 May 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: Health Services (31 May 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: Health Services (31 May 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: Health Services (31 May 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: Health Services Staff (31 May 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 Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (26 May 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this question. I offer my apologies on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, who is not able to be here. We hear stories such as Frankie's all the time, and the Minister is acutely aware of the current situation. The new standard operating procedure for assessments of need was implemented for all new applications for assessments of need from 15...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (26 May 2022)

Mary Butler: I wish to point out an important point. The assessments are being done. There have been 10,000 assessments done over the past two years. Obviously, the court ruling has challenged that. There were 1,719 assessments done in the first quarter of the year. My understanding is the assessments are being done and that children are being referred on to different multidisciplinary teams and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (26 May 2022)

Mary Butler: It is acknowledged there are serious challenges in the filling of therapy posts due to the availability of new opportunities across the health and social care sector. As I have said, 475 posts have been developed since 2019. I reiterate that assessment of need reports will no longer be issued on the basis of a preliminary team assessment, and the HSE will engage directly with the families...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Mary Butler: We have had many conversations about home care, and I know everybody feels the same. I am in a unique position as Minister of State in that I have a budget of €672 million to deliver home care. Every one of those packages, apart from what comes in rolling over ten or 14 days, is funded. The other ones will be funded very quickly. The issue is not funding. One issue we have, and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Policy (26 May 2022)

Mary Butler: The Deputy and I are on the same page here. It is hugely important. The centre spent five whole years looking at the effect mental illness of a parent has on the family. Family involvement, as the Deputy said, is very important in the recovery process and it is aligned with Sharing the Vision which, as the Deputy knows, is a ten-year plan. To show how important family involvement is I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Policy (26 May 2022)

Mary Butler: It is interesting the Deputy has raised this today. Deputy Lahart raised it with me last night as well. The association has obviously been meeting with quite a few Deputies around the House. There would have to be collaboration with the Department of Education. We have collaborated previously when I sent out the leaflet on supports available to young people. The situation has changed, as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his question and his continued interest in this particular sector. We have had many conversations on it. He is right the demand for home support has never been higher and its importance as an alternative service to long stay care has grown considerably over the past number of years. It is also a much more cost-effective way for the State to support people compared...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Mary Butler: The Deputy is quite right in what he says. A national recruitment drive is really important. As he knows, we have nine CHOs and they vary. CHO 9, which covers north County Dublin, delivers all its supports through both voluntary and private. There is no HSE. It is something that evolved over many years. Its waiting list is the lowest in the country with 50 people waiting. Yesterday, I...