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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (10 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: Mental Health is a priority for this Government. Since 2012, around €140 million has been added to the HSE Mental Health Budget, which now totals over €850 million. This is a significant increase and the Programme for Partnership Governmentgives a clear commitment to further increasing our mental health budget annually, as resources allow, to expand existing services. Further...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: 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: Respite Care Grant Applications (10 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: 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: Respite Care Services Funding (10 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: 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: Home Help Service Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: 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 Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: 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 Support Scheme Review (10 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS) is a system of financial support for those in need of long-term nursing home care. Participants contribute to the cost of their care according to their income and assets while the State pays the balance of the cost. The Scheme aims to ensure that long-term nursing home care is accessible and affordable for everyone and that people are cared for in...

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I am acutely conscious that there are real lives behind these speeches. Sometimes these speeches can come across as very harsh departmental responses but I am acutely aware that real people and children are involved, including mums, dads, brothers and sisters. We are talking about real life and I am not going to forget that for a second. I will have the assessment process looked at and...

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I wish to thank Deputies Dino Kenny and Deering for raising this issue. Medicines play a vital role in improving the overall health of Irish patients. Securing access to new and innovative medicines in a timely manner is a key objective of the Irish health service. However, the challenge is delivering this objective in an affordable and sustainable way. Under the community pharmacy...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I thank the Senator. A vital element of these projects is to keep attention focused on them. It is the duty of public representatives to ensure that progress is maintained on such important projects and that the wider public continues to be informed that they have not been forgotten about and they are very much active and on the table.Although it is the Government’s policy to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I am glad the Senator is happy with this response. I always welcome the opportunity to update him and his constituents on projects like this and the focus they keep on them. I also commend him on his work in the wider Roscommon area. The endoscopy unit is a great credit to people like the Senator who saw the future in the hospital at all times. He stayed the course to ensure that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I thank Senator Mulherin for raising this very important issue which is clearly one about which she is very passionate and concerned. University Hospital Galway, UHG, is the designated cancer centre in the Saolta university healthcare group and provides specialist oncology services, treatment planning and surgery for patients with cancer. Other hospitals within the Saolta group also provide...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: With regard to the specific family, I am obviously not familiar with the case and I cannot speak on it. If the Senator wants to send me the details, I have no problem asking the HSE to furnish me with the details and an update on the situation on her behalf. Otherwise, as the Senator will appreciate, I am unable to comment on specifics, both because I do not know the detail and because it...

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Motion (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: That is fine. I had anticipated that I would have two opportunities to speak and that I would be making an opening statement and a closing statement, but I believe I will make one contribution so I will do my best to be as efficient as I can and to combine my statements. I wish to respond to as many of the individual issues as I can. I thank Senator Freeman, who moved this motion. I...

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Motion (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: In response to Senator Hopkins, I have addressed the lessons to be learned and the regular oversight of implementation. Senator Black spoke about the additional funding. It is accepted that funding is necessary. We can focus our debate on the funding and on pumping millions more into mental health services, but I have far more concerns about what we are doing with the money we have. We are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Capacity Review (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: 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 (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: The Programme for Partnership Government gives a clear commitment to increasing the mental health budget annually, as resources allow, to expand existing services. Since 2012, the overall gross non-capital health budget for the HSE has been increased from €711 million to over €850 million in 2017. This is an increase of €140 million over this period. Key priorities...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: 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 Expenditure (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: 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: Home Care Packages Provision (4 Oct 2017)

Jim Daly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 to 149, inclusive, together. As these are service matters I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.