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Seanad: Mental Health and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: If the Cathaoirleach selects that Commencement matter, I will be here.

Seanad: Mental Health and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: The Senator is doing fine.

Seanad: Mental Health and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Mental Health and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank all the Senators who contributed and all of those who have stayed to the very end, which is much appreciated. It is one of the most serious issues that we are all dealing with. There was a common denominator running through many of the presentations and I will try to deal with that. I was struck by the point made by Senator Keogan, who said she was not able to read the report. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Feb 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 Policies (24 Feb 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 (24 Feb 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 (24 Feb 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: Nursing Homes (24 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: The Nursing Home Support Scheme (NHSS), commonly referred to as 'Fair Deal', is a system of financial support for people who require long-term residential care. The primary legislation underpinning the NHSS is the Nursing Home Support Scheme Act 2009. Participants in the NHSS contribute to the cost of their care according to their means while the State pays the balance of the cost. The Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (24 Feb 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: Home Care Packages (24 Feb 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: Home Help Service (24 Feb 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 (24 Feb 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.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: I will come in briefly on mental health. Last year, we hired 53 whole-time equivalents into child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. In eating disorder teams, 45 new staff were recruited. I only got those figures this week. Those staff were hired to support the three outstanding teams that were already in place and 19 staff have gone to the three teams that were announced for...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: I will come in on home care because I know that the committee has examined this over the past number of weeks. Last year, the HSE provided 20.46 million hours of home support. Some 7.5 million hours were provided directly by the HSE and 12.9 million hours were provided by private providers, as we have seen increased demand for home care. Some 55,000 people receive home care. We are...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: We have put a strategic workforce planning group in place. There was some criticism that it took a while to get this group up and running. This is not going to be just a talking shop. We are looking at everything in respect of recruitment retention, how attractive it is to go into home care as a profession, and, for example, how we cannot drop any standards. People have to have a level 5...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: People must take eight modules to do a level 5 qualification, but if someone has started it, a person can be accepted very quickly into home care, even if he or she has not completed the course. The strategic workforce planning group is meeting next week for the first time. I have engaged with both the HSE and the private sector. Over the past two weeks I have met the area lead for older...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: Last year, 20.5 million hours were delivered and I have the funding to do more. Those 5,300 people who are waiting at the moment for home care are not waiting because of a funding issue but because of a service delivery issue. The private capacity is even nearly maxed out at the moment. Currently we have rolling recruitment campaigns across all of the HSE and the CHOs. In CHO 5, we will...