Results 5,221-5,240 of 11,463 for speaker:Mary Butler
- 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...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Mary Butler: Currently, the funding is there to provide 24 million home care hours. We do not have the staffing capacity currently to do that. That is why we have put this strategic workforce planning group in place. On the other issue raised by the Deputy, I presume he is referring to when the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, was before the committee during the week. When dealing with people who...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Mary Butler: All HSE staff have free access through SilverCloud to self-directed online supports for mental health. Staff counselling is also available. During Covid-19 this was made available also to staff working in private facilities. This year I funded €1 million to MyMind, an organisation that provides online supports for people throughout Ireland in 15 different languages. We have to...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Mary Butler: The figures I received yesterday showed that, between community nursing units and nursing homes at the moment, we have 320 in outbreak, which is a phenomenal number of outbreaks. The residents are all vaccinated and boosted and are not getting as sick. In the nursing home setting, the average outbreak is approximately eight patients. However, as the Minister alluded to, previously the...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his question. The current budget for home care support for this year is €666 million, with 5 million extra home care hours being provided. Last year, we delivered 2.9 million more hours on the previous year to 55,000 people. If the Deputy sends me the specifics on the case to which he referred, we will look into it. The difficulty that we are facing currently...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (23 Feb 2022)
Mary Butler: The Deputy is missing the point. Funding was not stopped. In 2020, €800,000 was allocated by my predecessor, former Deputy Daly, and the Tánaiste to develop the Castlerea hub. In 2021, we moved very quickly to put in place €1.4 million to allocate staff. It takes a while to put staff in place. This Castlerea hub is a fantastic hub and I am delighted to say I secured...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (23 Feb 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The e-mental health project was launched by the Tánaiste in mid-2020. Two main elements were identified for development as part of the Castlerea hub: a CAMHS Connect telehealth service and CAMHS day hospital. In addition, a psychiatry of later life day hospital was also identified. Work was progressed by the HSE through 2020, including...