Results 5,401-5,420 of 12,004 for speaker:Mary Butler
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (4 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 (4 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: Nursing Homes (4 May 2022)
Mary Butler: If a resident accepted to the Fair Deal Scheme does not own property their assessment in this regard will be Nil. Nonetheless, participants in the scheme who do own property/land-based assets in the State also have access to Ancillary State Support, or the Nursing Home Loan, which is an optional feature of the Fair Deal Scheme. It is a loan advanced by the HSE to help people meet the portion...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (28 Apr 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 (28 Apr 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: Suicide Prevention (28 Apr 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: Suicide Prevention (28 Apr 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 (27 Apr 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 (27 Apr 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 Policies (27 Apr 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.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Common Agricultural Policy (26 Apr 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I am taking it because the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, is away on official business. I welcome the opportunity to update the House on the matter. The receipt of the observations letter from the European Commission on 31 March marks another important milestone in the development of Ireland’s CAP strategic plan for the period 2023 to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Common Agricultural Policy (26 Apr 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy. In response to his question about when the letter relating to the observations will be published, it has already been published on the Department's website. The Commission intends to publish all the member states’ letters and member states’ responses on it website shortly. That is the answer I have in relation to that matter. The officials are working...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (26 Apr 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank both Deputies again. I acknowledge, as Deputy Kenny himself has done, that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has committed over €580,000 to the project. In addition, officials from the Department have worked with the club, South Dublin County Council and Government agencies. However, I take on board what the Deputy said as a board member, that the board and...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Overcrowding (26 Apr 2022)
Mary Butler: I take on board all of the points the Deputy has raised regarding the proposal to build three elective-only hospitals, his comments on UHL and the enhanced role for the model 2 hospitals located in that particular community healthcare organisation. The health service capacity review 2018 was clear on the need for a major investment in additional capacity in both acute hospitals and community...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (26 Apr 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputies for raising this issue. I am taking the debate on behalf of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, who is on official business as part of an agriculture trade mission to the US. He sends his apologies. The Deputies have brought great passion to the points they raised. I am not familiar with Clondalkin Equine Club but they have made...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (26 Apr 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy. Everybody in Carlow can rest assured that the county will not be forgotten as long as she is in the House. As I stated, she has raised this issue on so many occasions and I know how important it is. I can assure the House that the Government remains committed to resourcing the National Ambulance Service across the country, including in the south east. As I have...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Overcrowding (26 Apr 2022)
Mary Butler: I welcome the opportunity to address the House on the issue raised by the Deputy. I am replying on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Donnelly. I thank the Deputy for the constructive way in which he outlined the situation and acknowledged that €100 million has been invested in the past ten years. More capacity has been put in place but UHL still recently recorded the highest ever...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (26 Apr 2022)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for the question. She has raised this issue many times. I welcome the opportunity to address the House, on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, regarding ambulance resources and services in the south-east. Since 2016, the National Ambulance Service, NAS, including in the south-east region, has undergone significant reform and modernisation...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Mary Butler: They are not.