Results 541-560 of 1,095 for speaker:Jimmy Devins
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: It was arranged some months ago by the Department of Health and Children. The implication made by Deputy Shatter was quite disgusting.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: This is an opportunity to debate our health services, the policies we are implementing, and the progress our country is making on the basis of facts. If our debates are not informed by facts and a recognition of progress that has been and is being made, then we have no rational basis on which to map out what needs to be done next, to make clear what our priorities should be, how to allocate...
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: I will now turn now to the area of my responsibility, mental health services.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: The report of the expert group on mental health policy, A Vision for Change, which was published in January 2006, sets out a comprehensive policy framework for our mental health services over a seven to ten year period. The report proposes an holistic view of mental illness and recommends an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to addressing the biological, psychological and social factors...
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: The report is clear that new funding should follow implementation, and in this regard a total of â¬51.2 million has been allocated since 2006.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: Thus, in the first two years of a seven to ten year implementation period, one third of the overall requirement has already been allocated.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: In view of this very significant additional investment in 2006 and 2007, it is appropriate, and indeed prudent, in 2008 to ensure consolidation of the investment to date and to make sure that the funding delivers what is intended. In addition to the extra funding required to fund service developments, the report notes that existing resources within the mental health service should be...
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: There are of course substantial resources already invested in mental health. In 2007, an estimated â¬1 billion was spent on these services.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: The implementation of A Vision for Change is therefore dependent to a much greater extent on the remodelling of existing resources, rather than on new funding. It is also clear that both the additional investment and the reorganisation of existing mental health services and resources must be managed in parallel.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: Deputies will no doubt accept that it is necessary, in the context of the ever-increasing demands for health resources, that mental health expenditure be closely monitored to ensure that services demonstrate effectiveness and efficiency.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: Before any further additional funding is provided, it is essential that the HSE is in a position to demonstrate that the funds allocated for mental health services are efficiently usedââ
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: ââand that the substantial changes in the organisation and delivery of mental health services envisaged in A Vision for Change are progressed in a timely fashion.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: The HSE has advised the Department of Health and Children that because of competing expenditure pressures and the overriding obligation to live within the approved overall allocation, some of the planned developments in mental health services in 2006 and 2007 have been delayed. While this has been disappointing to me and to all involved in mental health services, I note that some of these...
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: The construction of two 20-bed units for children and adolescents in Cork and Galwayââ
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: ââis expected to commence this year and be completed in 2009. It is a pity Deputy Neville does not listen.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: In the context of the 2008 service plan, the Minister, Deputy Harney, pointed out to the HSE that there can be no question of diverting service development funds to meet expenditure pressures arising in relation to core services. She expressed her concerns about the development of mental health services in line with A Vision for Change. The Minister also pointed out that she believes there...
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: The HSE has primary responsibility for implementing the recommendations in A Vision for Change. I understand that the HSE implementation plan has been finalised and it is expected to be presented to the board next week.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: I will meet the HSE and the implementation officer shortly to pursue these issues. I am pleased to reassure Deputies that the Government is committed to the provision of a high quality mental health service. The service is underpinned by the comprehensive policy framework outlined in A Vision for Change and in Reach Out, the national strategy for action on suicide prevention.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: Furthermore, it is supported by the legislative reforms contained in the Mental Health Act 2001 and has been in receipt of unprecedented levels of funding in recent years. Reach Out aims to prevent suicidal behaviour, including deliberate self-harm, and to increase awareness of the importance of good mental health among the general population. A key component of Reach Out is to develop and...
- Health Services: Motion (5 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: ââand delivered over 200 two-day workshops to more than 5,000 people across the country. In October 2007, I had the pleasure to launch the National Office for Suicide Prevention's mental health awareness campaign.