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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (1 Oct 2024)

Mary Butler: As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (1 Oct 2024)

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: Nursing Homes (1 Oct 2024)

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: Nursing Homes (1 Oct 2024)

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: Hospital Facilities (1 Oct 2024)

Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 523, 524, 525, 527, 528, 529, 530 and 531 together. As these are operational matters, 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 (1 Oct 2024)

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 (1 Oct 2024)

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 (1 Oct 2024)

Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 550 and 551 together. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I understand the Deputy's passion on this because at the end of the day, vulnerable people are receiving this care and they need to continue to receive the care. I believe that everyone is in agreement of the value of the services provided by GP Care For All to persons living in areas with social deprivation and all recognise that the organisation is essential to delivery of GP services. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this. I will feed back to the Minister's office what the Deputy raised about transfers. She makes a very good point. Gardaí come to us and say similar. The Minister has outlined that recruitment to An Garda Síochána is gathering momentum. The Deputy is right that Garda visibility is crucial to ensuring people are safe and feel safe in their...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising the Summerhill primary care centre and GP Care For All. GP Care For All is a registered charity based in the Summerhill primary care centre that provides GP services to the local area. Its aim is to deliver care to patients living in areas of social deprivation, providing access to GP services where it would otherwise be limited. I assure the Deputy that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: The administration of taxation is a matter for the Department of Finance and the Office of the Revenue Commissions. While the local HSE maintains a very positive relationship with GP Care For All, I have been advised that Department and HSE officials have had two meetings with GP Care For All management regarding the current challenges as well as numerous phone calls and written...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I was watching the programme that night. Once again, I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue, which the Minister, Deputy O’Gorman, and the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, are extremely involved with. Indeed, the whole of the Government is highly conscious of the need to address the situation. It is important to reiterate that, as part of the CDNT model of service,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter. I convey the apologies of the Minister for Justice, Deputy Helen McEntee, who regrets she cannot be here for this matter due to another commitment. As the Deputy will be aware, by law, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of Garda members and resources between the various Garda stations and divisions. The Commissioner is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: On behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Rabitte, who has responsibility for disabilities, I thank Deputy Durkan for raising this important issue and for offering us the opportunity to respond. The Government and the HSE are fully committed to delivering real and tangible solutions to enhance services to better support children with disabilities in Ireland. The progressing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Financial Services (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Troy for raising this issue. I am taking this on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Chambers, who had a Cabinet meeting this afternoon and so is not in a position to attend. The Central Bank has put in place a range of measures to protect consumers who take out or have a mortgage or other loan. This consumer protection framework seeks to ensure all Central Bank-regulated...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Financial Services (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I will bring back to the Minister what the Deputy has said, and I understand his passion. I do not think there is any Deputy in the House who has not engaged with people who have found themselves in the same predicament. I put on the record of the House that the overall level of mortgage arrears continues to decline and, as per statistics recently published by the Central Bank, the number...

Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: Certainly.

Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank all Deputies who contributed to this debate for their support and constructive engagement on this important legislation. I am certain that my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Chambers, looks forward to engagement with Deputies on Committee and Report Stages on the issues raised this evening. As the Minister, Deputy Chambers, stated, the purpose of the Finance (Provision of Access...

Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).