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- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)
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 Justice and Equality: Mental Health Services (8 Dec 2020)
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 Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: The Healthy Ireland Survey is an annual interviewer-administered face-to-face survey commissioned by the Department of Health. It monitors the health and wellbeing of people living in Ireland. The survey was stopped at the commencement of Covid-19 restrictions as the method of collecting the data (face-to-face) is not compatible with Covid-19 restrictions. The survey fieldwork has...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Funding (8 Dec 2020)
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 Justice and Equality: Suicide Incidence (8 Dec 2020)
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 Justice and Equality: Home Care Packages (8 Dec 2020)
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 Justice and Equality: Home Help Service (8 Dec 2020)
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 Justice and Equality: Counselling Services (8 Dec 2020)
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 Justice and Equality: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (8 Dec 2020)
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 Justice and Equality: Mental Health Services (8 Dec 2020)
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 Justice and Equality: Home Help Service (8 Dec 2020)
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 Justice and Equality: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (8 Dec 2020)
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: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: The importance of continued social interaction of residents and their families cannot be overstated and every effort should be made, in line with public health advice, to ensure that these interactions continue. As you may be aware, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) published updated guidance on visitations to long term residential care facilities on 30thNovember. The new...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (3 Dec 2020)
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: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: The Chief Inspector of Social Services within the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is the statutory independent regulator for the nursing home sector. I am advised by HIQA that during April 2020, while many private and statutory nursing homes were managing COVID-19 outbreaks, multiple nursing homes did not return NF01 within the 72 hour timeframe, however, the system does not...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (3 Dec 2020)
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 (3 Dec 2020)
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: Hospital Procedures (2 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: I am acutely aware of the distress and inconvenience caused to patients and their families when urgent care is delayed and I thank the Deputy for raising the case of Sophie and the fact that she is waiting for her scoliosis operation. Improving waiting times for hospital appointments and procedures remains a key commitment of the Government. The long-term strategy to develop sustainable...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Procedures (2 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: I would like to thank Deputy Andrews for raising this issue and for giving me the opportunity to provide the House with an update on scoliosis services for children on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. I sincerely regret that children can experience a long waiting time for treatment for scoliosis and I am conscious of the burden this places on them and their...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Dec 2020)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputies for raising this important issue, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. The Government is aware of the workforce issues facing general practice in Ireland and that Covid-19 has made accessing GP and GP out-of-hours services more difficult. I acknowledge the continued dedication of GPs towards their patients during this...