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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: Improving access to home support is a priority for the Government. Since Budget 2021, we have provided approximately 230 million euro in additional funding. Preliminary data indicates that over 22 million hours of home support were provided in 2023, exceeding the HSE’s target. This is more than has ever been delivered before. The latest preliminary data also indicates that, by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Self-Harm Prevention (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this important and difficult topic – self-harm and suicide related ideation are complex issues, there is never any one reason why a teenager might experience them. The behaviour we refer to as self-harm is often considered to be a way of ‘managing’ difficult feelings, painful memories, or overwhelming experiences. It is a risk factor for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: With the aim of supporting healthy, active, and autonomous ageing throughout the life-course, the National Positive Ageing Strategy (2013) provides a framework for whole-of-government policy-making and service-delivery in partnership with the community and voluntary sector. Envisioning a society in which the equality, independence, participation, care, self-fulfilment, and dignity of older...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (13 Jun 2024)

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.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising the important issue of home care. Today, 56,000 people across the length and breadth of the country will receive home care. I am lucky to have a budget of €730 million from the Government to make sure that we can deliver as much home care as possible. In the four years since this Government came to power, 4.1 million extra hours of home care have been...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I want to say categorically that the investment into eating disorders over the past four years has been unbelievable.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: Will the Deputy let me answer the question?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I will quite clearly answer the question if she does not interrupt me. I have to put it into context. When I took up this role four years ago, there was one eating disorder team in place. There are now 12 eating disorder teams. We need to get to 16. Eleven are completely in place and another is funded for this year. On the Deputy's specific questions about adults and eating disorder...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Ward very much for his question. To reiterate what the Taoiseach said already, while there is a moratorium in some areas, as the Deputy is aware, there is no moratorium on consultants or newly recruited trained nurses. This year, 130 whole-time equivalents will be recruited into mental health services, with 80% of them predominantly going into CAMHS. There is no moratorium...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I do, and I will keep it short. I thank the members for attending and for their support for this Bill. This legislation, when enacted, will achieve a number of aims. Through amendments to the Health Act 2007, it will strengthen the regulatory framework for residential care services for older persons, people with disabilities and children in need of care and protection. The first amendment...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: Two amendments on Report Stage, with the co-operation of the members.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: Will I respond now or should I wait until we reach section 13?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: No, I could not.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputies for their comments. I acknowledge Deputy Daly is filling in for Deputy Cullinane. The right of entry for social workers under the safeguarding policy will be legislated for. The recruitment phase is at a very advanced stage to put in place a chief social worker in respect of the safeguarding piece we are bringing forward. The Deputy also asked about a care partner...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: That legislation is currently being worked on. We cannot have statutory home care until we have the legislative piece in place. The other issue raised was that of an amendment relating to the mental health Bill. That legislation is very close to publication. My expectation is that it will go to Cabinet on 2 July and be published that week. I want to introduce it on Second Stage in the...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: Yes.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: On the Deputy's question on a pilot scheme in Limerick operated by the Department of Justice, the Garda and the Department of Health, with mental health services leading that, the proposal was that it would be trial. It is a diversion tactic to prevent people with mental health difficulties, especially those who have committed a low-impact crime, from entering the system. Last year, there...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: We will get the Deputy a note on that. On Kerry CAMHS, I do not have the note in front of me but the families of approximately 200 of the 240 children who had harm caused to them have entered the redress scheme. They are going through the system. It is non-adversarial. I can get the Deputy a note on the exact number. He has spoken specifically to north Kerry.