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

Mary Butler: We are currently doing a full look-back in north Kerry. That was a commitment I gave in cases where any of the audits threw up a situation where red flags were raised, and they were raised in north Kerry. As the Deputy knows, Dr. Maskey was not available and was not in a position to carry out a review after doing the first one. We found it hard to get somebody to do the full look-back, but...

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

Mary Butler: My understanding is that anyone who enters the scheme in good faith and signs the terms and conditions has received €5,000 initially, and subsequently up to €15,000. There are some individual cases-----

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

Mary Butler: That is in the redress scheme. Some individual cases that have gone privately to court do not come under the terms of the redress scheme at the moment. I will respond to Deputy Shortall on the size of nursing homes and private nursing homes. This is something I was concerned about and we did a huge amount of work last year on a design guide for nursing homes, which has been circulated to...

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

Mary Butler: It is 84 beds.

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

Mary Butler: We were trying to take a carrot-and-stick approach, but the whole point is-----

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

Mary Butler: Some of the comments the Deputy is making are rather disingenuous. I came to this post on 1 July 2020. I am not quite four years in the job yet but that is not the point. The point is that for the first two years in government, we dealt with Covid, which was very challenging in the nursing home sector. I sat on the same committee as Deputy Shortall at that time and we have made a huge...

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

Mary Butler: I invite Ms Casey to answer that question.

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

Mary Butler: I am concerned about this because when statutory home care was announced by the previous Government, the perception was that statutory home care would be like nursing home care in the home. That is not the way I see it because we would not have enough carers to deliver it. My budget for home care this year is €730 million. The nut has not been cracked yet as regards at what stage...

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

Mary Butler: Noted.

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

Mary Butler: Noted.

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

Mary Butler: I met Ms Carol Grogan, the chief officer of HIQA, recently. She is very happy with the contents of the Bill to date. She also used the same wording - that the tools were very blunt - but this will allow her to deal with more urgent cases, working alongside the providers. She also flagged that there was repeated non-compliance across some services. This legislation pertains not only to...

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

Mary Butler: Sections 20 to 33, inclusive, are all technical amendments to the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act for more complete cross-reference. I wish to flag that section 21 is to amend or extend the family successor to include first cousins, great-nephews, great-nieces and great-grandchildren. I will introduce an amendment on Report Stage to include various levels of cousins to make sure that a...

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

Mary Butler: Over the last 12 to 18 months, there has been constant interaction between Deputy Naughten and me on this issue, which is an important unintended consequence of the legislation that was moved. When the legislation was drafted it included a reference to a first cousin, great-nephews, great-nieces and great-grandchildren. I discovered very quickly that a person's first cousin could be the...

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

Mary Butler: I will table the amendment on Report Stage. The provision was suggested by Deputy Cahill as well because he had come across similar cases. In order for a farmer, landowner or business owner to avail of the three-year cap, he or she must appoint a successor. The successor must be a member of his or her family. The successor does not have to be the person who will benefit from the...

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

Mary Butler: I honestly do not know. I suppose anybody can inherit if a property is left to them in a will. The new provision concerns appointing a successor to manage the holdings while a person is in a nursing home. First cousins, great-nieces, great-nephews and great grandchildren were the only persons included in the legislation whereas previously the provision had been more limited.

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: I agree wholeheartedly with the Deputy. It was an unintended consequence of the legislation introduced two years ago but this will rectify it.

Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputies for their views and look forward to working with them on progressing this legislation through the Dáil as quickly as possible.

Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: They have flagged the amendments.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 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.