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Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: On behalf of everyone in the House, I wish to say that we appreciate how the Leas-Cheann Comhairle has allowed us the time to have our say. The Bill seeks to implement immediate improvement in legislative protections for adults and children accessing acute mental health services. The Bill is important in putting the person first. As Deputy Buckley has said, this has to transcend politics...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Procedures (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: I welcome the Minister's statement. I also welcome the fact that following today's meeting we have moved much quicker to what we hoped to achieve by pressing the motion in September after the recess. The Minister stated that the review will seek to ensure that as many patients as possible have access on a 24-7 basis to safe and sustainable emergency interventions following a heart attack....

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Procedures (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: As the Minister is well aware, the issue of 24/7 cardiac care and the provision of a second cath lab at University Hospital Waterford is one that has been raised on numerous occasions in this the Thirty-second Dáil by me and my colleagues, both cross-party and those of none. Notwithstanding the numerous representations on this issue, the current situation in University Hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount provided to organisations engaged in lifelong learning in 2017; the amount targeted at learners over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33640/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal for a school (details supplied) in respect of the provision for an SNA for September 2017. [33694/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dementia Education Programme (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: 584. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of the primary care education, pathways and research in dementia education programme to primary care teams in collaboration with the dementia office and social care services; the number of sites that have been selected for same; and the location of each. [33847/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: 585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages currently being provided in each LHO. [33848/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: 586. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive home care packages currently being provided in each LHO. [33849/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: 587. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours currently being provided in each LHO. [33850/17]

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: Fianna Fáil supports the main principles of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017 which establishes the new Department of Rural and Community Development. However, we believe there would be better policy coherence by having rural and Gaeltacht development policy centred in one Department. Therefore, we have tabled Committee Stage amendments to provide for adding the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (12 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Waterford as of 30 June 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [32847/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (12 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: 299. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital, Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33235/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Provision (12 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: 312. To ask the Minister for Health the reason changes to policy relating to breast cancer supports were recently announced by the HSE; if he will ensure these supports are not reduced for persons affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33276/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (12 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: 311. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made to recruit staff at Dungarvan community hospital to enable St Patrick's ward to reopen, which closed as a result of staff shortages; the expected timeline for reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33275/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (12 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: 313. To ask the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself that all persons are suitably informed of the services they will receive in both the public and private system prior to signing the patient waiver form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33277/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: 314. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the south east region is the only region nationally without a 24/7 cardiac care service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33278/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: 316. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether referring heart attack patients to outside centres where travel times can be double the European standard of 60 minutes is proven to be a clinical sub-optimal treatment protocol (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33280/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: 315. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether in multiple worldwide clinical assessments primary emergency coronary angioplasty and stenting for ST elevated heart attack has been demonstrated to only be effective if carried out soon after the first presentation of symptoms of heart attack, as after 90 minutes the benefits of primary PCI are negligible as heart muscle starved of...

Waste Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: Fianna Fáil supports the principles of this Bill. We have consistently been and remain a firm defender of Ireland's natural environment. We support the main message of the Bill, which is to take further steps to minimise the amount of waste that Ireland produces and maximise our recycling rates. We need to find and support initiatives that cut down on unnecessary packaging and reduce...

Waste Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: What about Irish Water?