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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 371 and 372 together. Ensuring the welfare and safety of residents is secured is of the utmost importance, and work to alleviate the concerns of residents, their families and staff continues to be a priority during this difficult time. The HSE was notified on Thursday 16th May 2024 by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), that HIQA had cancelled...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (18 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 (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: For clarity, there is no embargo for newly trained graduate nurses into CAMHS. That is a fact. There are 130 staff currently being recruited across all CAMHS teams for youth mental health across the country. A preliminary notification was issued over the past two weeks to various CHOs across the country. There is a moratorium in place for certain posts, but not for consultants, graduate...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I met that group last October and will meet it again shortly. We contacted it today. I was not in the House on Tuesday. Regarding anybody who wants to make a complaint against the HSE, it falls under "Your Service Your Say" but there is no doubt that many families have children with a dual diagnosis, be it autism, intellectual disabilities and mental health, where the pathway is not as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Closures (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: It will be amalgamated into the new community nursing unit. The new facility will include the long-stay beds currently in the district hospital, but my understanding is there will be no loss of service that is currently available in the district hospital.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Admissions (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for her question. The Government has invested significantly in University Hospital Limerick. Since the start of 2020, staffing at the hospital has grown by more than 1,200, an increase greater than 40%, and more than 100 beds have been opened on the site. The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, is also keenly aware of the increasing demands nationally on our emergency departments...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Admissions (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I will give a bit more information on mental health supports in the region. Since 2022, a total of 16.6 whole-time equivalents have been recruited across CAMHS in the mid-west. The number of CAMHS-registered consultant psychiatrists in the mid-west has increased to 6.2, up from 3.6. As the Deputy knows, we had challenges in that area due to retirements. I am glad to say we are back up to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Admissions (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I want to touch on the dual diagnosis service which is due to commence in July 2024. Last year I announced the new model of care for dual diagnosis, something Deputy Gino Kenny has raised with me on several occasions. This is the treatment of people with a mental health diagnosis who also experience addiction. We have also been working with the Department of Justice on this. It is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Closures (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I put on record the Deputy's constant advocacy regarding Clifden hospital which I was delighted to visit last year. We know there has been challenges in staffing so I will focus on that. Following a derogation I secured, I am pleased to inform the Deputy that HSE community healthcare west has now successfully recruited the required staff to safely reopen Clifden District Hospital. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Closures (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: As the Deputy knows, the HSE community healthcare west is committed to the new 40-bed community nursing bed in Clifden. The new CNU build will amalgamate the residential services currently in Clifden hospital and in St. Anne's. The new build will allow long-term care currently provided in St. Anne's and convalescent step-down care currently provided in Clifden hospital on the one site. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Closures (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: To go back again to the complement of staff, when the beds closed, I sought a derogation in person to make sure, because of the moratorium, that we could have permanent whole-time equivalents there. It is very important for older people especially that they have continuity in the staff they are seeing. My understanding, and what I want to achieve, is that 48 of 90 community nursing units...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. I also acknowledge and thank him for his constant advocacy on behalf of the residents, families and staff of Lucan Lodge Nursing Home in the past few weeks. I am deeply concerned to learn that HIQA had to cancel the registration of Lucan Lodge Nursing Home. Following concerns for the care and welfare of residents, the chief inspector of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: The designated centre is a residential care setting operated by Passage Healthcare International (Ireland) Limited. Passage Healthcare has been in examinership but my understanding is that the receiver has removed the protection of examinership and that a liquidator will be appointed. As the Deputy knows, Passage Healthcare also operated Sally Park Nursing Home in Firhouse. Sally Park was...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes (13 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I do not disagree with the Deputy regarding the imbalance that exists. The situation at Lucan Lodge was compounded because the owners of the property are resident in America. An Irish provider that was registered with HIQA was providing the service. Any takeover would be complicated, especially when we are talking about receivership and examinership. I met again with my officials...

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.