Results 101-120 of 208 for cork speaker:Mary Butler

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: ...we are waiting for staff. In the Deputy's area, community healthcare organisation, CHO 4, the HSE is carrying out a targeted recruitment campaign. It is trying to employ 300 people through the HSE in Cork and Kerry because we are acutely aware of this. What we are doing now with recruitment is targeting specific areas. There are real issues at the weekends, especially in rural areas,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

Mary Butler: ...service. The HSE has advised the Department of plans for each hospital group to have access to both a post-acute and long Covid clinic. It is planned that long Covid clinics will be located at Cork University Hospital, St. James's Hospital, University Hospital Limerick, Galway University Hospital, Beaumont Hospital and St. Vincent's University Hospital. It is planned that post-acute...

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Mary Butler: ...is no issue with recruitment because there is, but the funding is there and the posts are funded, and that is the important thing. As for bed capacity for young people, we have Éist Linn, in Cork, where we have 16 beds; Merlin Park, in Galway, where we have 20 beds; Linn Dara, in west Dublin, where we have 24 beds, including two high observation beds; and St. Joseph's, Fairview,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2021)

Mary Butler: .... As we speak, Anne O'Connor, the chief operations officer of the HSE, and industrial relations, IR, in the HSE are having a meeting. I know for a fact that community healthcare organisation, CHO, 4, Cork and Kerry, is recruiting 300 staff into the HSE and we are doing targeted recruitment in areas, especially rural areas, where there is a lack of carers. We are trying to think outside...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Dec 2021)

Mary Butler: .... Areas of investment at CHO level include, for example, the allocation of €150,000 to improve and enhance acute inpatient mental health care in CHO 5; €500,000 for mental health day services provision in the East Cork area; and €170,000 for the continued operation of the mental health crisis café in Galway. Almost €3 million will be made...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Dec 2021)

Mary Butler: ...Areas of investment at CHO level include, for example, the allocation of €150,000 to improve and enhance acute inpatient mental health care in CHO 5; €500,000 for mental health day services provision in the East Cork area; and €170,000 for the continued operation of the mental health crisis café in Galway. Almost €3 million will be made available to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Ambulance Service (14 Dec 2021)

Mary Butler: I welcome the opportunity to address the House on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, regarding the provision of NAS motorcycle services in Cork. I am sure Senators will join me in paying tribute to the incredible work the NAS has done and continues to do in delivering testing and vaccination services and helping to protect us all since the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (8 Dec 2021)

Mary Butler: ...to progress the project-led development and planning of a flood relief scheme for Bantry. As Deputies will be aware, a steering group comprising representatives from the Office of Public Works and Cork County Council is in place to progress the Bantry flood relief scheme. The plans, with outline designs of possible measures, estimated a preliminary total project cost of €6.7...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (7 Dec 2021)

Mary Butler: ..., particularly for the recruitment and retention of staff. As we all know, the delivery of mental health services depends on the staff we have. Deputy Stanton referred to the fact that east Cork will be left without a facility like Owenacurra. The national implementation and monitoring committee is currently undertaking a bed capacity review for mental health beds across the whole...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Care Packages (3 Dec 2021)

Mary Butler: The pilot scheme in the Galway area is operational. The pilot schemes in west Cork, Mullingar and the Dublin area are not. I will get the Deputy a note on that because it will outline exactly the areas being covered.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Care Packages (3 Dec 2021)

Mary Butler: ...homes. Potential areas will be recruitment and retention, training and the career development of home supports. I was updated by the chief officer yesterday on CHO 4, which comprises counties Cork and Kerry. They are strategically looking to hire 300 healthcare workers in the next three months. They have gone out on a very strong recruitment campaign, which is happening all over the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2021)

Mary Butler: ...their home. As the Deputy will know, however, the centre was built in 1960. It is not fit for purpose any more due to asbestos and fire safety issues. The Mental Health Commission contacted Cork County Council in March of this year to explain that it was very concerned. We are looking at solutions, as the Deputy will know. I wish to put on the record that for six residents living in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Aids and Appliances (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Burke for the opportunity to address the issue of the provision of medical aids and appliances, including wheelchairs, by the Health Service Executive in the Cork-Kerry region. I heard the Deputy raise the issue with the Taoiseach the week before last. The HSE provides a wide range of medical and surgical aids and appliances, including wheelchairs, free of charge to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Investigations (10 Nov 2021)

Mary Butler: .... I was very upset when I heard about these much-wanted, loved babies' organs. My colleagues and I are aware of the hurt this incident has caused to the families affected by the incident in Cork University Hospital. These families have been through the tragedy of having lost a beloved child, and it is absolutely unacceptable to me and to the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, that the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Investigations (10 Nov 2021)

Mary Butler: ...on it. The South/Southwest Hospital Group has confirmed that the capacity issue around cemetery places has now been addressed with a new plot in St. Mary's Cemetery in Curraghkippane, just outside Cork city. I will certainly bring back to Government the Senator's comments.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (10 Nov 2021)

Mary Butler: ...that both Deputies asked on the facility at Carrignavar, the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, understands from Irish Water that the Carrignavar wastewater treatment facility has not been listed as a high priority by Cork County Council in the small towns and villages growth programme. Irish Water will consider the position in the context of future investment planning, having regard, in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (10 Nov 2021)

Mary Butler: Once again, I thank the Deputies for raising the matter of the Carrignavar wastewater treatment facility, County Cork. Irish Water, the public water utility, has developed a long-term investment perspective to address strategically the many deficiencies in the public wastewater system. It is optimising investment decisions to ensure it utilises scarce capital by making investments that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Mary Butler: ...but also accommodates a mental health day service. As the Deputy will be aware, in March of this year - I do not have the exact date - the Mental Health Commission contacted the fire officer in Cork County Council to say it was concerned about a fire risk in the Owenacurra centre. Obviously, straight away the HSE would have to look at the challenges in that regard. At the end of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Mary Butler: ...a mental health facility. Those five residents are, therefore, moving to nursing homes under the fair deal scheme. Two other gentlemen have been relocated to high-level mental health hostels in Cork because that is their will and preference. It is important to recognise that. I spoke only yesterday to the area lead for mental health, who today visited a premises to try to secure a day...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (19 Oct 2021)

Mary Butler: ...new posts are now in place. - €5m  for a range of measures to enhance services and supports for people with dementia.These measures included: (a) the further development of dementia diagnostic services through the establishment of a specialist memory clinic in Cork and progressing four new regional memory assessment and support services; (b) enhancing acute care...