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Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: Recruitment and training pose a very serious challenge for us. There is a shortage of people and we are finding it difficult to attract qualified personnel into the sector. Under Sláintecare, we have committed to have a new scheme by 2021. I have committed to unveil the design of that scheme and answer all these questions in January 2020, six months from now. When I came to office,...

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: I thank the House for raising this business. There has been much speculation and media attention in recent weeks asserting that there might be a cut in the funding available for home care. This is not the case and I am glad to have the opportunity to clarify the position. Home supports enable older people to remain in their own homes and communities. They also facilitate the timely...

Defence Forces: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: Irish people quite rightly take great pride in our Defence Forces and the contribution they make to our domestic security, international peace and security and the broad range of supports they provide to other Government Departments and agencies on an ongoing basis. Many of us have witnessed at first hand the important work the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service undertake, both at home and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rockall Island Ownership (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: I am sure nobody is more frustrated with the timing of the trip to Japan than the Minister himself, having to leave on the cusp of this. I think everybody in the House appreciates that it was not his wish to avoid engagement with any of the Deputies opposite. I am certain he will be more than happy to engage with them on his return. I will certainly pass on the sentiments expressed by the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rockall Island Ownership (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: The Minister, Deputy Creed, sends his apologies. He cannot be here today because he is in Japan on official business. He has asked me to take this Topical Issue debate for him and to extend his apologies. He will be happy to provide more clarity to the Members opposite when he is back in the House. In the meantime, he has asked me to give this reply on his behalf. Ireland’s...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: I thank Deputy Calleary for his acknowledgement of our previous engagement, which also included the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Ring, Senator Swanick, and Councillor Gerry Coyle, who, like all representatives in the area, is very animated about this issue. I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. It provides me with an opportunity to update the House on this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: I have asked Tony Canavan to provide me with an accurate list of bed occupancy for the two facilities, Áras Deirbhle and Belmullet Community Hospital, in the past 12 months and I expect to have that shortly. I will be happy to discuss the reply with Members to get to the bottom of it. There are two sides to this story and I do not want to play judge and jury but I want to have all the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medical Aids and Appliances (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach as ucht na fáilte, mar is gnách, agus gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanadóir freisin for raising this important issue. The HSE provides a wide range of medical and surgical aids and appliances such as wheelchairs and walking aids free of charge for medical card holders and those participating in the long-term illness scheme....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medical Aids and Appliances (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: I thank the Senator. She makes a very fair point. I will speak to the Minister following this discussion and I will try to get a handle on the national picture. The answer I have given the Senator is very much focused on CHO 3 but the Senator makes a very valid argument that if there were better alignment between all nine CHOs and a streamlining of the available funding, that might improve...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178, 184 and 186 together. Homecare is an important support that enables older people to remain in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. It is also key for patient facilitating timely discharge from acute hospitals.  In 2018, 17.5 million home support hours were provided, including hours provided as part of an Intensive Home...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: The Deputy appears to be referring to a private nursing home. The Minister has no role in relation to the opening of private nursing homes. 

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: The Department is currently developing plans for a new statutory scheme and system of regulation for home support services, the introduction of which the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy commits to in 2021. In preparation for this, the Department published an evidence review undertaken by the Health Research Board of the home care systems that are in place in Germany, the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospitals Funding (11 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: I promise not to mention it so as to avoid the risk of annoying the Deputy opposite, but I will not announce the details of the capital spending plan now. They must be submitted by the HSE and finalised.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospitals Funding (11 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: A submission has been made to the HSE to include phase 3 in its capital plan, but it is yet to be finalised by the HSE's steering committee on capital projects and submitted to the Minister. As such, I cannot preordain what the plan will contain or announce it selectively in the Chamber on a case-by-case basis. We must wait to get the plan from the HSE. When it comes to the Department, the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospitals Funding (11 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: I refute the Deputy's allegation that there is a dishonest element to the reply. I cannot preordain what will happen with the capital plan. When the Department receives it from the HSE, the Minister will publish it for everyone's information.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospitals Funding (11 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: It is funded up to the detailed design and planning stage. The Deputy understands the phases of development from when he worked in what is now the Department of Health.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospitals Funding (11 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: A submission in respect of phase 3 is being made under the capital plan, but I cannot confirm-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospitals Funding (11 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: That is a matter for the Deputy to-----