Results 13,901-13,920 of 15,493 for speaker:Helen McEntee
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (4 Apr 2017)
Helen McEntee: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS) is a system of financial support for those in need of long-term nursing home care. Participants contribute to the cost of their care according to their income and assets while the State pays the balance of the cost. The Scheme aims to ensure that long-term nursing home care is accessible and affordable for everyone and that people are cared for in the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals (4 Apr 2017)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Apr 2017)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 Apr 2017)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Apr 2017)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Apr 2017)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Care Services Provision (4 Apr 2017)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (4 Apr 2017)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (4 Apr 2017)
Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 522 to 526, inclusive, together. The Government is committed to dealing with the current levels of suicide and deliberate self-harm, of which an important part is provision of appropriate services within the hospital setting. With regard to people that may present to the Emergency Department with suicidal ideation or self-harm, the HSE Mental Health...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (4 Apr 2017)
Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 527 and 528 together. As these are service issues, I am referring them to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Expenditure (4 Apr 2017)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (4 Apr 2017)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (30 Mar 2017)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments (30 Mar 2017)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (29 Mar 2017)
Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputy for raising this extremely important issue and for giving me the opportunity to outline the position on services for people with disabilities who need respite supports. I am taking this issue on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, who sends his apologies for not being present. The Government's ongoing priority is the safeguarding of vulnerable...
- Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (29 Mar 2017)
Helen McEntee: There is an absolute recognition not just by the HSE but by the Minister that additional supports and additional funds need to be put in place specifically for these groups of individuals, the adults in their 40s and 50s who are living at home with their parents, who are in their 70s and 80s. It is absolutely not a situation in which they should be, and additional support needs to be...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (29 Mar 2017)
Helen McEntee: The Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS) is a system of financial support for those in need of long-term nursing home care. Participants contribute to the cost of their care according to their income and assets while the State pays the balance of the cost. The Scheme aims to ensure that long-term nursing home care is accessible and affordable for everyone and that people are cared for in the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (29 Mar 2017)
Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 129 to 131, inclusive, together. The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) welcomes information about designated centres for dependent persons, including nursing homes. HIQA informs all persons raising an issue of concern that the Authority does not have the legal remit to address individual cases relating to health and social care services. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (29 Mar 2017)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (29 Mar 2017)
Helen McEntee: The HSE Service Plan 2017 has as one of its priorities the improvement of access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health services, including maximising placements in age appropriate acute units. In regard to admission of child and adolescent cases to adult units, there has been significant progress on age appropriate admissions since 2008 when there were 247 such admissions to adult units...