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Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: This is the first budget of the new partnership Government. It is also the first budget comprised of input from members of all parties and Independents in this House through the Committee on Budgetary Oversight. This is a new and positive move. The context of the budget is the need for fairness. We must see a matching social recovery to mirror the economic recovery and give people a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (13 Oct 2016)

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 (12 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: 24/7 cover is provided within mental health services by a number of interlinked components across the services. These are as follows: - During normal working hours i.e. 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday, the Community Mental Health Teams responsible for each age group (children and adolescents, working age adults and older persons) are available to respond to crises. For existing patients of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (12 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: The Department is currently discussing with the Health Service Executive a proposal for the restructuring of senior management in the Executive. The rationale for these proposed changes is to provide more dedicated focus at the most senior level of the HSE on the twin challenges of improved operational performance in our health service on a day to day basis and the planning of a significant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (12 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation (12 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy may be aware my Department is developing a new implementation proposal for the National Positive Ageing Strategy. This plan proposes mechanisms to facilitate the identification by NGO stakeholders of their policy priorities, along with regular on-going structured engagement between relevant State Agencies and stakeholders on the key issues so identified. The details of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (12 Oct 2016)

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 Staff Recruitment (12 Oct 2016)

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: Home Care Packages Funding (12 Oct 2016)

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: Home Care Packages Data (11 Oct 2016)

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: Mental Health Services Funding (11 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: The amount allocated to mental health services under the HSE’s National Service Plan will increase by €41 million, or just over 5%, to €826 million for 2016. This represents a net increase of €115 million to the mental health Budget since 2012. The Department of Health has provided start-up funding for the HSE’s ‘Dual Diagnosis’ clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (11 Oct 2016)

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: Home Care Packages Funding (11 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: Home care services are critical to allow older people, including people with dementia, to stay in their own homes for as long as possible and to avoid excessive admissions to acute hospitals. They can also provide respite to carers and support them in their caring role. The HSE’s National Service Plan for 2016 provided for a target of 10.4 million Home Help Hours to support about...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: The HSE Service Plan 2016 prioritises the development of a range of Early Intervention and prevention mental health initiatives for young people. This includes the consolidation of the ten existing Jigsaw services nationally,and the provision of new services at Dublin, Cork and Limerick. As the details raised by the Deputy on a further roll-out is a service issue, this question has been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (11 Oct 2016)

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: Home Care Packages Provision (11 Oct 2016)

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: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 403 and 418 together. As these are service issues, I am referring these questions to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (11 Oct 2016)

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 Appointments Administration (11 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.