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Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: As announced last week, we will be initiating €35 million of new developments. As the Deputy points out we have not spent all of our funding, nor have we been able to spend it. In anticipating that we would not be able to spend it all in one year, we have decided that we will initiate €15 million of the €35 million to begin the development. All €35 million will...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputy for his question. I am pleased to confirm that the allocation for new developments within mental health services will be even greater than the significant resources made available in recent years. This arises as a result of a combination of increased revenue funding and a major capital allocation which has been secured for mental health services. In line with my...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: I will agree with the Deputy on that. In order to implement A Vision for Change, we need to continue to increase our funding. That is a commitment this Government has given and, for me, it is a commitment it has honoured. However, we know that is not possible over one budget but that it will be implemented over the course of the next three to five years. The Deputy will agree that it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: It is the Government's intention that people will be provided with the type of palliative care services that they need regardless of what diagnosis they have, how old they are or whether they die in a hospice, an acute hospital, a nursing home or at home. Significant progress has been made in recent years in improving access to specialist palliative care services. Several new hospices...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: There are 67 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Teams and extra services for special service needs have also been introduced in recent years. The HSE is committed to addressing all Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service needs, including the 16-18 age cohort. Using additional funding provided in recent years, the staffing and range of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: The most recent survey of the staffing of Psychiatry of Old Age Services carried out in December 2015 recorded staffing at over 300 whole time equivalents. This does not include a further 30 additional Psychiatry of Old Age posts approved through Programme for Government Funding, and which are currently being recruited. A Vision for Changerecommended that there should be a total of 552 staff....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (18 Oct 2016)

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 means 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 most...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: I have been assured that there have been no cuts to the Day Care Service in Lisdarn. The service is no longer nurse led, however, because the Day Care Centre is adjacent to the long stay care facility where a nurse is available, if required. There has been no change in the services delivered to older people who attend the centre. The service operates 5 days a week and provides personal care,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 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 Staff (18 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: As of August 2016, there were 9, 458 whole time equivalents employed in the HSE Mental Health services. This included an approximate additional 1,150 new posts recruited since 2012. A total of approximately 1,550 were approved but not all posts could be filled due to staff recruitment and retention challenges. However, recruitment to posts approved up to the current year is continuing,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (18 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 (18 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: Mental Health Services Staff (18 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 Staff (18 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 Staff (18 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 (18 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 Staff (18 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: Care of the Elderly Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: I am pleased to say that overall funding for services for older people has increased to €765 million in 2017 - an increase of €82 million since the HSE’s 2016 Service Plan. This has focused on additional funding for homecare in particular and is aimed at allowing people to continue to live in their own homes and at facilitating discharge of older people from acute...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: I am pleased to say that overall funding for services for older people has increased to €765 million in 2017 - an increase of €82 million since the HSE’s 2016 Service Plan. This has focused on additional funding for homecare in particular and is aimed at allowing people to continue to live in their own homes and at facilitating discharge of older people from acute...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Oct 2016)

Helen McEntee: I am aware of this study which was published in 2014 and is based in part on data from 2011. According to this study, Ireland is in the Top 50% of 30 EU countries analysed in terms of Mental Health integration. Since 2011, we have built on this performance, particularly in terms of funding, where the mental health budget has been increased by around 20%. While the quantitative data used...