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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (27 Sep 2016)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 10 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter for them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (27 Sep 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 (27 Sep 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 (27 Sep 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: Home Care Packages Data (27 Sep 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 (27 Sep 2016)
Helen McEntee: Home care services are critical to allow older people to stay in their own homes for as long as possible and to avoid excessive admissions to acute hospitals. It is clear that the resources available for home supports need to be strengthened and we have committed in the Programme for Government to improving the situation. As a first step, an additional €40m has been made available...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Expenditure (27 Sep 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 Staff (27 Sep 2016)
Helen McEntee: A Vision For Change, our national Mental Health Policy, was introduced in 2006. Among its recommendations were that approximately 10,650 Mental Health Whole Time Equivalents were required to fully implement the policy. This figure was based on Ireland’s then population of 3.917 million, as indicated in the 2002 census. The population of Ireland today, based on the most recent...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (16 Sep 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. Participants in the Scheme contribute up to 80% of their assessable income and a maximum of 7.5% per annum of the value of assets held. In the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Data (16 Sep 2016)
Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1003 and 1004 together. The Irish National Dementia Strategy, published in December 2014, included estimates and projections for the number of people in Ireland with dementia by age Group, as follows:- “ The prospective ageing of the Irish population will lead to an exponential increase in the number of people with dementia in the years ahead. Based on...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (16 Sep 2016)
Helen McEntee: On the 14 of July, the HSE confirmed that after discussion Pieta House had agreed to commence provision of services previously available through Console. These services comprise the 24/7 Suicide Helpline, the Suicide Bereavement Liaison Service and the Suicide Bereavement Counselling Service. Throughout this process, the importance of ensuring the protection of individual clients’...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (16 Sep 2016)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 10 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (16 Sep 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 (16 Sep 2016)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 10 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (16 Sep 2016)
Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1069 to 1073, inclusive, together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (16 Sep 2016)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service issue, this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply within 10 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (16 Sep 2016)
Helen McEntee: Homecare services are provided either directly by the HSE or through service agreements with private and voluntary sector providers are intended to assist older people to live independently in their own homes. Services are provided on the basis of assessed need and there is no means-testing. The provision of these services is regularly reviewed at national and local levels, in the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (16 Sep 2016)
Helen McEntee: When the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS) commenced in 2009, a commitment was made that it would be reviewed after three years. The Report of the Review was published in July 2015. Arising out of the Review, a number of key issues have been identified for more detailed consideration across Departments and Agencies, including the treatment of business and farm assets for the purposes of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (16 Sep 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 Expenditure (16 Sep 2016)
Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.