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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Home Help Service (12 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: I fully agree with the Deputies. We know that in the first quarter of last year there was a significant increase in requests for home help and home support. To ensure that number did not drop this year, funding was allocated which meant significant additional funding had to be allocated. This is the €40 million to which I have referred. I believe this will not just level out the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: Regarding the figures, in 2015 there were a total of 356 child and adolescent mental health admissions, of which 73% were to age-appropriate units and 27% were to adult units. In May 2016, the most recent figures available, 97.2 of the bed days used were in child and adolescent inpatient units, which is an improvement of 95.4% on April. Our target is 95%. We are steadying out at the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: A number of new Jigsaw programmes are coming down the line. It is not possible for every area and not every area wants or needs one. I was in Carlow only last week, which has an excellent service but it is not necessarily needed. If an area would like the service those concerned need to work on that themselves. If they do not, then there are other services.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: The fundamentals of A Vision for Change have not changed and will not change. The review has to make sure that we do not just focus on mental illness; we need to focus on health and well-being and move more towards the community setting. The review is taking place and the tender has gone out. We hope that once the tender is approved and the review is finalised at the end of the year, in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. He is right that many mental health problems arise at a very young age, sometimes a younger age than people like to speak about or even admit. Inappropriate admissions is a very sensitive issue. The reduction in the number of children admitted to adult psychiatric units continues to be a priority for the HSE's mental health services and it is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: I agree with the Deputy that we are nowhere near where we need to be. As he rightly pointed out, we have four acute inpatient child and adult mental health services, CAMHS, units in Dublin, Cork and Galway. We have additional resources and facilities, which means we have 69 CAMHS teams. 4 o’clock While I admit they are not all full, we need to get to a position where the teams...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Home Help Service Data (12 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputy for her question. As she rightly pointed out, she was part of a process that took place in April 2014. Following the Labour Court recommendations, the HSE implemented the new contracts for HSE home-help staff with the agreement of SIPTU. At the end of April 2016, 33% of the target of 10.4 million home-help hours set in the HSE's national service plan had been...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Home Help Service Data (12 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: As I mentioned to the Deputy, the information is available locally but has not been collated nationally. That is something the HSE has not done and it believes it would not be possible to allocate the resources to collate those data. There are a number of reasons for reducing home-help hours. Sometimes it is down to the individual carer for various reasons. In other cases it is due to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Home Help Service Data (12 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: Every hour that is available will be used up. All funding that has been allocated for home help and home-care packages will be used up. The 2016 national service plan provides for 10.4 million home-help hours. Home-care packages are measured separately but we need to move towards measuring them in the same way. On the question of home-care packages, we will be moving from 15,450 people...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (12 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: The beds provided by public nursing homes are an essential part of our healthcare infrastructure, and without them many older people would not have access to the care that they need. These beds will continue to be very much needed over the coming years as the number of older people increases in line with demographic trends. It is therefore essential that they are put on a sustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: The HSE’s National Service Plan for 2016 provides for a target of - 10.4 millionHome Help Hours to support about 47,800 people; - 15,450 Home Care Packages; and - 190 Intensive Home Care Packages for clients with complex needs, including 60co-funded by Atlantic Philanthropies under the Irish National Dementia Strategy. Home support services are being stretched by demands from more...

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

Helen McEntee: The HSE Carlow/Kilkenny Mental Health Service delivers Mental Health services across a broad range of primary and community based services, together with specialised services for children and adolescents, adults and older people. Services include home care, inpatient facilities, outpatient clinics, various day services, and high, medium or low support community accommodation. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Jul 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 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget Submissions (12 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: The Irish National Dementia Strategy was launched in December 2014, with the objective of increasing awareness, ensuring early diagnosis and intervention and developing enhanced community based services. In parallel with the Strategy the Department of Health and the HSE have agreed a joint initiative with the Atlantic Philanthropies to implement significant elements of the Strategy over...

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

Helen McEntee: The Mental Health Act 2001 currently provides that the Inspector of Mental Health Services visit, inspect and report on every approved centre at least once in each year. In addition, the Inspector may also inspect any other service, where mental health services are being delivered under the direction of a consultant psychiatrist. The Expert Group Review of the Mental Health Act 2001 was...

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

Helen McEntee: In January 2006, the Government adopted the Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy 'A Vision for Change' as the basis for the future development of mental health services in Ireland. In March 2006, the Government, in line with a recommendation in 'A Vision for Change', established the First Independent Monitoring Group for a three-year period to monitor progress on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Jul 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 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 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 (12 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.