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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (5 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 Care Packages (5 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 562 and 564 together. As these are service matters they have 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 Care Packages (5 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. It also provides for 15,450 Home Care Packagesand130 Intensive Home Care Packages for clients with complex needs. A further 60 clients with dementia will be supported with co-funding from Atlantic Philanthropies under the Irish National Dementia Strategy. Home...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (5 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 570 and 571 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (5 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: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (5 Jul 2016)

Helen McEntee: Console is one of the charities part-funded through the HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention, to provide counselling, therapy and support services to people who have been bereaved by suicide. The National Office for Suicide Prevention funds over 40 individual organisations (including Console) and co-ordinates suicide prevention initiatives around the country. Funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 Jun 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: Home Help Service Provision (30 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 222 and 223 together. As these are service matters they have 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: Care of the Elderly Provision (30 Jun 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.

Topical Issue Debate: Charities Regulation (29 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputies again. I stress that my priority and that of the HSE and the Department has been and will continue to be to provide assurances regarding the continuity of the various services that are offered. These matters are not always as black and white as we would like them to be. There is a due process that needs to be followed. If a matter of concern about a particular...

Topical Issue Debate: Charities Regulation (29 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I thank the three Deputies for raising what is an important issue. I share their view that Console, like all charities, relies on the goodwill and generosity of the public. A trust has been broken, and when the issue is suicide and a vulnerable part of our society, it is especially upsetting. Console is one of the charities funded in part through the HSE's National Office for Suicide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (29 Jun 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: Mental Health Services Data (29 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153, 154 and 163 together. Figures sought by the Deputy for the years 2012 to 2016 are set out in the table: Year Numbers regraded from Voluntary to Involuntary Status Number of Admissions and Renewal Orders revoked before Mental Health Tribunal is held Number of Admissions and Renewal orders revoked at Mental Health Tribunal 2012 567 1530 142 2013 541...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (29 Jun 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: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (29 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 to169, inclusive, together. In relation to the cost of care in public residential facilities, the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act, 2009 provides that the components that make up the cost of care must be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas, and the HSE has complied with this requirement. There is no legal obligation under the Act for the HSE to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Home Care Packages Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I thank Senator Kelleher for raising this matter and I congratulate her on the work she has done to date. I am aware that she continues to work specifically in this area. As with the other part of my portfolio, mental health, everybody knows somebody who has been affected by dementia, be it a neighbour or friend, and the numbers affected will continue to increase. Also similar to mental...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Home Care Packages Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I agree with the Senator. Through the bodies, groups and individuals I have met in recent weeks, I am aware that everybody is on the same page and knows we have enough reports and strategies. What we need to do now is TO implement them. Implementation is key at this stage and we need to make progress on that. The figures are increasing at a high rate within such a short space of time and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Helen McEntee: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, but if there are specific questions, I ask Senator Ardagh to let me know and we will get back to her. I thank the Senator for raising this issue. The programme for a partnership Government commits to a decisive shift within the health service towards primary care in order to deliver better care close...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (28 Jun 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 Data (28 Jun 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.