Results 161-180 of 10,762 for speaker:Matt Carthy

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 762. To ask the Minister for Health if an early intervention in psychosis (EIP) service operates within Cavan Monaghan Mental Health Service; the date that this EIP service was established; the number of users that have been referred to this service in each month since its establishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13760/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 763. To ask the Minister for Health the total current funding allocation and the final expenditure for Cavan Monaghan mental health service for each of the years 2020 to 2024; the current funding allocation for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13761/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 764. To ask the Minister for Health the total capital funding allocation and the final expenditure for Cavan Monaghan mental health service for each of the years 2020 to 2024; the capital funding allocation for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13762/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (25 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 765. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed new purpose-built acute psychiatric admission unit on the grounds of Cavan General Hospital; when work will commence on this project; when it is expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13763/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Files (25 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 766. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the decision by the HSE not to share the records held by Cavan Monaghan mental health services in respect of a person (details supplied) who died by suicide on 18 November 2020, having been discharged from the psychiatric unit at Cavan Hospital with their family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13764/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Files (25 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 767. To ask the Minister for Health to outline, given that the stated reason for the decision of HSE not to share the records held by Cavan Monaghan mental health services in respect of a person (details supplied) who died by suicide on 18 November 2020 having been discharged from the psychiatric unit at Cavan Hospital with their family, is based on the position that the person expressly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 768. To ask the Minister for Health if an early intervention in psychosis information pack is made available to family members of patients attending Cavan Monaghan mental health service; if so, the number of families that have received such information packs in each year since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13766/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 769. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community support and peer support workers that are currently employed with the home based treatment team at Cavan Monaghan mental health service; if there are any vacancies of these posts at present; if there are proposals to employ additional such posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13767/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 770. To ask the Minister for Health the community response plans that guide Cavan Monaghan mental health service following suicides; when the current plans were established and revised; if there are proposals to review these plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13768/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 771. To ask the Minister for Health if a review was undertaken within Cavan Monaghan mental health service on the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on the service and on service-users; if recommendations were made by any such review; the status of any such recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13769/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 772. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposal to further improve WiFi and mobile phone coverage at Cavan General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13770/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 773. To ask the Minister for Health the staff allocated to the Psychiatric Unit at Cavan General Hospital at present, by title, discipline and grade; those positions which are currently unfilled; the corresponding figures for March 2020, March 2021, March 2022, March 2023 and March 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13771/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: 774. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that were admitted to the Psychiatric Unit at Cavan General Hospital in each month since January 2020; the number therein that were involuntary admissions; the number that were admitted of periods of less than 24 hours, more than one day, less than two days, more than two days, less than three days, three to five days, five to seven...

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward the motion on this important issue. The truth is that this State fails carers. We do not give them the support they need and deserve. We do not truly recognise that carers are not only providing an essential service to their own loved ones; they are also providing society with an essential service. The truth is that far too many carers are...

International Security and International Trade: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: -----is that Fine Gael in particular has no principle left other than to oppose whatever position Sinn Féin takes. Sinn Féin continue to use any real opportunity we have to say that the bombardment of Gaza and the occupation, annexation and apartheid regime must end because that is the only viable route to peace in the Middle East. Not only that, we will be consistent in our...

International Security and International Trade: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: The question which should be asked is what is in Ireland's interests. The route the Government is pursuing is absolutely not in Ireland's interests.

International Security and International Trade: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: I welcome the opportunity to take part in this debate on international security and trade. Of course, there are very particular dangers facing Ireland in respect of the international trajectory of trade policy, ones we must be very cognisant of and ones we must be very committed to addressing head on in a way that protects the very important FDI sector and recognises that we have paid a...

International Security and International Trade: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: The Government is not expanding our horizons; it is narrowing our horizons. The Government is narrowing our influence to scope that is entirely condensed within the European Union, failing to recognise that Ireland's reach has gone and should go much further. That issue and the difficulty with all of that is that this tying us in to an EU policy framework now extends to a militaristic...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: We need to be clear. The previous Minister for Justice committed to ensuring that there would be at least one refuge in every county. In January, Cuan confirmed to me what the Minister has repeated here, namely that rather than delivering one refuge in both Cavan and Monaghan, the plan has changed to one centre between the two counties. That is not good enough, particularly when we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (20 Mar 2025)

Matt Carthy: The commitment was already given.