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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: There is nobody who would like to see the contract negotiations brought to a conclusion more than me, the Minister, Deputy Harris, everyone in the Department of Health and the other Ministers on this side of the House. As the Deputy will appreciate, there are two sides involved in the negotiations. It is not just within the Government's remit to end the negotiations. Both sides have to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I do not have the question to hand. I can provide the answers, but not without the questions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I will have to come back to the Deputy on this matter. I do not have the reply to hand.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I ask the Deputy to let me finish; this is a two-way thing as far as I know.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: Much of it relates to people being inappropriately referred. If someone who is acutely sick and is referred to a CAMHS team, no psychiatrist will say they must wait 12 months. They will see people who are seriously ill. Some people with lower levels of illness are left waiting longer. There are gaps in the system and areas where we fail to recruit consultants for myriad different reasons....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The Department of Health allocated funding of almost €100 million to the HSE for addiction services in 2019. The HSE national service plan for 2019 sets out the type and volume of addiction services to be provided, having regard to the funding allocated. In addition, the Department provides a further €28 million to drug and alcohol task forces through various channels of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I concur with the Deputy on the good work being done within the finite budgets. I thank him for acknowledging exceptional work done by people in his area and throughout the country. I will pass on his concerns and hopes for increased funding in this area to my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, who has ultimate responsibility for securing that. I will ensure that his...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: A Vision for Change reached the end of its ten-year term in 2016 and preparations for a review and updating of policy have been under way since early 2016. As a first step in this process, an expert evidence review was completed in February 2017. This provided both domestic and international evidence to determine the policy direction for a refresh of A Vision for Change. In October...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I concur with the Deputy over the success of the first A Vision for Change document. It was probably one of the most ambitious documents launched in healthcare in modern times. Its success or otherwise can be debated, but it has transformed mental health care. It was an extraordinarily ambitious document published at a time when the country was awash with resources. The country entered...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The answer to the last two questions is "Yes". Sláintecare is very much in the background. This document is very much a progression from the first document. The team that is putting it together has an eye to the first document. The members of that team realise that progress has to be made. It is not possible to do costings. Much of this document will be more outcome-orientated and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The Minister for Health recognises that hospitals are increasingly operating at or above capacity, with year-round demand pressures that are further challenged in the winter months. It is against this background that the health service capacity review of 2018 recommended an increase in acute hospitals beds of more than 2,600 by 2031 to support the projected increase in demand for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The point I was making was that the need for additional capacity has been recognised and identified and is being addressed, although the speed with which it is being addressed may not satisfy everyone. Capacity is only one aspect of the waiting lists for people in day care and inpatient care, and there are a number of other issues to be addressed. Delayed discharges, for example, is an area...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I certainly accept the Deputy's points and will ensure that there is an increased focus on what he seeks for St. Vincent's. I was addressing the matter on a more global scale but the measures, vis-à-visstep-down care and transitional care, will also apply to St. Vincent's. I am delighted to hear the Deputy's interest in view of the fact that local Deputies of all parties and none can...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The Government is strongly committed to developing all aspects of HSE mental health services, including CAMHS, as envisaged in A Vision for Change. Significant progress has been made in recent years, underpinned by additional funding since 2012 to develop mental health services overall, which was reflected by an additional €55 million in budget 2019. Improvements to various...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The funding for all CAMHS teams is available and, therefore, it is not an issue of funding where there are gaps. I strongly disagree with the Deputy's description of the CAMHS system as being in disarray. That is very disrespectful to those who work in it, those who avail of its services and those we are encouraging to reach out and avail of the system. It is not helpful for someone to make...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: The arrangements provided for in this Bill are contingency steps that are being taken to minimise any disruption to the current healthcare arrangements between Ireland and the UK. The effect of amendment No. 11 would be to impose an obligation on the Minister to publish "a review into the effectiveness of the health services .... one year after the United Kingdom has left the European...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: Okay. Amendment No. 12 would impose an obligation on the Minister to "report to the Oireachtas within one month of the passing of this Act on .... existing Service Level Agreements, Memorandums of Understanding, and partnerships; provisions made to ensure that all Irish citizens have access to a European Health Insurance Card and the benefits which that entails; provisions made to ensure the...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I thank the Senator. I appreciate the spirit in which she is co-operating with us on this emergency legislation, which we want to get through. She has made some valid points. I think I have addressed them. Although they are relevant, this legislation involves maintaining the status quo. I thank the Senator. We appreciate her co-operation.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: I acknowledge, as I have done many times before, the consistency and sincerity of Deputy Curran in his genuine efforts and endeavours to keep this issue on the political front. The reality is that the Minister unfortunately does not have the power to instruct the HSE to approve this drug tomorrow. That does not exist under the law. As a House, if we want to address that issue, it is open...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: Developing all aspects of mental health remains a priority for Government, reflected by the additional €55 million provided in budget 2019, bringing overall HSE funding this year for this key care programme to €987 million. Demand for CAMHS has had an increase in referrals of over 20% since 2012. All aspects of CAMHS nationally are being improved by the HSE under its annual...