Results 1,941-1,960 of 11,470 for speaker:Mary Butler
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Mary Butler: For clarification, the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, is now in the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. I-----
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Mary Butler: They got my name wrong.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Mary Butler: I was there.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Mary Butler: Some €75 million was allocated for private placements in 2023 under the mental health budget. In 2024 the spending allocation for private placements will be increased by approximately €10 million. There will be €3.75 million invested to support people with an existing need for private placements and another €5.8 million to provide full-year funding. In addition,...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for question, which she raises consistently. In 2019. we were providing 17.9 million hours.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Mary Butler: Yes, but we have to put into context that we have increased the figure by 3 million hours over the last three years. This year we will deliver 21.5 million hours
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Mary Butler: No, we will deliver 21.5 million hours this year. Next year the service plan is to deliver 22 million hours. That is all we can do with the staff we have.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Mary Butler: The latest advice I have from the Department is that we are ahead of target this year. We have delivered an extra 4% of hours and we will deliver 21.5 million hours.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Mary Butler: We were ahead of target for this year.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Mary Butler: In order to bring in the tender on €723 million, which was the budget for this year, there was no other money available to-----
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Mary Butler: I do not think it is a failure that 54,000 people have received home care today. The Deputy referred to-----
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Mary Butler: The Deputy asked me a question and I will answer it. The Deputy has to be fair about the waiting list. There is no one on the waiting list who is not funded for a package. Some 3,000 of those people have a partial package from Monday to Friday, but there are challenges at the weekend. Approximately 2,900 people are new entrants who come into the system constantly. Let us be fair here....
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Mary Butler: The budget was not cut this year. The budget is €723 million, which will fund 22 million hours this year. We will not reach 22 million hours. We have funding for next year which will also deliver 22 million hours, which is our protected target
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Mary Butler: It is not smoke and mirrors. The Deputy cannot say that to the 54,000 people who are receiving home care today while we are sitting here.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Mary Butler: I get the figures every week. It is actually 60 people who are waiting on late discharges of care. We are doing everything we can in every CHO to make sure we can implement the programmes for them. There is a dedicated focus on that every week.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday, 6 October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (29 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday, 6 October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (29 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday, 6 October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (29 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday, 6 October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (29 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday, 6 October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or...