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- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: It is true.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: Actions, not words.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: He is not.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 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: Mental Health Services (16 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: Mental Health Services (16 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...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his question. I cannot speak to the individual case he mentioned, but if he passes the details to me, we can examine them.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: As I stand here today, 54,000 people are receiving home care. Last year, 75,000 people in total received home care. It supported them to be able to live well at home, which is important. I take on board the Deputy’s point about the public health nurse and the medical card. People not having medical cards is an issue that we encounter at times. Working with the medical card...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disease Management (15 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: The Deputy has summed it up there. When one has a child living in pain every day, it is very difficult for parents. As stated, the care needs of people affected by EB are currently being treated on the basis of a two-centre approach delivered through Children's Health Ireland and St. James's Hospital. I take on board what the Deputy said in that the outreach nurse is available for...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (15 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: I certainly will go back to the Minister and relay to him the concerns raised by Deputy Dillon. Departmental officials are considering all available opportunities to improve on the pace of delivery of capital health projects. This process is currently underway and includes consideration of the use of modern methods of construction to deliver rapid build. In March this year changes to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disease Management (15 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Tully for raising this really important issue. All of us in the House fully appreciate how devastating a diagnosis of a rare disease can be for patients, their families and carers. There is cross-party support for doing everything we possibly can to help patients who live with this awful condition on a daily basis. As Deputy Tully said, EB is a rare, life-long genetic...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (15 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his question. The annual capital plan sets out the planned health infrastructure investment within a given year throughout the country. Capital investment has a critical role to play in enabling and enhancing service provision and in driving the reforms set out in Sláintecare. A number of projects for MUH are included in the 2023 capital plan. Funding has been...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 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: Health Services (14 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (14 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: Mental Health Policy (14 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: The Traveller Health Action Plan was launched in November 2022. The Department of Health and the HSE are committed to developing priorities, strategies and actions on Traveller mental health within the framework of the National Traveller Health Action Plan. These will respond to acknowledged needs in Traveller mental health and address the social determinants of Traveller mental health...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (14 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 6October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (14 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 6October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 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 6October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or...