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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Eating Disorders (13 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for this important question. Eating disorders are complex and individual. They are the mental health illness with the highest mortality rate. The first model of care was devised around 2018. At the time, it was expected that approximately 50 people would present with an eating disorder. In 2024, 562 people were treated through HSE services. The national clinical...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Eating Disorders (13 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy. He is right that eating orders are complex and individual. They are the mental health illness with the highest mortality rate. Every case is different. I acknowledge the advocacy groups, including Bodywhys and Cared Ireland. They provide enormous support to people with eating disorders and I acknowledge that. There are currently only three adult eating disorder...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Eating Disorders (13 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I hope, with the support of the Minister and Cabinet, to look for funding in the Estimates process when I have the report at the end of June. These premises exist. We will also consider any new approved centres. Five will be rebuilt and we will potentially look at putting some beds in there. We will have to grow this incrementally. Everything we do is incremental because we need...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 May 2025)

Mary Butler: To be clear, since this model of care came in, no child under 18 has had to go abroad for treatment. Since 2019, 14 people have gone abroad for treatment under the auspices of the HSE. Other people may have gone under the cover of private healthcare, but we know that 14 people went abroad for very specialised treatment. Turning back to the Deputy's initial question, there were two...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his question. We saw eating disorders grow exponentially during Covid, for example. This was especially the case among younger girls aged 14, 15 and 16. Last year, for example, the eating disorder clinical team worked with approximately 520 young people. Many of those were transferred back to a GP for further support. It is possible to recover from an eating...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for the question. I was expecting Deputy Clarke. Eating disorders are complex and individual and can be one of the most serious mental health issues. The national clinical programme on eating disorders is progressing well with 14 of the 16 teams envisaged by the model of care now funded and approximately 100 dedicated eating disorder clinicians working in teams...

Appointment of Cathaoirleach of Working Group of Committee Cathaoirligh: Motion (13 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 130(9), Deputy Seán Fleming be appointed as the Cathaoirleach of the Working Group of Committee Cathaoirligh.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I thank all the Deputies for their suggestion. I am happy to engage with the Opposition and we can discuss the motion in advance of the business meeting on Thursday morning and look at speaking times for next week.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: -Motion re Withdrawal of Bills (to be taken without debate) -Motion re Appointment of Cathaoirleach of Working Group of Committee Cathaoirligh (to be taken without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately) -Statements on Power of Higher Education, Research and Skills as an Economic Enabler in a Changing World (not to exceed 2 hrs 25...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Suicide Prevention (8 May 2025)

Mary Butler: It is a pleasure to be back in the Seanad. I congratulate the Leas-Chathaoirleach on her role. I thank Senator Andrews for raising this important issue. Every death by suicide has a devastating effect on the families, loved ones and entire community who are affected. Suicide and self-harm reduction are a priority for me as Minister of State and for Government as a whole. Just two days...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Suicide Prevention (8 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I look forward to walking on my own Darkness into Light walk in Portlaw this weekend. I normally attend the one in Waterford city but this time I am staying local. It is great to see all of these walks. Initially, they were in the big cities and towns but now they are in nearly every community, which has to be welcomed. I want to touch on some of the funding that has been provided. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Education Policy (7 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his very interesting contribution. I am responding on behalf of the Minister for Education and Youth. I agree with every word he said. As Minister of State with responsibility for mental health services, I am aware that extracurricular activities play a key role in helping learners to grow and succeed, both in and out of the classroom, and especially in regard to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Education Policy (7 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I certainly will take the Deputy's request to the Minister. At present, the Department supports a number of national extracurricular programmes through core funding, including €400,000 for the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, €200,000 for SciFest, €250,000 for ESB Science Blast and €43,000 for the Engineers Ireland STEPS Programme. That gives a total of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (7 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy and I acknowledge his constant advocacy with regard to new cancer drugs and drugs in general. I am taking this question on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill. As the Deputy knows, the HSE has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. Reimbursement is for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (7 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy. The level of investment in recent years is unprecedented in supporting patients through the availability of the latest and wide-ranging medicines. Since 2020, €128 million has been made available to fund access to 217 new medicines, including 74 for treating cancer and 57 for treating rare diseases. For 2025, an additional €30 million will be made...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Central Statistics Office (7 May 2025)

Mary Butler: The Department of Rural and Community Development has the policy responsibility for the Control of Dogs Act and the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. The Dog Breeding Establishments Act provides a regulatory framework for the licensing, monitoring and inspection of dog breeding establishments by local authorities and, where a serious and an immediate threat exists to public health or...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Central Statistics Office (7 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I will bring the Deputy’s concerns back to the Minister. As she said, there were calls for other dogs to be banned. The dog control stakeholder group is currently reviewing that. As the group has said itself, it is quite complex. The most important thing is that, when the legislation is in place, it is implementable and enforceable.

First Report of Committee of Selection and Appointment of Cathaoirligh: Motion (7 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I move: That Dáil Éireann: (a) approves the First Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 33, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 6th May, 2025, and appoints members to Committees accordingly; and (b) pursuant to Standing Order 113(2), appoints the following members as Chairs of Committees: Deputy Aindrias Moynihan...

Appointment of Ordinary Members to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (7 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with section 8(3)(a) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003 to 2024, appoints the ordinary members of the Commission as follows: Deputies Catherine Ardagh, Frank Feighan, Pearse Doherty and Jennifer Whitmore.

Dissolution of Select Committee on Subsidiarity (European Union Legislative Scrutiny): Motion (7 May 2025)

Mary Butler: I move: That the Order of the Dáil of 23rd January, 2025, in relation to the Select Committee on Subsidiarity (European Union Legislative Scrutiny) is hereby rescinded and the Committee is accordingly dissolved for the remainder of the 34th Dáil.