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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (11 Jul 2024)

Mary Butler: ...the NTPF under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Fair Deal). The NTPF is expected to negotiate 389 Deeds of Agreement in 2024. As of end of April, there were 301 still remaining. The average uplift is 5% to date. There were 257 full Deeds renegotiated in 2023 which resulted in a 6-7% average uplift, with a further number of mid-Deed uplifts in addition to this (this is where Deeds were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Jul 2024)

Mary Butler: ...as Minister, the Government as a whole and the HSE. The National Clinical Programme for ADHD is being implemented across the country by multidisciplinary teams on a phased basis. Since 2021, over €3 million has been made available for funding ADHD posts from Programme for Government funding. This has enabled the set-up of 5 fully operational ADHD Teams with recruitment of over 25...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Jul 2024)

Mary Butler: ...as Minister, the Government as a whole and the HSE. The National Clinical Programme for ADHD is being implemented across the country by multidisciplinary teams on a phased basis. Since 2021, over €3 million has been made available for funding ADHD posts from Programme for Government funding. This has enabled the set-up of 5 fully operational ADHD Teams with recruitment of over 25...

Statutory Home Care: Statements (27 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: ...for as long as it is possible and safe to do so. Home support is an essential service for thousands of people each day across the country. Under my remit, the State is supporting approximately 56,000 older people to receive home support every day — that is over 70,000 people a year. The service is highly valued by people who need it, and their families, because it enables...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Mythen for his question. I am from CHO 5. I am aware that we have an adult eating disorder team in place in Kilkenny but we still do not have a CAMHS eating disorder team in place. The model of care in 2018 advocated for 16 teams in total, eight adult teams and eight CAMHS teams. To date, we have 12 of the teams funded, of which 11 are in place. I announced one more adult...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: ...-run Community Nursing Units (CNUs), which are often staffed at a level that allows the delivering of more complex care where required, represent less than 20% of Fair Deal scheme participants. Last year, 4,500 residents were in these public CNUs. The Department of Health also published a review of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) pricing system in June 2021 and, in cooperation...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: ...statutory home care would be like nursing home care in the home. That is not the way I see it because we would not have enough carers to deliver it. My budget for home care this year is €730 million. The nut has not been cracked yet as regards at what stage people would contribute to the cost of home care, notwithstanding that we have had reports from the Economic and Social...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...as Minister, the Government as a whole and the HSE. The National Clinical Programme for ADHD is being implemented across the country by multidisciplinary teams on a phased basis. Since 2021, over €3 million has been made available for funding ADHD posts from Programme for Government funding. This has enabled the set-up of 5 fully operational ADHD Teams with recruitment of over 25...

Report of the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Motion (23 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...since I came to this post four years ago and I believe that a report on supports for mental health for students is required so that we can stop the political point scoring. Approximately €146.5 million is being provided to CAMHS this year. In addition, €110 million is provided to community-based mental health organisations and NGOs annually, with a significant portion...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (21 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...ADHD is a key priority for me and for the HSE. The National Clinical Programme for ADHD is being implemented across the country by multidisciplinary teams on a phased basis. Since 2021, over €3 million has been made available for funding ADHD posts. This has enabled the set-up of 5 fully operational ADHD Teams with recruitment of over 25 posts, and two more teams are currently in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (14 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...Health, and an administrator. Enhancement of specialist mental health services such as ADHD is a key priority for myself as Minister, the Government as a whole, and the HSE. Since 2021, over €3 million has been made available for funding ADHD posts from Programme for Government funding. This has enabled the set-up of 5 ADHD Teams with recruitment of over 25 posts, and two more...

Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...and Care (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) sectors; — the 72 per cent increase in State funding since the Programme for Government: Our Shared Future was published, and the achievement of the First 5: A Whole-of-Government Strategy for Babies, Young Children and their Families 2019-2028 investment target set in 2018, five years ahead of schedule, with over €1.1 billion...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ...of our healthcare workers in improving the health outcomes for patients with cancer; — the improvement in survival rates in Ireland during the current National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026, with more than 215,000 people living in Ireland following a cancer diagnosis compared to 150,000 in 2017 when the Strategy was brought to Government; — the strong performance of Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (20 Mar 2024)

Mary Butler: ...Health, and an administrator. Enhancement of specialist mental health services such as ADHD is a key priority for myself as a Minister, the Government as a whole and the HSE. Since 2021, over €3 million has been made available for funding ADHD posts from Programme for Government funding. This has enabled the set-up of 5 ADHD Teams with recruitment of over 25 posts, and two more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Mar 2024)

Mary Butler: ...Health, and an administrator. Enhancement of specialist mental health services such as ADHD is a key priority for myself as a Minister, the Government as a whole and the HSE. Since 2021, over €3 million has been made available for funding ADHD posts from Programme for Government funding. This has enabled the set-up of 5 ADHD Teams with recruitment of over 25 posts, and two more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Mar 2024)

Mary Butler: ...Health, and an administrator. Enhancement of specialist mental health services such as ADHD is a key priority for myself as a Minister, the Government as a whole and the HSE. Since 2021, over €3 million has been made available for funding ADHD posts from Programme for Government funding. This has enabled the set-up of 5 ADHD Teams with recruitment of over 25 posts, and two more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Mar 2024)

Mary Butler: ...Health, and an administrator. Enhancement of specialist mental health services such as ADHD is a key priority for myself as a Minister, the Government as a whole and the HSE. Since 2021, over €3 million has been made available for funding ADHD posts from Programme for Government funding. This has enabled the set-up of 5 ADHD Teams with recruitment of over 25 posts, and two more...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2024)

Mary Butler: ...was really welcome. As I said, we have five full teams in place with two more being recruited at the moment in CHO 8 and CHO 7. Currently, there is none in CHO 2 Galway, Mayo, Roscommon; in CHO 5 Waterford, Carlow, Kilkenny - my own area - or in CHO 9. There is a partial team in Cavan-Monaghan. We are currently looking at the €10 million spend. I have prioritised ADHD because I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2024)

Mary Butler: ..., clinical nurse specialist mental health and an administrator. Enhancement for specialist mental health services such as ADHD is a key priority for me as Minister. Since 2021, more than €3 million has been made available for funding ADHD posts from programme for Government funding. This has enabled the set-up of five ADHD teams with recruitment of more than 25 posts, and two...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Health Strategies (29 Feb 2024)

Mary Butler: I wish to comment on computerisation, especially regarding home supports. There is currently a split in that the 22 million home support hours last year were delivered between private, public and voluntary services. Approximately 55% of all the home support last year was delivered by private sector services, which all use IT to deliver their supports. Unfortunately, the HSE is lagging but...