Results 1-20 of 129 for data protection speaker:Mary Butler

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

Mary Butler: .... Through amendments to the Health Act 2007, it will strengthen the regulatory framework for residential care services for older persons, people with disabilities and children in need of care and protection. The first amendment to the Health Act 2007 is the introduction of compliance notices to provide a more timely and proportionate tool for intervention by the chief inspector when...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...for the enhancement and modernisation of powers and requirements within the regulatory framework governing nursing homes and the establishment of mandatory reporting to HIQA of key operational data by nursing homes to support service planning and policy development. Second, through amendments to the Nursing Home Support Scheme Act 2009, the fair deal, it will widen the definition of those...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...the regulatory framework for residential care services regulated under the Act. This includes residential centres for older persons, people with disabilities and children in need of care and protection. The ultimate objective of these proposals is to drive improvements for people living in these centres. These are some of the most vulnerable people and it is vital that we have a robust...

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

Mary Butler: ...families, currently by 25 per cent on average and by 50 per cent on average from September; — the roll-out of the ECCE programme, which enjoys uptake rates in excess of 95 per cent and has removed barriers to accessing pre-school education, with data from Growing Up in Ireland showing that more than 60 per cent of low income families would not have been able to send their child to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (25 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ...by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. In determining the services covered by the NHSS it was considered very important that the care recipient and the taxpayer would be protected and would not end up paying for the same services twice. For this reason, medications and aids that are already prescribed for individuals under an existing scheme are not included in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (23 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ...by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. In determining the services covered by the NHSS it was considered very important that the care recipient and the taxpayer would be protected and would not end up paying for the same services twice. For this reason, medications and aids that are already prescribed for individuals under an existing scheme are not included in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (10 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ...by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. In determining the services covered by the NHSS it was considered very important that the care recipient and the taxpayer would be protected and would not end up paying for the same services twice. For this reason, medications and aids that are already prescribed for individuals under an existing scheme are not included in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Butler: ...by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. In determining the services covered by the NHSS it was considered very important that the care recipient and the taxpayer would be protected and would not end up paying for the same services twice. For this reason, medications and aids that are already prescribed for individuals under an existing scheme are not included in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (17 Jan 2024)

Mary Butler: ...end of June 2023. A new €10 million scheme has also been established for 2024, designed to target and support structural improvements in nursing homes to assist with meeting HIQA compliance obligations in respect of protection against infection and fire precautions. This scheme is active from 1 January 2024 and can be backdated for eligible works to 1 January 2020. Long-term...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Butler: ...delivered her opening speech on farms having a balance sheet of carbon sequestration. I have learned a lot in the past four minutes. At the outset, it is the responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to report emissions and removals associated with land use activities on an annual basis to the EU and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (3 Oct 2023)

Mary Butler: ...by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. In determining the services covered by the NHSS it was considered very important that the care recipient and the taxpayer would be protected and would not end up paying for the same services twice. For this reason, medications and aids that are already prescribed for individuals under an existing scheme are not included in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (11 Jul 2023)

Mary Butler: ...and HSE-funded staff to follow in cases of suspected abuse or neglect of adults;a HSE National Safeguarding Office leading operational policy development and oversight; social work teams (“Safeguarding and Protection Teams”) in each of the 9 HSE Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO) areas; training programmes on safeguarding policy and procedures; Designated Adult...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (6 Jul 2023)

Mary Butler: ...by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. In determining the services covered by the NHSS it was considered very important that the care recipient and the taxpayer would be protected and would not end up paying for the same services twice. For this reason, medications and aids that are already prescribed for individuals under an existing scheme are not included in the...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Mary Butler: ...care services in a timely manner. In order to avail of this care, the majority of people access this support through the nursing home support scheme known as fair deal. Fair deal was designed to protect and support vulnerable older people, and to ensure equal access to nursing home care based on what they could afford. That is what fair deal is all about. This gives certainty to people...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 May 2023)

Mary Butler: ...The HSE through the COVID-19 Contact Management Programme and the Public Health Departments prioritised the investigation and management of outbreaks in nursing homes;Access to supply lines for personal protective equipment (PPE), medical oxygen etc. including access, free of charge, to PPE on both a precautionary and an outbreak basis;HSE training and development resources, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (17 May 2023)

Mary Butler: ...that the cost differential is largely driven by variances in staff-to-resident ratios and the skill mix in public CNUs and private nursing homes. It should be note that the VFM review reiterated that the data compiled cannot be interpreted as being a representative sample of either a public or private provision, due to the extremely small (<1%) sample size and is therefore not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (29 Mar 2023)

Mary Butler: ...instances). - An adult safeguarding policy and procedures training programme, and a requirement that staff must attend training (the training is also accessible to non-HSE and HSE-funded services). - A specialist Safeguarding and Protection Team in each of the 9 HSE Community Healthcare Organisation areas. - Over 2,000 designated safeguarding officers nominated by service providers and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Butler: ...the review recommendations are being directed from within the appropriate section/units within the Department - Recommendation 2: the Department has engaged with the NTPF on a range of topics and data useful to inform policy making has been shared by both parties. - Recommendation 3: The roll out of InterRAI Single Assessment Tool in the community has commenced and is fully operational...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (7 Mar 2023)

Mary Butler: ...by participation in the NHSS or residence in a nursing home. In determining the services covered by the NHSS it was considered very important that the care recipient and the taxpayer would be protected and would not end up paying for the same services twice. For this reason, medications and aids that are already prescribed for individuals under an existing scheme are not included in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (1 Mar 2023)

Mary Butler: ...and personal care appropriate to the level of care needs of the person;Bed and board;Basic aids and appliances necessary to assist a person with the activities of daily living; andLaundry service.Data from HSE indicates that, on average, NHSS residents cover around 30% of their cost of care, with the state covering the remaining 70%. This proportion is based on the assessment of residents'...