Results 121-140 of 168 for 5 million speaker:Mary Butler

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (27 Jul 2021)

Mary Butler: ...Support Service is a core service for older people and is highly valued by service users, their families and by the HSE. The HSE’s National Service Plan for 2021 target is to deliver over 24.2million hours of home support - 23.9 million home support hours to 55,675 people - 360,000 hours to 235 people through intensive home support packages This is 5 million hours more than the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Mary Butler: ...plans in place, including access to acute beds in the private sector. The HSE has a range of proactive responses for any rise in mental health service needs. In 2020, an additional €2.2 million was allocated to develop telehealth and psychosocial responses to Covid-19. Telehealth services are now fully established including YourMentalHealth.ie, which offers a wealth of...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Mary Butler: ...of the scheme, thereby preserving access to care for those who need it. It is important that we ensure the sustainability of the scheme. It costs €1.4 billion a year, a vast sum to support 22,500 people in nursing homes. That brings me to the issue of home care, which was raised by Senator Garvey and others. We made a significant breakthrough in home care this year, with a total...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (13 Jul 2021)

Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52, 53 and 60 together. Home supports enable older people to remain in their own homes and communities, as well as facilitating timely discharge from hospital.  Since 2018 the funding for home help and standard home care packages has operated as a single home support service.  We have made improved access to home support services a priority. In 2021...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (13 Jul 2021)

Mary Butler: ...the mental health sector. This additional capacity includes the purchase of acute beds as well as longer term care beds in order to free up capacity in the statutory sector.  A total of €13.65 million has been allocated to purchasing the additional capacity in 2021. Following a specific procurement process, 5 additional Mental Health Intellectual Disability beds and 10...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (13 Jul 2021)

Mary Butler: ...improved access and shorter waiting lists, remains a key priority for me, the Government as a whole and the HSE. In response to the growth in cases presenting to mental health services, €5.7 million has been allocated for the Eating Disorders National Clinical Programme since 2016. The Eating Disorders Model of Care was launched in 2018 and was developed in partnership with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (13 Jul 2021)

Mary Butler: ...improved access and shorter waiting lists, remains a key priority for me, the Government as a whole and the HSE. In response to the growth in cases presenting to mental health services, €5.7 million has been allocated for the Eating Disorders National Clinical Programme since 2016. The Eating Disorders Model of Care was launched in 2018 and was developed in partnership with the...

Seanad: National Maternity Hospital: Statements (2 Jul 2021)

Mary Butler: ..., the Government has deliberately placed an enhanced focus on the progressive development of maternity and women’s healthcare in the country. This year, we allocated increased funding of €12 million for the implementation of the national maternity strategy and for the development of gynaecology services. We have, for the first time, provided funding of €5 million to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (30 Jun 2021)

Mary Butler: ...improved access and shorter waiting lists, remains a key priority for me, Government as a whole and the HSE. In response to the growth in cases presenting to mental health services, €5.7 million has been allocated for the Eating Disorders National Clinical Programme since 2016. The Eating Disorders Model of Care was launched in 2018 and was developed in partnership with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (29 Jun 2021)

Mary Butler: ..., including improved access and shorter waiting lists, remains a key priority for me, Government as a whole and the HSE. In response to the growth in cases presenting to mental health services, €5.7 million has been allocated for the Eating Disorders National Clinical Programme since 2016. The Eating Disorders Model of Care was launched in 2018 and was developed in partnership with...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2021)

Mary Butler: .... To ensure we can deliver on that aim, the Government has provided a significant increase in funding for women’s healthcare in 2021, reflecting our commitment to improve services in this area. The €12 million that has been allocated to the national maternity strategy and to gynaecology services this year, and the additional €5 million provided to the women’s...

Mental Health During and Post Covid-19: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Mary Butler: ...to meet evolving demands and circumstances. Digital mental health has aided provision of seven-day tele-mental health supports, including yourmentalhealth.ie, the information line 1800 111 888, the crisis textline 50808 and NGO online supports. These include one-to-one counselling and group and peer supports delivered, for example, through MyMind, Turn2Me and Silvercloud. MyMind...

Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Butler: ...successors to a farm or business as they will now be able to operate that business or farm in the knowledge that the maximum charge on the property for the person receiving care services will be 22.5% of its value, provided all of the conditions of the scheme are met. This will assist in protecting the future viability and sustainability of these productive assets for many families. Farms...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2021)

Mary Butler: ...In line with the Government commitment to progress the recommendations of the Expert Panel, up to €40m in funding has been secured to directly progress national recommendations in 2021. Up to €5 million in funding has been allocated to HIQA for 2021 for the implementation of the Panel’s recommendations, with €3.8 million approved for draw down for the...

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: ...done everything asked of them. We are concerned about older people who, restrictions aside, are not in a position to leave their homes and are housebound or bed bound. In response, an additional 5 million home care support hours has been put in place this year to support those people in their homes, bringing the total number to 23 million. For those people who require reablement,...

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: ...but new and emerging need. Technology has aided the provision of seven-day tele-mental health supports, including YourMentalHealth.ie, the information line 1800 111 888, the crisis text line 50808 and NGO online supports. These include one-to-one counselling and group and peer supports delivered through MyMind and SilverCloud. MyMind provides free online counselling in 15 languages to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: ...that the HSE staff have been working hard to augment existing services and introduce new supports, which take into account the health restrictions of Covid-19. Mental Health services at levels 5 & 6, are targeted at providing appropriate support to people who more significant mental health support needs. €2.2 million was provided to the HSE in 2020 for a mental health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Butler: ...on behalf of the Department on the demand for, and cost of, home support. This research will assist with identifying the associated workforce requirements for the introduction of such a scheme. An additional €150 million is being provided for home support in 2021. The very significant additional funding will provide a further 5 million hours over this year’ target aimed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Butler: ...bereaved due to Covid. The framework provides a cohesive, coordinated, consistent and collaborative whole-of-population approach to the provision of mental health services and supports across 5 key levels from mental health promotion to specialist supports. Telehealth services are fully established including YourMentalHealth.ie, which offers a wealth of information on mental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 Feb 2021)

Mary Butler: ...the system, though significant, is finite and services must be delivered within the funding available. The 2020 National Service Plan provides for 18.9m home support hours to be delivered to 53,700 people and Intensive Home Care Packages delivered to approximately 235 people with approximately 360,000 hours delivered in the full year. An additional €150 million is being provided...