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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 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 6thOctober. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (9 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: The total allocation for mental health services in 2024 is approximately €1.3 billion, which is the fourth year in a row in which the mental health budget has been increased. This increase in funding for mental health services represents a significant investment which will enable continued policy implementation and service improvement in line with our national mental health policy,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 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 6thOctober. 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 (9 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 6thOctober. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (9 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: Mental Health Services (9 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 6thOctober. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (9 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: Since my appointment as Minister for Mental Health and Older People in 2020, I have made dementia a priority. Through successive budgets, I have worked to prioritise Government funding for the development of dementia diagnostic and post-diagnostic services, in line with the recently-published Dementia Model of Care. Through Budget 2024, I have continued to prioritise dementia by...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 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: Departmental Funding (9 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: Home support is an essential service for thousands of people each day across the country. It is highly valued by service users and their families because it enables older people to live independently and with dignity in their own homes for longer. It also enables many older people to return home following acute hospital admission. Otherwise, they may remain there or would be admitted to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 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 6thOctober. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (8 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: Home Care Packages (7 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Third Level Fees (7 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: As the Deputy may be aware, as part of Budget 2023 I secured €750,000 to fund counselling psychology training places, as a way of moving towards greater equality for students who are training as counselling psychologists and bringing the funding model for counselling psychologists closer to that of clinical and educational psychologists. The funding, which is sustainable and recurring,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: Sharing the Vision2020-2030, our national mental health policy, and its associated Implementation Plan2022-2024 recognises that talk therapies should be available as a first-line treatment option for most people who experience mental health difficulties. Counselling in Primary Care (CIPC) is an effective service which achieves positive outcomes for clients with additional benefits for overall...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 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: Nursing Homes (7 Nov 2023)
Mary Butler: The Chief Inspector of Social Services in the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, is the statutory independent regulator in place for the nursing home sector, whether a HSE managed or a private nursing home. The Chief Inspector, established under the Health Act 2007, has significant and wide-ranging powers up to and including withdrawing the registration of a nursing home...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 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: Nursing Homes (7 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.