Results 1-20 of 27 for sligo speaker:Mary Butler

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Butler: ...Progress has been made. The Senator made the point about there being only one college in Galway where students can go. We saw recently that a course on home economics that was only available in Sligo previously is now available in Mary Immaculate College, St Patrick’s Campus, Thurles. That is extremely important because before this, everyone had to go to Sligo if they wanted to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (21 Sep 2023)

Mary Butler: ...this year and are in place. I was delighted to hear that. As regards psychosis, many of the clinical programmes are originally started on a pilot basis and then rolled out. I travelled to Sligo this year, where there is a new psychosis team in place that is doing phenomenal work. I take the point being made by the Deputy. He knows there are demands on the availability of staff....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (25 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: I do not have a response in respect of primary care centres at the moment but I know the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, was in counties Sligo and Donegal last Friday to open three primary care centres. Nine primary care centres were announced in December last year. We have been building primary care centres for the past five or six years and rolling out eight or nine of them each year....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Jan 2023)

Mary Butler: ...that there are currently no plans to move the treatment centre from Carrick-on-Shannon or change the level of services provided there. It should be noted that the GP out-of-hours service for Sligo and Leitrim is managed as a singular model of service through a service level agreement with Caredoc. As this model is operating effectively, it is not included in the current examination under...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (13 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: ...and services in 2021 allowed for substantial advancements in areas including: - Enhanced Memory Technology Resource Rooms in 9 sites across the country - Dementia diagnostic services through a specialist regional memory clinic in Cork and four new memory assessment and support services in Mayo, Wexford, Waterford and Sligo - Enhancement of acute care pathways for people with dementia...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Care of the Elderly (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: ...services including day centres. A wide range of core services are provided for older persons, including home support, day care, community supports in partnership with voluntary groups, such as the Sligo LEADER group the Deputy mentioned, and intermediate care as well as long-stay residential care when remaining at home is no longer feasible. These services are fundamental to the health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Mary Butler: ...back to ADHD, the current situation is that this was launched in 2021. The Adapt team in Sandyford is one of three current ADHD clinics set up by the national clinical programme. The others cover Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal, and CHO 3, which covers Limerick, Clare and north Tipperary. As I said, I have provided funding for four further teams this year, for which staff are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Butler: ...in the areas of: - Enhanced Memory Technology Resource Rooms in 9 sites across the country - Dementia diagnostic services through a specialist regional memory clinic in Cork and four new memory assessment and support services in Mayo, Wexford, Waterford and Sligo - Enhancement of acute care pathways for people with dementia through the recruitment of more clinical nurse specialists...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (21 Jun 2022)

Mary Butler: ...about cardiac supports and how important they are. As I outlined earlier, the HSE has advised that all options have been explored regarding the continued provision of cath lab services in Sligo University Hospital after the cessation by the current service provider later this month. It will exit the Irish market completely at the end of June which is very disappointing. I know the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (21 Jun 2022)

Mary Butler: ...labs all day long. My very first speech after being elected in 2016 related to cath lab services in Waterford. As the Deputies will know, mobile cardiac cath lab services have been provided at Sligo University Hospital by a private company. I am informed by the HSE that the company concerned is to cease its provision of mobile cath lab services at SUH and other hospitals in the Irish...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Mary Butler: ...18 and 25. There are strong links between the consumption of cannabis and psychosis. We have several very good teams on the ground. We have fantastic pilot programmes under way in Cork and Sligo and I hope to extend them. A bed capacity review is under way and I am due to have the report by next week. It has been promised for a while. There is, however, capacity in the departments of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: ...Rooms in 9 sites across the country - Dementia diagnostic services through a specialist regional memory clinic in Cork and four new memory assessment and support services in Mayo, Wexford, Waterford and Sligo - Enhancement of acute care pathways for people with dementia through the recruitment of more clinical nurse specialists - The implementation of a National...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (2 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: ...morning. I will start by acknowledging that this is an extremely difficult and stressful time for the workers of B. Braun and their families. The firm was a significant source of employment for Sligo and this news will have struck a heavy blow to the community there. I understand that the company made this decision as it found it difficult to continue to scale its specific manufacturing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (2 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: ...has asked the IDA to keep him regularly updated on its progress in finding a buyer. As difficult as it may be to appreciate right now, we have reason to be confident. Firms are continuing to commit to Sligo. I will give all of the Deputies here a commitment. I will speak to my colleague later on today about the issues they have raised. I take on board the point that it is very...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (2 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: I appreciate the Deputy's contribution on the neurological service at Sligo University Hospital. I can read a script here and read out the commitment to the national clinical programme for neurology, to meeting the needs of patients, as illustrated by the proposed appointment of a third consultant neurologist to help fulfil the neurology care needs of the population of the north west, but it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (2 Feb 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy MacSharry for raising the matter of the recruitment of additional nurse specialists in neurology for Sligo University Hospital. The issue has come to the fore as part of a national campaign organised by the Neurological Alliance of Ireland. I could be standing where the Deputy is standing and raising the exact same issue about the south east. I compliment the alliance on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (26 Jan 2022)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy and advise him further that the review of the Sligo town bus service is not looking at specific routes in isolation. Rather, the NTA is working to develop a bus network in Sligo town which can better serve the multiple needs of people who wish to use public transport there. For example, the NTA is examining the potential of a corridor in which the existing S1 and S2...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (26 Jan 2022)

Mary Butler: ...also connects to cities and regional centres nationwide. Connecting Ireland will significantly increase both the number of routes and the frequency of existing services across the country, including in Sligo. As a result of Connecting Ireland, hundreds of rural villages and areas will, for the first time, be served by a viable public transport link. It is proposed that there will...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (10 Nov 2021)

Mary Butler: ...to take the necessary decisions on the other side of the equation. Comparable counties along the western seaboard have raised the local property tax rate for next year. Clare, Limerick, Donegal and Sligo have raised the rate by 15%, Mayo by 10% and Kerry by 7.5%. Leitrim and Roscommon also raised the local property tax by 15% for next year. Galway County Council is among the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (6 Oct 2021)

Mary Butler: ...of the National Dementia Strategy. One of the measures funded through the €5m for the implementation of the National Dementia Strategy is the development of four new Memory Assessment and Support Services in Mayo, Sligo, Waterford and Wexford. These new services will improve access to assessment and diagnostic services. More broadly, the provision of funding to respond to...