Results 261-280 of 10,194 for speaker:Mary Butler
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2024)
Mary Butler: I do not have that detail here this morning.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2024)
Mary Butler: It was something we discussed last year. The Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, and I discussed it and I am glad it is being reviewed at the moment. We all deal with people in our constituency offices every day of the week who are finding it difficult to secure a medical card and especially when they have an illness. That is one of the challenges. It is important that it would...
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2024)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his questions. Further to the discussion we had last night during Private Members' business, the Deputy may have stepped out of the Chamber when I stated that the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, had taken on board the comments raised at previous meetings related to this Bill. The Government is in the process of finalising a further amendment to facilitate...
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2024)
Mary Butler: I thank the Cathoirleach and all the members who attended today.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2024)
Mary Butler: It is a very valid point. For older people especially who need their cataracts done, it makes such a huge improvement on their ordinary day-to-day living when their cataract is sorted and their sight improves immensely. We are running waiting list initiatives at the moment for cataract procedures. I take on board the point the Deputy is making, however. Many people who avail of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2024)
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 Help Service (21 Mar 2024)
Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 296 and 299 together. As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE recently ended the industrial action which commenced on 6 October 2023. As a consequence, members in...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Mar 2024)
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 (21 Mar 2024)
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: Home Help Service (21 Mar 2024)
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: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2024)
Mary Butler: The Government is committed to supporting positive ageing across the life course as well as to ensuring that older people can continue to live independently in their homes and communities for as long as possible. This commitment is enshrined in the National Positive Ageing Strategy, which provides a blueprint for promoting older people’s engagement in economic, social, cultural and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (21 Mar 2024)
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.
- General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)
Mary Butler: I will get on that straight away.
- General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)
Mary Butler: I welcome the opportunity to engage with colleagues on the important matter of the provision of primary care health services. Access to health services in the community is essential to people's well-being, with GPs usually acting as people's primary care providers and gatekeepers to the wider healthcare services. Treating patients as close to home as possible is beneficial for patients and...
- Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (20 Mar 2024)
Mary Butler: We are running early after losing all that time.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (20 Mar 2024)
Mary Butler: ADHD has long been recognised as one of the most common psychiatric disorders in children and it is now known to persist into adulthood. Core symptoms include inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. It can cause many issues in areas such as personal and social relations, education and occupation, managing money and organising life in general, there is also an increased risk of having...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Mar 2024)
Mary Butler: ADHD has long been recognised as one of the most common psychiatric disorders in children and it is now known to persist into adulthood. Core symptoms include inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. It can cause many issues in areas such as personal and social relations, education and occupation, managing money and organising life in general, there is also an increased risk of having...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Mar 2024)
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 (20 Mar 2024)
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: Eating Disorders (20 Mar 2024)
Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1220 to 1222, inclusive, together. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.