Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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672. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount that has been allocated to mental health in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48422/22]

Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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673. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall health budget that has been allocated for mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48423/22]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 672 and 673 together.

The total allocation for mental health services in 2023 is over €1.2 billion, which is another record budget for mental health services.This significant investment will enable implementation of many of the short and medium-term measures in our national mental health policy, Sharing the Vision, enhancing the provision of mental health supports across a broad continuum from mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention, to acute and specialist mental health service delivery, and enabling us to continue to deliver our vital services to as many people as possible, as we move into 2023.

As occurs each year following the Budget, discussions will now take place with the HSE on details relating to specific service initiatives in the context of preparing the HSE Service Plan 2023, including that for Mental Health.

Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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674. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall health budget that has been allocated to mental health in each of the Budgets from 2019 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48424/22]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The final allocation for HSE Mental Health Services is set out in the relevant HSE Service Plans for the years 2019 to 2022. I have asked the HSE to supply the detailed information sought directly to the Deputy.

The total allocation for mental health services in 2023 is over €1.2 billion, which is another record budget for mental health services. This significant investment will enable implementation of many of the short and medium-term measures in our national mental health policy, Sharing the Vision, enhancing the provision of mental health supports across a broad continuum from mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention, to acute and specialist mental health service delivery, and enabling us to continue to deliver our vital services to as many people as possible, as we move into 2023.

As occurs each year following the Budget, discussions will now take place with the HSE on details relating to specific service initiatives in the context of preparing the HSE Service Plan 2023, including that for Mental Health.

Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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675. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the areas in which the additional funding of €14 million will be spent; the services that the funding will go towards; when these new measures will come into operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48425/22]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The total allocation for mental health services in 2023 is over €1.2 billion, which is another record budget for mental health services. This significant investment will enable implementation of many of the short and medium-term measures in our national mental health policy, Sharing the Vision, enhancing the provision of mental health supports across a broad continuum from mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention, to acute and specialist mental health service delivery, and enabling us to continue to deliver our vital services to as many people as possible, as we move into 2023.

As occurs each year following the Budget, discussions will now take place with the HSE on details relating to specific service initiatives in the context of preparing the HSE Service Plan 2023, including that for Mental Health.

Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the expenditure in Budget 2023, in which mental health waiting lists are to be progressed, the amount of funding that will be allocated to the progression of mental health waiting lists; the areas in which the funding will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48426/22]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The total allocation for mental health services in 2023 is over €1.2 billion, which is another record budget for mental health services. This significant investment will enable implementation of many of the short and medium-term measures in our national mental health policy, Sharing the Vision, enhancing the provision of mental health supports across a broad continuum from mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention, to acute and specialist mental health service delivery, and enabling us to continue to deliver our vital services to as many people as possible, as we move into 2023.

As occurs each year following the Budget, discussions will now take place with the HSE on details relating to specific service initiatives in the context of preparing the HSE Service Plan 2023, including that for Mental Health.