Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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678. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the expenditure in Budget 2023, in which the roll-out of more digital mental health supports are to be progressed, the amount of funding that will be allocated to this progression; the areas in which will it be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48428/22]

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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679. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the expenditure in Budget 2023, in which investment is earmarked for approved centres to ensure they comply with Mental Health Commission requirements, the amount of this investment; the centres to which it will be allocated in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48429/22]

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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680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the expenditure in Budget 2023, for which funding for additional employment and housing supports for persons with mental health difficulties has been provided, the amount of funding that will be allocated to same; the areas in which it will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48430/22]

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.