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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: We could do an entire Dáil statement and debate on this issue, so I thank the Deputy for raising it. The Deputy has raised several areas: cataract services, orthopaedic services, spinal care and more. As I just said, our goal is universal healthcare. One of the pillars is affordability, which we just discussed, and another is rapid access. A huge amount of what we have been doing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister's reply shows an intimate knowledge of the system and its flaws and weaknesses and so on, which we all accept. We have to strive towards universal healthcare. However, it is no good telling that to the patient who has to wait, whether it is scoliosis or whatever else. I had spinal surgery during the summer. It was not possible for somebody to say to me, "We are working...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

Mental Health Services

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: 7. To ask the Minister for Health if he can guarantee when inpatient residential dual diagnosis services will resume in a treatment centre, details supplied; the reason for the delay in reopening these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39162/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: Will the Minister confirm that the inpatient dual diagnosis service will resume at the Keltoi treatment centre in St. Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park? When will the residential service reopen?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

Mary Butler: I acknowledge the Deputy's continued interest in this matter. The model of care in regard to dual diagnosis was launched only last year. In 2021, I launched the model of care for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, for adults, with four new teams in place this year. We will continue to complete that roll-out. Given the model of care for dual diagnosis was launched only last...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: I have been working on this issue since the service closed during the Covid crisis in 2020. We were told at the time by the now Taoiseach and then Minister for Health, Simon Harris, that it would be open as soon as the Covid crisis finished. I raised the matter again with the former Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton. I expected the Minister of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

Mary Butler: I do not disagree with the Deputy. The Keltoi rehabilitation centre is hugely important. It is recommended in the model of care that the centre provide a dual diagnosis service. It is intended to be used for rehabilitation of those with serious and significant mental health difficulties and substance use disorders. It will accept referrals from across Ireland, which is really important....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: Keltoi is a facility I know very well from my professional life before I came to this House. I know the important role it plays. I am still concerned about the funding coming from different Departments and the question of who is responsible. Where does the buck stop when it comes to reopening the residential service? The centre is back open as a day facility but the residential service is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2024)

Mary Butler: As the Deputy said, the day service is open. My understanding is that the submission we received was not sufficient at the time to enhance the residential element of the service. That is still being worked on, as I said, between social inclusion, the HSE and the Department of Health. I expect the mental health unit within the Department to take the lead on this. We are driving it on....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Cards (3 Oct 2024)

Medical Cards

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Cards (3 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 8. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the eligibility rules for medical cards and GP cards for those with chronic and incurable autoimmune diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39429/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Cards (3 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: My question concerns the eligibility rules for medical cards and GP cards in respect of people with chronic and incurable autoimmune diseases. This is an important issue for those it affects. These are difficult healthcare conditions that come with a lot of ramifications for quality of life and in terms of costs. People need access to community healthcare at a fair and affordable price....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Cards (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Medical card provision is primarily based on financial assessment. In accordance with the Health Act 1970, eligibility for a medical card is determined by the HSE, which assesses each application on a qualifying financial threshold. The idea of granting medical cards or GP visit cards based on any particular disease or illness has been considered. It is a topic we discuss regularly in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: There is no question but that should not be happening, and I will talk to the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, about it in the context of disability services. There is a clear overlap between my world of health and oral health policy, and that Minister's brief of disability services. I fully agree with the Deputy. All children should be able to get the services, but particularly those who have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Eating Disorders (3 Oct 2024)

Eating Disorders

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Eating Disorders (3 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 6. To ask the Minister for Health to consider providing funding in budget 2025 for a mental health services adult and children eating disorder team in the mid-west under the new national model of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39431/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Eating Disorders (3 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Will the Minister of State consider providing funding in budget 2025 for a mental health services eating disorder team for adults and children in the mid-west under the new national model of care?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Eating Disorders (3 Oct 2024)

Mary Butler: As the Deputy will know, the model of care for the national clinical programme for eating disorders was launched in 2018 and since I took office in July 2020, I have prioritised its roll-out. Multidisciplinary eating disorder teams for adults and CAMHS are being rolled out throughout the country. There are now 11 teams in place, comprising six adult teams and five for child and adolescent...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Eating Disorders (3 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Minister of State. That is fantastic news. My response was going to outline that ours is the one region that does not have a team in place, so that is significant. I appreciate that the Minister of State has prioritised this area since she took office. I put this question to her because Mind EveryBody and Cared Ireland gave a briefing in recent weeks in the audiovisual room...