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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...

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

Mary Butler: Since the model of care was launched in 2018, we have learned that 90% of those with an eating disorder can be treated very well in the community. We saw a huge spike in the number of referrals for eating disorders during Covid, especially in girls aged 15 or 16 with anorexia. As I said, year on year I have continued to prioritise the roll-out of these teams, which are specialist teams....

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

Violet-Anne Wynne: I seek clarification. We will have a CAMHS team but I am conscious of the need for a pathway for adults to get services. Will that remain a gap to be prioritised next year?. At least 200,000 people in Ireland suffer from an eating disorder and there is an issue with the availability of inpatient beds. While the Minister of State alluded to community care, which may be fantastic for many...

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

Mark Ward: As Deputy Wynne noted, there are currently only three specialist inpatient beds for adult eating disorders in the State. As the Minister of State will know, eating disorders are one of the most fatal mental health problems people can have. Patients are being admitted into non-specialist wards, having their body mass index increased without specialist help and being released back into the...

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

Bernard Durkan: To what extent will the Kildare-west Wicklow section to which the Minister of State referred see a noticeable improvement such that patients and potential patients can put their minds at ease, with specific reference to access and follow-up?

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

Mary Butler: Approximately 90% of people with eating disorders are treated in the community. The best clinical advice that was available to me when I took up this role suggested that we should enhance the clinical supports in the communities because that would meet the needs of that 90%. We are undertaking a review of the model of care because when it was devised in 2018 with data from 2016 and 2017, it...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Primary Care Centres (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: It is clear that urgent remediation is required. It is welcome that the HSE intends to conduct the assessments and will be back within a couple of weeks. There is important additional good news for the area. The planned primary care centre in nearby Tubbercurry is due to commence building early next year, which is welcome. The existing primary and mental health care centre in Ballymote is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Primary Care Centres (3 Oct 2024)

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister. The people in Tubbercurry and Ballymote will be very pleased with that. What is at issue here is the Gurteen health centre. They told me the HSE maintenance manager has been as helpful as he can. He has done everything he can but the problem is a severe one and it is just papering over the cracks. I know the Minister is really interested in women's health. Dr....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Primary Care Centres (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. I acknowledge the work of Dr. Fitzsimons on women's health. I was delighted earlier this week to be able to expand that. This will be our fifth budget in a row where we really do prioritise women's healthcare. There have been a few important additions which Dr. Fitzsimons and all the other GPs will be aware of and will be part of. One is the expansion of IVF...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (3 Oct 2024)

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

Dental Services

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

Brendan Smith: 5. To ask the Minister for Health when additional resources will be provided for dental services in Cavan and Monaghan, to reduce waiting lists and ensure that dental services are provided in a timely manner, particularly for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39390/24]

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

Brendan Smith: Unfortunately, we come across daily unacceptable delays in children getting dental treatment. Children should be screened in second, fourth and sixth classes. In Cavan at present, the children who are in the programme for sixth class have gone to second level before they actually see a dentist. It is a shortage of personnel. The local personnel are working extremely hard but they do not...