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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Mary Butler: ...in operation. There are 72 HSE CAMHS in-patient beds nationally located across four facilities: 24 in Linn Dara in Dublin, 12 in St Joseph’s (part of St Vincent’s, Fairview), 16 in Eist Linn in Cork, and 20 in Merlin Park in Galway. All four HSE CAMHS units nationally work collaboratively to maximise the use of national CAMHS bed capacity. Despite acknowledged difficulties...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Jul 2024)

Mary Butler: ...CAMHS ED CH04 ( Cork/Kerry) CAMHS ED CH07 ( Dublin/Kildare/Wicklow) Adult ED CH06 ( Dublin/Wicklow) Adult ED CH09 ( Dublin North City & County) Adult ED CH04 ( Cork/Kerry) CAMHS ED CH02 ( Galway/Roscommon/Mayo) Adult ED CH01 ( Two mini teams) ( Sligo/Leitrim and Cavan/Monaghan) Adult ED CH05 ( Tipperary/Carlow/Kilkenny/Waterford/Wexford) CAMHS ED CH09 ( Dublin North City...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (14 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...East (Meath, Louth, Kildare, Wicklow, Laois, Meath and Offaly) DCOP Greater Dublin DCOP South East (Waterford, Tipperary, Wexford, Kilkenny, Carlow) DCOP South (Cork and Kerry) DCOP West (Limerick, Clare and Galway) Currently allocated posts Inspectors currently in post Vacancies DCOP North 5 5 0 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: .... Hospices I am pleased to announce that all adult hospices are now state funded, as of January 31 2024. Redesignation of four voluntary hospice providers (Marymount Care Centre, Milford Care Centre, Galway Hospice and St. Francis Hospice) from section 39 to section 38 status has now been completed. This ensures a sustainable and equitable model of funding for specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (11 Jul 2023)

Mary Butler: ...4 p.m. Monday to Friday. Year Year 2022 2023 Location PAS had a Head Office in Dublin and an office hub in Galway PAS had a Head Office in Dublin and office hubs in Galway and Cork Staff Employed 18 24 Expenditure €1,1291,811 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget Process (6 Jul 2023)

Mary Butler: ...people with typical dementia presentations. For those with more complex or atypical presentations, often people with early onset dementia, the Government has funded two new Regional Specialist Memory Clinics (RSMC) in Cork and Galway and boosted the provision of services in the existing RSMCs in St. James’ Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital in Dublin. We have also funded a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (5 Jul 2023)

Mary Butler: ...people with typical dementia presentations. For those with more complex or atypical presentations, often people with early onset dementia, the Government has funded two new Regional Specialist Memory Clinics (RSMC) in Cork and Galway and boosted the provision of services in the existing RSMCs in St. James’ Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital in Dublin. We have also funded a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: ...-appropriate mental health services for young people in a phased manner. This process has involved extensive consultation nationally and internationally and the commissioning of the University of Galway to conduct research to support the work of the group. The HSE Specialist Group updates the Sharing the Vision National Implementation Monitoring Committee (NIMC) regularly submitting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (20 Apr 2023)

Mary Butler: ...40-bed build community nursing unit (CNU) in Clifden. The HSE are committed to providing services to older people that meet the demand for services in the short and longer term for the people in Galway. The new 40-bed CNU build will amalgamate the residential services currently provided in Clifden District Hospital and St. Anne’s CNU. At present, it is envisaged that the CNU...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Butler: ...the need for improved independent advocacy services to both community teams and inpatient settings nationally. In conjunction with the HSE, the Youth Advocacy Programme (YAP) provide advocacy in CAMHS services in Galway (inpatient and community) and at the Linn Dara in-patient unit in Dublin. An advocacy service for CAMHS services in Kerry was launched last August. It is planned to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (13 Dec 2022)

Mary Butler: ..., plus a coordination post. In 2022, funding of €7.3 million has been allocated for dementia services and supports to continue to improve care pathways for people with dementia across the country. This funding provides for: - - 5 new memory assessment and support services and one new regional specialist memory clinic in Galway - Specialist diagnostic services for people with an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Butler: ...which will work to continue to improve care pathways for people with dementia across the country. Funding in 2022 will allow for substantial advancements in the areas of: - 5 new memory assessment and support services and one new regional specialist memory clinic in Galway - Specialist diagnostic services for people with an intellectual disability through the National Intellectual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 May 2022)

Mary Butler: Respite capacity across public units has been significantly impacted by Covid-19. Since autumn 2021, the Community Health Organisation in Galway has sought to re-open publicly funded respite beds in line with post-pandemic requirements to meet Infection, Prevention and Control measures. The current number of operational respite beds in Co. Galway is 10, 7 of which are in Merlin Park...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (22 Mar 2022)

Mary Butler: ...for a range of measures to enhance services and supports for people with dementia. These services include: - 5 new memory assessment and support services and one new regional specialist memory clinic in Galway - Specialist diagnostic services for people with an intellectual disability through the National Intellectual Disability Memory Service in Tallaght University Hospital - Enhancement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Dec 2021)

Mary Butler: ...;150,000 to improve and enhance acute inpatient mental health care in CHO 5; €500,000 for mental health day services provision in the East Cork area; and €170,000 for the continued operation of the mental health crisis café in Galway. Almost €3 million will be made available to the community and voluntary sector, including €1 million in funding for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Dec 2021)

Mary Butler: ...,000 to improve and enhance acute inpatient mental health care in CHO 5; €500,000 for mental health day services provision in the East Cork area; and €170,000 for the continued operation of the mental health crisis café in Galway. Almost €3 million will be made available to the community and voluntary sector, including €1 million in funding for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Butler: ...home support is scheduled to commence in November 2021 in CHO 8 (Longford / West Meath). Recruitment issues associated with backfilling of posts has impacted on release of interRAI Care Coordinators in CHO 2 (Galway), 4 (South Lee) and 7 (Dublin West). This has necessitated phased introduction of pilot sites however it is expected that all will be fully operational by January 2022. A...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (20 Oct 2021)

Mary Butler: ...reformed model of service delivery for home support is scheduled to commence in November 2021 in CHO 8  (Longford / West Meath).  Recruitment issues associated with backfilling of posts has impacted on release of interRAI Care Coordinators in CHO 2 (Galway), 4 (South Lee) and 7 (Dublin West). This has necessitated phased introduction of pilot sites however it is expected that all...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (19 Oct 2021)

Mary Butler: ...scheduled to commence in November 2021 in CHO 8  (Longford / West Meath).  Recruitment issues associated with backfilling of posts has impacted on release of interRAI Care Coordinators in CHO 2 (Galway), 4 (South Lee) and 7 (Dublin West). This has necessitated phased introduction of pilot sites however it is expected that all will be fully operational by January 2022. A...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (5 Oct 2021)

Mary Butler: ...LDCEDS (operational since April 2018). Funding has been made available in 2021 to progress the recruitment of an additional CAMHS based eating disorder specialist community team in Community Healthcare West (Galway, Mayo and Roscommon, CHO2). Specialist outpatient treatment has been found to be the most effective and fastest way for most people with eating disorders to recover....