Mary Butler

All pre-pandemic day services, respite services and other support services for adults with intellectual disability to be fully reinstated. The College Faculty of Psychiatry of Learning Disability recommends these services and the staff who staff them are considered essential…

Invitation and inclusion of a College representative to the CAMHS specialist group for 'Sharing the Vision' as well as any subsequently convened specialist groups.::Meeting with Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler, to discuss concerns around the process of…

Future successful recruitment of required Specialist Forensic Psychiatrists numbers for Irish Mental Health Services and specialist services. Support and/or intervention from the Minister in ensuring that the recognition of Forensic Psychiatry on the Specialist Division of the…

Highlight the need for an updated National Positive Ageing Strategy

To secure, and participate in, meeting for Home Instead to advocate for the introduction of home care regulation in Ireland, providing for a reliable, sustainable financing model that allows citizens to financially plan for ageing and care. To highlight the need for regulation…

Safer reopening of society from Covid-19

Retention of the vital financial support provided by the Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme to support nursing homes in preventing and managing Covid19.

Ensure initiatives are effected to achieve implementation of Covid19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel recommendations

To highlight areas of concern in relation to the provision of care to those with serious mental illnesses, the challenges faced by older people, capacity deficits that militate against the provision of care, patient capacity and consent, homeless people with psychiatric…

Introduction of a funding model that is commensurate with specialised care needs of nursing home residents.

To secure, and participate in, meeting for Home Instead to advocate for the introduction of home care regulation in Ireland, providing for a reliable, sustainable financing model that allows citizens to financially plan for ageing and care. To highlight the need for regulation…

To advance the urgent requirement for introduction of a fit for purpose funding model that is commensurate with reality of nursing home care costs.

Expedition of Covid19 Booster Vaccination to nursing home residents

To provide updates on service following the HSE IT cyberattack::To receive an update on the vaccine schedule for front line health care workers::To receive updates on the development of the Statutory Home Support Scheme::To receive support for a Social Care Workforce Review

The provision of free contraception for those women and girls aged 17 - 25 years.