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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (28 May 2024)

James Lawless: 439. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is taking to address medical card renewals and medical card assessments for those with lifelong/permanent mental disabilities, unable to independently apply for/renew their applications; if a process is available for these cases.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23696/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Pauline Tully: ...ask the Minister for Health the reason that inappropriate language in regard to disability is still contained on HSE application forms, such as the long-term illness scheme form, which refers to ‘mental handicap’; and if a review of HSE application forms will take place to ensure the use of appropriate language. [23782/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 484. To ask the Minister for Health the services available, or planned, to provide consultation and assessment clinics for adults with ADHD in the Cavan-Monaghan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24017/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 May 2024)

Mary Butler: .... It can cause many issues in areas such as personal and social relations, education and occupation, managing money and organising life in general. There is also an increased risk of having other mental health difficulties with it such as anxiety and depression. Children can access ADHD assessments through the National Educational Psychological Service. In addition to this, as per the...

Report of the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Motion (23 May 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Paul Kehoe: ...and members when a Minister of State and a Department take on a report and implement a number of the recommendations. I acknowledge that under the Minister of State's leadership, the budget for mental health supports has increased over the years. We all acknowledge that no matter what we put into mental health, it will never be enough. We all want more but I know as a former Minister of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...will be 300 individual inpatient en suite rooms, each of which will include a place for parents or guardians to sleep. In addition, there will be 60 critical care beds and 20 child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, beds. That will be 380 beds. I have not seen the video. CHI may have just been referring to the 300 individual inpatient beds. I say very clearly to the Deputy...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

...National Ex-Service Personnel is the one that provides a lot of those services to retired people and people who may fall on hard times. It provides it through accommodation and it has a link with a mental health provider to support them on that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (23 May 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...at ATU Donegal, St Angela’s in Sligo and ATU in Mayo. From September 2024 MTU, in collaboration with Cork ETB and Kerry ETB will also offer tertiary programmes in Nursing with General Nursing and Mental Health Nursing options.

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

Alan Dillon: 258. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a psychologist assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23328/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (23 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...disorders in 2022 was the highest since 2006; if the review of bed capacity already carried out took into account the number of hospital admissions for eating disorders, or if it focused solely on mental health facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23414/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Advertising (23 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The amounts outlined in below table were spent on traditional and online advertising over the years 2013-2023 and reconciled spend to date in 2024. This includes Healthy Ireland campaigns, departmental notices, departmental COVID-19 public health guidance and other departmental campaigns. The overarching aim of Healthy Ireland to bring about a healthier population by supporting people to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

...for certain from our own experience of referendums is that the day a referendum is called the capacity to do research on a neutral basis ends because everybody is in campaigning mode. That is the mentality. We know that from Brexit. If the analysis is not done long before a border poll is called, it will never happen during the referendum. In terms of the potential to improve things...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: .... This results in the sort of horrific attack that has happened. St. John's House is not just for housing international protection applicants because it also houses Jigsaw, a young people's mental health service, and restaurants. The attack proves that the people spreading the hate and carrying out the attacks are not about building up communities or having more resources for...

Education (Smartphones in Primary Schools) Bill 2024: First Stage (22 May 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ...Studies have shown that young children spend twice as much time on their mobile phones as they do speaking to their parents. Being constantly on their phones is isolating them, challenging their mental health and leading to a significantly sedentary lifestyle. The latter gives rise to obesity, which leads to bad health. The idea of childhood is being radically altered by this new...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (22 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...children with the most complex special educational needs, so that all of these schools, rather than just a quarter, can benefit from having an administrative deputy principal. These posts will be instrumental in assisting principals with leadership and management functions and to support learning and parental and community engagement. This will make a real difference to staff and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024)

Sharon Keogan: ...trend of the State neglecting its commitments to children, particularly in the areas I mentioned. The State's inability to provide adequate school places, address bullying, ensure access to mental health services and support children with disabilities is a clear indication of its failure to prioritise the well-being of our youth. The lack of oversight in early learning settings and the...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)

Frances Black: ...social integration. The connection between work and social inclusion has been long established. The Minister of State will be familiar with the work my colleagues and I have done on poverty, discrimination, mental health, integration and work-life balance. If the Bill truly seeks to create a more responsive and flexible system, we must ensure that it is underpinned by our understanding...

Dentistry Services: Motion (22 May 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...dental surgery lists, hundreds of them in CHOs 6 and 7, which cover my constituency of Wicklow. The impact of this on those tens of thousands of children is enormous, both on their physical and mental health. A further 13,294 patients are on the orthodontics waiting list, 11,000 of whom have been waiting for more than a year. This is extremely worrying when we know one third of children...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Dr. Noreen O'Leary: The links between education sectors and mental health services are very important. In terms of those initial priorities, we need joined-up thinking and working.