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Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (27 Jun 2017)

Pat Buckley: I wish the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, the best of luck in his new role, which will not be an easy one. I will try not to be difficult with him just for today. A main principle of A Vision for Change is that people seeking mental health care should, where possible, be treated at the earliest opportunity in their own communities on an outpatient basis. This is about providing the best...

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

Pat Buckley: I wish to share time with Deputy Crowe. I welcome the opportunity to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the committee members and to thank the Oireachtas Library and Research Service, the Trinity College team, the committee secretariat and all the witnesses, stakeholders and groups who gave evidence to the committee. Of course, we must not forget the key driver in all of this,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (20 Jun 2017)

Pat Buckley: 1079. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age that were admitted to adult mental health services in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26803/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (20 Jun 2017)

Pat Buckley: 1080. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 18 to 25 years of age that were treated in adult mental health facilities in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26804/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abuse in Hospitals (20 Jun 2017)

Pat Buckley: 1103. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 23 May 2017, if he or a representative will meet with a person (details supplied) [26881/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (20 Jun 2017)

Pat Buckley: 1443. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to work with the National Office of Suicide Prevention to provide age appropriate suicide prevention and awareness training to persons under 16 years of age such as SafeTalk and ASIST. [28475/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Chairman for giving me this opportunity. My question is on the psychologists, psychiatrists and counsellors. The best example I can give is filicide, as in murder-suicide where someone's spouse takes their children and kills them as well as himself or herself. Is there any way of adjusting, through impact assessment studies or another solution, whereby if an individual, male or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Pat Buckley: I thank Ms Dixon for her answer. I wanted clarity, and I thought the best people to ask were those at the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. I appreciate the answer and thank Ms Dixon very much.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Car Park Charges (31 May 2017)

Pat Buckley: 216. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide free parking for patients and close family of patients that are suffering with a prolonged or serious illness which requires regular hospital visits; and the details of existing schemes for this or hospitals in which free parking is available [26121/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Estates (30 May 2017)

Pat Buckley: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the national taking in charge initiative; if the scheme has extended to 2017; and if so, when the funds will be allocated to local authorities. [25287/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 May 2017)

Pat Buckley: 451. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application for ASD assessment by a person (details supplied) has not yet been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25556/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (30 May 2017)

Pat Buckley: 462. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no psychiatrist is available to a person (details supplied). [25662/17]

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Pat Buckley: They voted against it. We asked for €37.5 million in funding and they voted against it.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Pat Buckley: We proposed 24-7 intervention services and they voted against that too.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Pat Buckley: He is well over time.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Pat Buckley: Will the Taoiseach support it?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abuse in Hospitals (23 May 2017)

Pat Buckley: 414. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to issue an apology or support for a person (details supplied) who suffered abuse as a young woman in a hospital. [24188/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (17 May 2017)

Pat Buckley: I am not a member of this committee but I came today as an observer. My brief within Leinster House is on mental health, about which I am very passionate. I worry about one or two things but first I congratulate the witnesses on their honesty and frankness. We need to know these things so we can react. It aggrieves me why disability issues always have to come under the HSE and Senator...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (17 May 2017)

Pat Buckley: What is Ms Lennon's view of sheltered housing in that context?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (10 May 2017)

Pat Buckley: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the details of calls to ambulance services from prisons here in each of the years 2014 to 2016 in tabular form. [22237/17]