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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2025)

Michael Collins: We need a debate on the fishing industry. I welcome the new Minister for fisheries, who has hit the ground running from what I can see. I ask for a debate on issues such as Rockall, bluefin tuna and the extension of the black sole fishing quota season. These issues need to be discussed here urgently. Fishermen are pleading with us for that debate and I would appreciate it if the debate...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mental Health Services (27 May 2025)

Michael Collins: 530. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her Department's engagement with the Department of Health regarding delays in CAMHS access and the impact on the welfare of vulnerable children. [26902/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 May 2025)

Michael Collins: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on CAMHS waiting lists, by area; and the number who have been waiting longer than 12 months in each area. [26893/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (27 May 2025)

Michael Collins: 635. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the comparative cost to the State of early CAMHS intervention versus crisis-driven responses including accident and emergency visits, ambulance callouts, Garda involvement, and inpatient psychiatric care [26894/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 May 2025)

Michael Collins: 636. To ask the Minister for Health the average daily cost of a bed at CAMHS inpatient units, for example, Éist Linn, Linn Dara and Merlin Park; and the total cost per admission. [26895/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 May 2025)

Michael Collins: 637. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of CAMHS referrals currently being accepted for assessment and treatment, by area; and her plans to address the high rate of rejected referrals. [26896/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (27 May 2025)

Michael Collins: 638. To ask the Minister for Health if she will introduce a national triage timeframe target for CAMHS referrals, such as a maximum of 12 weeks from referral to assessment. [26897/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (27 May 2025)

Michael Collins: 639. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has examined the potential fiscal savings from eliminating CAMHS waiting lists through investment in early intervention services. [26898/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 May 2025)

Michael Collins: 640. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in CAMHS west Cork Dunmanway, including the number of funded but unfilled positions. [26899/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 May 2025)

Michael Collins: 641. To ask the Minister for Health the community-based mental health supports available to children waiting over 12 months for CAMHS appointments; and if these are standardised across the State. [26900/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 May 2025)

Michael Collins: 642. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken any assessment of the long-term developmental, educational, and economic impacts of prolonged delays in accessing CAMHS. [26903/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 May 2025)

Michael Collins: 643. To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that current mental health service provision for children is compliant with the State’s obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [26904/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 May 2025)

Michael Collins: 644. To ask the Minister for Health the support her Department provides for children and families who are unable to access CAMHS; and whether these are monitored for adequacy. [26905/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (27 May 2025)

Michael Collins: 645. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has considered creating a statutory right to timely mental health care for children under 18 years of age. [26906/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 May 2025)

Michael Collins: 646. To ask the Minister for Health her response to recent data showing over 4,200 children on CAMHS waiting lists, with over 620 waiting longer than one year; and the policy changes that she intends to pursue. [26907/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (22 May 2025)

Michael Collins: I appreciate that and thank the Minister. We desperately need that extra funding in some areas. The Minister said that County Cork receives the third highest amount of funding. He will be aware that Cork is the biggest county in Ireland, so we are way down the ladder if that is the case. I am not trying to be critical. The Minister is doing his best to get additional funding and we...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (22 May 2025)

Michael Collins: 67. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the proposals to address the estimated 4,000 roads that remain outstanding under the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26586/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (22 May 2025)

Michael Collins: The local improvement scheme, LIS, is very important for rural communities and rural roadways. At this time, the Minister might be able to explain the Department's proposals on how it intends to address the estimated 4,000 roads that remain outstanding under the scheme. I would appreciate if the Minister explained it to us.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (22 May 2025)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister very much. It is a very important scheme. It is a great scheme for anyone who qualifies. The problem, as I have said, is that 4,000 applications remain outstanding and have not qualified. For all the funds that have gone into it, they are not half enough of what needs to go into it. I have spoken to Deputy Danny Healy-Rae on this issue several times. It is a big...

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Michael Collins: This is not a numbers game but rather a humanitarian catastrophe. The whole population of Gaza, including 930,000 children, are now in famine. With our own history of an enforced famine at the hands of an occupier, the Irish people have a unique understanding and empathy for the people of Gaza. Some 66,000 children suffer severe malnutrition and 14,000 babies are potentially facing death...