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Ceisteanna - Questions: Information and Communications Technology (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: We can depend on it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Information and Communications Technology (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach might circulate them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the commission of investigation into the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC; and the projected costs. [7363/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Most people have two concerns about the Cregan commission, namely, that it would progress speedily and curtail costs as far as practicable. The Taoiseach said it was expected that the preliminary report on the Siteserv part of the investigation would be completed by the end of December. Is it still on track to happen by the end of December and has there been any escalation of the costs?...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Will it finish in March?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Dáil Reform (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Do tell.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Dáil Reform (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: God forbid.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Dáil Reform (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: To finish the last conversation, Deputy Adams is right. It is not a uniform culture. Health has always been a very difficult area to get accurate answers on. When Deputies put in a query, they get an acknowledgement from the HSE parliamentary affairs division that acknowledges it in a standard way, and the reply comes back on occasion to give the Deputy the very information he or she gave...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Dáil Reform (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I think it is in favour of restoring them. That would be very good, but if we could have a political consensus it is something we should do in advance of the local elections. I ask the Taoiseach for his views regarding their restoration on a practical basis. Obviously, there was a lot wrong with some of them. Some of them did not have any powers.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Dáil Reform (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: There were some very small county councils to which 27 or 28 votes, in essence, one's extended family, would get one elected but in devolving local government I believe we should do better. Does the Taoiseach have any thoughts on that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Dáil Reform (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: What he did to Kilkenny was-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Dáil Reform (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: It was a mistake.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Dáil Reform (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: With very little in terms of savings.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Dáil Reform (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Taoiseach. I appreciate that.

Topical Issue Debate: Psychological Services (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Is the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, taking this matter?

Topical Issue Debate: Psychological Services (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I am disappointed that the Minister for Health or the Minister of State-----

Topical Issue Debate: Psychological Services (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: That is a perfectly acceptable reason. Last weekend, a letter from the Mental Health Commission to the Health Service Executive, HSE, came into my possession. It was quite shocking as we learned for the first time that it was the intention of the Mental Health Commission to de-register the psychiatric unit in University Hospital Waterford and completely close it down. It is the...

Topical Issue Debate: Psychological Services (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I regret to say that the Minster of State has not given factual information to the House. She stated, "This now provides a 44-bed acute inpatient mental health unit at University Hospital Waterford." That is not true.

Topical Issue Debate: Psychological Services (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Mental Health Commission, as the licensing authority, has conditions, the first of which states that the maximum number of residents that may be accommodated within the acute unit of the approved centre is six patients. There is also a sub-acute unit of an additional 30 patients. People with acute psychotic conditions need acute beds in acute units. There are now 14 beds. From next...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Reports (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he has commissioned any bespoke work from the Central Statistics Office in the past 12 months. [2782/17]