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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 631. To ask the Minister for Health if an inquiry has been, or will be, carried out into the case of a person (details supplied) who committed suicide after having presented to Wexford General Hospital in October 2014 with mental health issues while under the influence of substances, in order to ascertain whether best practice was adhered to at all times; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 632. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures being followed in Wexford General Hospital to ascertain if a patient who is presenting is suicidal, particularly if that patient has a history of suicidal tendencies and self-harm; if he will provide details of the decision made in this regard in the case of a person (details supplied) in October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) who presented to Wexford General Hospital on 5 October 2014 in a state of mental distress and with suicidal tendencies was assessed by a mental health liaison nurse rather than a psychiatric doctor; the reason the person was not referred to the psychiatric ward at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Carers Strategy (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the national carers strategy; if he is satisfied with the progress of the strategy to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20354/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 681. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting a response from the Health Service Executive for over two years will receive an appointment with a speech therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20355/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech therapists working in County Wexford; the number of these who are currently on career breaks or on maternity leave; the ratio of speech therapists to children with speech therapy needs in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20356/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 683. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list in County Wexford for a speech therapist; the number of these waiting over a year; over two years; the number awaiting assessment for speech therapy needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20357/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 684. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to lift the embargo on recruitment of speech therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20358/15]

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister said this morning that, as a small carrier competing against larger companies in a changing European environment, Aer Lingus faces difficult challenges and risks. Its board and senior management recognise that and see the IAG proposal as a means to address those and enhance the company's opportunities to grow and develop. He will be hardly shocked to hear me say that this is a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Corporal Punishment (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce an outright ban on corporal punishment and in doing so to remove the reasonable chastisement defence, in order to bring Ireland in line with our commitments under the European Social Charter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19802/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason behind the recent decision to withdraw the funding from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, for the Disability Equality Specialist Support Agency community advocacy project in Wexford town; if he will consider reversing this decision in view of the important service the disability agency has provided to many families in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Inspections (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 14 May 2015, if all fines handed down for breaches to date have been paid; if he will provide details of actions taken by Bord na gCon in cases where greyhounds have tested positive for banned substances, but their owners have refused to pay the fines; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Inspections (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 13 May 2015, if he will provide details of the laboratory used in the United Kingdom, including its name and the amount of samples that have been sent there to date; the decision-making process on the part of Bord na gCon as to which samples are sent to the United Kingdom for testing; the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse Reports (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 115. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Ryan report, and in particular the recommendation for a once-off life skills programme for young persons leaving care; if he is satisfied with the rate of progress on implementation of the Ryan report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20892/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Corrib Gas Field (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has engaged a company (details supplied) to independently assess and audit the monitoring regime in place for past and current phases of the proposed Corrib gas project; if so, if he will provide details on the terms of the contract awarded to the company; if he will provide details of all payments to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Corrib Gas Field (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of any contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied); if he will provide details of any payments received by his Department from the company, particularly in relation to the project monitoring committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20992/15]

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 9. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish an acute mental health unit in Wexford General Hospital in view of the fact that the need for same has been long recognised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20549/15]

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: I accept putting patients in acute mental health beds is not ideal or seen as best practice. When A Vision for Change, a good document, was published in 2006, it looked away from locking up people behind walls and drugging them to their eyeballs. The plan, however, was that the acute bed units would not be done away with until there was enough support and facilities in the community to...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: There are day hospital services in Wexford, as the Minister of State has listed, but they are closed after 5 o'clock in the evening. To gain access to those services people need a referral letter from their general practitioner. What is a family supposed to do if a family member is in acute crisis and suicidal? The person has to go to an accident and emergency department and sit in a...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: I did not say that the Minister of State was responsible.