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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Live Exports (9 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I apologise for interrupting the Minister but I must ask him to hold the remainder of his reply until I allow him in again.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: In regard to health, the programme for Government made a clear commitment that as the finances of the country improved, we would ensure that the most vulnerable people who needed help within the health system would be prioritised. I refer to the announcement of worries that the Rehab Group will not be able to cater for the 3,000 people it is catering for at the moment. I offer the example...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I am looking for more information. A lot of peculiar carry-on happened here over a long period of time. I do not know how many people remember the changing of the goal posts and Enet being involved and then pulling out. A major announcement was made in Ballinasloe that broadband would be put into Ballinasloe, Roscommon and Manorhamilton as part of an overall plan for broadband. After a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal with the Primary Staffing Appeals Board in respect of a school (details supplied) which is requesting the retention of its third mainstream classroom teacher in September 2019 due to extenuating circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20206/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) retains its third mainstream classroom teacher in September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20211/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (9 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the various issues which special needs assistants are experiencing nationally in terms of job security, hours of work, contractual inequalities and SNA staffing levels in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20222/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria or guidelines issued to schools for the tasks assigned and use of the bank of SNA hours allocated to a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20223/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I have raised on many occasions decisions by the Health Service Executive, HSE, to close down centres which are looking after vulnerable people. I have made particular and frequent reference to the Rosalie centre in Castlerea, County Roscommon. The centre was catering for 30 people but the HSE has slowly but surely whittled down that number to about ten. It has now decided to close the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: The Taoiseach gave a commitment that he would not allow this to happen when he was the Minister for Health. I am not being smart in stating that.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 303. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway can expect to be called for an operation in Merlin Park University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20473/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (14 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent video showing cruelty to young calves exported taking place in Cherbourg, France; and the steps he plans to take to prevent this occurring again. [20930/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (14 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Cross bypass will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20931/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Staff (15 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 13. To ask the Minister for Health if a number of senior staff members in Roscommon community mental health services have been transferred to County Galway; the reason for these positions being vacated; his plans for the replacement of these positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20493/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Staff (15 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I want to ask the Minister about the community mental health services in County Roscommon. Specifically, I want to ask if some staff have transferred to County Galway, why those positions have been vacated and whether there are plans for the replacement of those positions. I look for ward to the Minister's reply.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Staff (15 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Minister for his reply and for the reassurances given in relation to mental health services in County Roscommon. We well remember the external report into the Roscommon mental health services in September 2017, and those services were rightly condemned right across this House and across this nation. Indeed, there is a report out today showing the concerns young people have about...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Staff (15 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I am very happy to put on the record today that some of those who are helping and interacting with people who need their assistance and help are doing a fine job. I know of a number of cases personally where the patients concerned are extremely happy and in many cases their lives have taken a new road or twist and many of them have come out of the deep depression they were in. The loss of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: My question is on schools. I am confident I will get an answer since we have the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy McHugh, and the former Minister in that Department, Deputy Bruton, sitting together. They will both be aware of St. Teresa's special needs school in Ballinasloe in County Galway which caters for 21 children with disabilities. The school's insurance costs have risen by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (15 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 80. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, further to the announcement of the HSE recruitment embargo, persons who were in the recruitment process and had consequently officially notified their employers are now unemployed as a result and will have to rely on payments from the Department of Employment and Social Protection. [20658/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Report (15 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 27 key recommendations made by the external review into Roscommon mental health services, which signalled a service in crisis mode, that have been implemented since the publication of the report in September 2017 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20494/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (15 May 2019)

Eugene Murphy: 225. To ask the Minister for Health if services have been removed from a centre (details supplied) in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21168/19]