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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 459. To ask the Minister for Health the 24-7 emergency facilities that are available to persons presenting with mental health issues here out of hours; the region that these are provided in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7112/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the number incidents that have been recorded in the national incident management system in 2014, 2015 and 2016 between children and adults in adult psychiatric units at approved mental health hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7113/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with EU Heads of Government in Malta. [7132/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: I ask the Taoiseach about the pointed reference towards the end of his answer that there will be a special meeting of EU Heads of Government in Rome shortly which will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the European Union. I am concerned that the Italian Government has made it clear, both through the Prime Minister and its European Minister, that it proposes to reintroduce to the agenda of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: People are worried about that. Second, we need an all-Ireland, all-island special status. I have suggested to the Taoiseach that there is a model available from the Belfast Agreement and the peace process to do that. While there is a good deal of detailed work being done in different Departments, the Taoiseach does not have a strategic approach. Where is the Taoiseach's outline of his...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: It is in the next group of questions as well.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (15 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 15. To ask the Taoiseach the restructuring plans in his Department to deal with Brexit; the way these changes will relate to other Departments, particularly the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and the reporting relationships and recruitment plans for same. [5812/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (15 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: While the Taoiseach and Deputy Martin were speaking, I had a chance to research what people have said about this enormous development in European policy. The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, the Taoiseach's friend, has allied herself to the cause. Recently, she stated we have certainly learned from the history of recent years that there will be a European Union with different speeds and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (15 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: -----at a time when Brexit is probably the greatest issue that has arisen for Ireland since the collapse of the banking system in 2008.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (15 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: It is a real challenge. I appreciate many officials and Departments are doing a lot of work, but listening to the profusion this week it does not seem the Taoiseach is properly in charge of it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (15 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: No country has left the EU in 43 years.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (15 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: It will come up in Rome. The Taoiseach has just said it himself.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (15 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: Who is the Irish person who has the leading role in representation on that? We never heard.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: It does not help this country, at a time of great difficulty, dangers and issues to be deal with, that we seem to have a Government of national confusion which technically is in charge but with very little to no authority in the Dáil and subject to endless disagreements within the Cabinet. I heard some of the Taoiseach's interview on RTE Radio 1 on Sunday and if I heard it correctly,...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: The health service was not quite good enough. There was a better private one across the Atlantic. Deputy Adams is so privileged and incredibly elite. What is a Government about, and this is the problem tonight? This is a vote of confidence in the Government. The Government is about doing the people's business on the people's behalf so that our children, families and people who work in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Meetings (15 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 21. To ask the Taoiseach the contact he has had with the Scottish First Minister regarding the United Kingdom invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty since the January 2017 visit to Dublin by the UK Prime Minister, Ms Theresa May. [5822/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 23. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Arts, Irish and the Gaeltacht last met. [5820/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (16 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received legal advice as to the obligations of Ireland and the United States of America to refugees under the Geneva Convention. [7130/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gaeltacht Policy (21 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: Tá ceist agam agus tá mé sa ghrúpa seo.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gaeltacht Policy (21 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: Ní raibh.