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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: The Deputy has put the point and I want to let the Minister respond.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: Yes, the Deputy is.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: I am aware of that but the Deputy is repeating himself over and over again. Please, do not continue to repeat yourself.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: If the Deputy does not mind, I am chairing the meeting. The Deputy has continued to repeat himself over and over. The Deputy has asked the question.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: The Deputy has asked the question.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: Have you not asked a question?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: I am asking the Minister to respond.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: The Deputy has continually repeated himself. The Minister to respond please and then we will take Deputy Paul Murphy.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: That is a matter for the Chair.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: Some of the people Deputy Donnelly has described as accidental landlords are not accidental landlords. Whether it is as a result of a disability, an accident or, in some cases, separation, people find themselves in a similar position. The calculation of the rent being used as a tax has a huge impact on them. I support Deputy Donnelly on this. Many people have just been caught in an...

Topical Issues: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: It should read acute psychiatric admissions unit in County Wexford. A number of years ago, all Members of the Oireachtas agreed to A Vision for Change. Wexford was the first county to do so. It was the first county to support the closure of what was then the old Victorian St. Senan's institution because we wanted to move away from the old way that people in psychiatric services were dealt...

Topical Issues: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: I am not going to beat up the Minister of State on account of his response. I call on the Ceann Comhairle to provide for another response on this issue. The last line in the response read out to me is the only part of the response that relates to the question I asked. The Minister of State said, "In light of this, the HSE has no plans at present to provide the type of service suggested by...

Topical Issues: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: I will do that. I am altogether aggrieved. The reason I feel aggrieved is because at the time when A Vision for Changed was launched, Oireachtas Members from County Wexford were prepared to take a leap of faith on the policy. What has happened instead is that our county, one of the largest in the country, now has no acute psychiatric admission unit. I have no wish for St....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (15 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: 499. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that there is a 53-month waiting list for orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the actions he will take to improve the waiting time for the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34619/16]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: I wonder if we could get a note from the Minister of State's officials to try to clarify the situation. The Minister of State is making a point. Deputy Donnelly is making a point. I think it would be helpful if we all got a note.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: I wish to make a point. On Deputy Donnelly's specific question, can we have a note from the Department? I think it would be helpful.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: Is that-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: I ask the Deputy to keep to the subject.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: I remind members not to mention people who are not here to defend themselves.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: I ask the Minister of State to stay with section 21.