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Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (27 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the establishment of a new children's mental health coalition; if she will act on its recommendation that no child should be on a waiting list for mental health services for longer than six weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3985/10]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (27 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the establishment of a new children's mental health coalition; if she will act on their recommendation that community mental health teams must be available nationally for children in need, that these teams should have a full complement of multidisciplinary staff; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (27 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the establishment of a new children's mental health coalition; if she will act on its recommendation that there should be a national framework for mental health assessment of children in care, including monitoring that the necessary follow up services are delivered; and if she will make a statement...

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2010: First Stage (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Earlier this week, the Tánaiste informed the leader of my party, Deputy Gilmore, that a letter from the Health Service Executive to the community and voluntary agencies it funds was issued in error. The letter referred to cutting the pay of employees in the organisations in question. Will the Minister comment on concerns that the Health Service Executive will reduce funding to these...

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2010: First Stage (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is important that the Minister clarify what he intended when he introduced the budget.

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2010: First Stage (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Will the Minister clarify exactly what are his intentions in the Finance Bill?

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2010: First Stage (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: It arose in the budget. There is deep concern that the Health Service Executive will misinterpret the Minister's intentions. Does the matter arise in the Estimates?

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2010: First Stage (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: While I do not know if I am entitled to ask about the Estimates, do they feature a requirement to cut the pay of voluntary and community organisations?

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2010: First Stage (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: If legislation has indirect or unintentional consequences, clarification must be provided in the House.

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2010: First Stage (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The matter certainly needs to be clarified for the workers involved.

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: There certainly does.

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is an opportunity to try to get some resources for the region.

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Penrose for allowing me to use this 15-minute slot because I need that much time to address the issue in any detail. Deputy Higgins will speak later to give a west of Ireland perspective. I fully agree with Deputy Noonan that it is unprecedented that somebody like Mr. Denis Brosnan who was given charge of a task force on this very important issue should have had none of the 12...

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is the most important thing that has happened for the region. I acknowledge that the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Power, at least took the time to come in and make a contribution, but Deputy O'Dea is the senior Minister in the region and I wanted to ask him a couple of questions, had he been present. Where are the 700 jobs, for example, that he announced on national radio when Dell...

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I understand that, but the point I am trying to make is that what some of those workers need will not necessarily fit into the type of boxes the statutory organisations proffer. I know someone, for example, who wants to do a horticultural course. Others want to do courses that do not necessarily fit into what FÁS believes should be provided. It is important that their voices are heard....

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Such a system possesses no logic. It would make much more sense to give that young woman sufficient support to enable her to keep the business ticking over by using whatever she would get on the dole. Subsequently, after one or two years, or however long it will take, the business will become viable again. While this is a single example, that person's experience could be multiplied 100 or...

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: We did not agree with all the recommendations.

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy would not have been a workers' representative.

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister's absence was understandable. I accept his apology.

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: People have been rehoused outside the area.