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Prison Building Programme: Motion. (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: The Minister's answer to everything is that if it was not done within any two years in the past 20, he should not be held accountable. That is what he is saying.

Prison Building Programme: Motion. (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: The Government now has the money and the opportunity. A lot of concern exists with regard to the stigmatising of mental health. One of the reasons that mental health is not prioritised is because it is not a political issue. People do not raise the issue because of the stigma that surrounds mental health. Regardless of whether it is called a campus, by putting a mental hospital beside a...

Prison Building Programme: Motion. (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: The Irish Penal Reform Trust informs us that up to 40% of prisoners suffer from psychiatric conditions. Professor Anthony Clare made strong comments on this issue but due to time constraints I will not quote him.

Prison Building Programme: Motion. (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: A psychiatric facility should exist within prisons and a proper psychiatric service should be available to prisoners. Anybody with a serious psychiatric illness should be in hospital. If somebody breaks a leg, suffers pneumonia or has a heart attack, he or she is taken to hospital. However, somebody who contracts a serious psychiatric illness is dealt with inadequately in prison. The Minister...

Prison Building Programme: Motion. (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: The Minister mentioned padded cells. He organised a committee to investigate that issue but did not include a psychiatrist or psychologist on it.

Prison Building Programme: Motion. (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: The Minister admitted that 78% of those put in padded cells are there for their own safety because they are suicidal. However, he did not even consider that a psychiatrist would have an opinion in dealing with this issue.

Prison Building Programme: Motion. (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: I do not accept that.

Prison Building Programme: Motion. (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: The Minister knows best in everything, does he not?

Prison Building Programme: Motion. (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: Maybe the Minister would consider the idea of special psychiatric courts for people with mental illnesses. Many prisoners are imprisoned for petty crimes. Alternatives to prison might involve a detailed psychiatric programme to address their psychiatric problems. We have examined this service in other countries. It would be a means of getting at the problem prior to imprisoning those people....

Prison Building Programme: Motion. (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: I ask the Minister to re-examine the proposal to put a psychiatric hospital beside a prison.

School Transport. (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: I support my colleagues in asking for a review of this issue and an understanding of the special problem which has arisen with regard to Pallaskenry and the catchment area of the old Mungret college, which closed in the early 1970s. Children who live close to Pallaskenry are now in the city catchment area. Because of the difficulties with regard to schools in the city, parents have sent their...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: Question 372: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for refund of moneys under the national repayment scheme in relation to the overcharging of residents of public nursing institutions. [25153/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: Question 334: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with intellectual disability in psychiatric hospitals. [24888/05]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: Question 350: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the provision of an Alzheimer's unit at St. Ita's Hospital, Newcastle West, County Limerick. [24969/05]

Written Answers — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: Question 373: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of the publishing of the report on the death by suicide of a person (details supplied) on 20 September 2002; and the position regarding the implementations of the recommendations of the review and treatment of the person in the course of their admission to the acute psychiatric inpatient unit in...

Written Answers — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: Question 374: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report from the Mental Health Commission on the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will initiate a sworn independent public inquiry as requested by the family of this person. [25160/05]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: Question 427: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 136 to 138, inclusive, of 29 June 2005, details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25751/05]

Written Answers — Health Service Reform: Health Service Reform (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: Question 428: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the new health representative structures will be established; if she will report on the composition of these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25752/05]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: Question 430: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 715 of 27 January 2004 and 55 of 16 June 2005, if the Mental Health Commission has inquired into the alleged abuse of a person. [25754/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 2005)

Dan Neville: Question 431: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when physiotherapy treatment will be made available to a person, details supplied, in County Limerick. [25755/05]