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Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: On page 45 of the programme for Government there is a commitment to providing significant funding towards developing a national greenway network. In my county of Kerry, there is a disused railway line from Tralee to Fenit. There has been a walkway proposed for it for a number of years but there has been no progress whatsoever this year or last year. The south Kerry greenway from Glenbeigh...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (15 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 49. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Kuvan for persons with PKU will be reimbursed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48189/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 97. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortcomings in the school leavers process for special needs children transferring from a school (details supplied) to adult day services provided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48188/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (15 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the appeal process for the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48269/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (15 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 147. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48273/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (15 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the funding models for turnkey projects vary from one county to another; the reason the flexibility of the funding model provided by the Cork local authority is significantly greater than that of other counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48389/17]

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Sláintecare report having spent nine or ten months putting it together at weekly, and sometimes twice weekly, meetings. At the outset, I acknowledge the work of the chairperson of the committee, Deputy Róisín Shortall, who did an outstanding job and went far beyond the call of duty in respect of the time and effort she put in. I also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (16 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the members of an organisation (details supplied) who are public sector employees and employees of Kerry ETB and pay a pension levy are excluded from the public sector pension scheme; his plans to allow them join the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48552/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (21 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 383. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49209/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 420. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency funding will be provided to find a permanent care facility for the four adults with profound intellectual and physical disabilities currently availing of services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49376/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 421. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to the local authority to provide a long-term full-time care facility for the four adults with profound intellectual and physical disabilities currently availing of services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49377/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: I apologise for being late. If I ask questions that have been asked previously, I ask the witnesses to forgive me. Is the HSE having difficulty with recruitment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: The future of health care committee found that some of the hospital groups were recruiting per hospital group. As a result it was a better process. I would suggest that the community health organisations consider that approach because it produces better results. For the myriad section 39 organisations that are out there, does the HSE have a methodology by which it can measure their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: I am glad it is not in that figure because it would leave the mental health section with a lot less money to do what it needs. It is also relevant when we are looking at the percentage spend on mental health. It should be included in that if that is what it is spent on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: I have a final question on the tables on the CAMHS spend. The average spent is approximately €4 per capita. In CHO 9, however, it is up to €4.28 and in CHO 8, it is down as low as €3.58. There seems to be a large anomaly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: It is table 1 - population served by community health services.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: My apologies, it is just a statistic. I understood it to mean something else.

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: In the programme for Government, with regard to climate change and flooding there is a commitment to plan for flooding that combines a short-term co-ordinated response and a section which states, "Following the unprecedented flooding in December 2015, we will review the response protocols of the State to examine if a more rapid and co-ordinated response to local incidents can be achieved."...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (23 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 7 November 2017, if he has reviewed the level of disparity in funding arrangements between the three sectors in order that relevant action can be taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49746/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (23 Nov 2017)

John Brassil: 139. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to intervene to resolve the ongoing stand off between the HSE and a company (details supplied) in which 21 persons have the drug Respreeza available to them but no agreement on the way in which it will be distributed or administered in view of the inconclusive meeting on 16 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49656/17]