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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 445. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 383, 384, 385, 410, 411 and 412 of 30 January 2018, if the World Health Organization has recommended trivalent and not quadrivalent vaccines to be used here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6039/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (6 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 446. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and-or the HSE have in the past seven years entered into contracts with charitable organisations whereby these contracts included a clause regulating and-or restricting the communication of these charities with the media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6041/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (6 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 447. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and-or the HSE have in the past seven years entered into contracts with section 38 and or section 39 organisations whereby these contracts included a clause regulating and-or restricting the communication of these organisations with the media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6042/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications (6 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) for a non-contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5301/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report (6 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a municipal district council can have more than two electoral areas under the terms of reference for local electoral boundary committees set up under the 2018 review of local electoral areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6043/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Medication and Talk Therapy: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

James Browne: I will be very quick. I understand that the issue of opioids and benzodiazepines which was raised in The Sunday Business Postwas addressed. When I asked parliamentary questions on this issue several months ago, I was surprised by the high percentage of people on medical cards who were on these types of drugs. Is the number of those attending privately the same? Is the number of people on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Eating Disorders (8 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 3. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of mental health supports in place for persons with eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6587/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Eating Disorders (8 Feb 2018)

James Browne: The Minister of State set out a wonderful theory of what is meant to happen in mental health services where one can go to a GP and be referred on to CAMHS. However, the waiting lists to see a psychiatrist, psychologist or dietician in CAMHS in some areas are so bad, the service may as well not exist. The Minister of State referred to Linn Dara. It was shut down for several months last year...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Eating Disorders (8 Feb 2018)

James Browne: Some 34% of mental health nurses are either eligible to retire now or within five years. By last August, 93 additional mental health nursing posts were filled. The issue is not being tackled. There are consistent criticisms from judges, in particular High Court judges. Anyone with a serious eating disorder is being made to travel to the UK, which has a further impact on people's mental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (8 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 30. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the practice of admitting children and young persons to adult mental health units to cease. [6400/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (8 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 98. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health supports in place for persons with eating disorders. [6399/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Administration (8 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in relation to a person being discharged from a psychiatric unit in a hospital against their will and that of the person's family; and his views on whether it is appropriate to indicate a charge of €3,000 for the person to remain in hospital over the weekend [6644/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Expenditure (8 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 241. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the cost effectiveness of only making the Freestyle Libre device available to those under 21 years of age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6645/18]

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

James Browne: I thank Deputy Robert Troy for tabling this timely and important motion. Taxpayers pay their motor taxes and their property taxes, yet their roads are in a disgraceful state. Road users are angry, frustrated and fed up. Their cars are regularly damaged and they want to know where their money is going. Our regional and local roads account for 94% of all roads in the country - not just in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (13 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to offset the impact of Brexit on farmers in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6855/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Eligibility (13 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be reassessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6773/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the value of drugs under the control of the HSE but the whereabouts of which are unknown, missing or unaccounted for at the end of each of the years 2013 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6841/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (13 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who hold medical cards and are on anti-depressant medication by local health area at the end of each of the years 2011 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6842/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (13 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders who were prescribed anti-depressant medication by local health area in each of the years 2011 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6843/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (13 Feb 2018)

James Browne: 408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health nurses working in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7184/18]