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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (22 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I do not blame her for the recruitment issue but somebody has to take responsibility for it. In the HSE service plan the recruitment of staff was deliberately time delayed because of cuts in mental health service budgets. The Minister of State cannot have it both ways. The difficulties in recruiting arose because somebody made a policy decision...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (22 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 60. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there was no specific 2016 funding commitment of €35 million for mental health on budget day, in line with the programme for Government and with previous budget day announcements; if the €15 million not provided in budget 2014 will now be provided in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36578/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (22 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 65. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36577/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (22 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 211. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Galway Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37038/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a change to local community employment schemes to permit persons to continue participating in the schemes beyond 60 years of age, until they reach retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37976/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (3 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2016 of increasing the disability allowance; the blind pension; the invalidity pension; and the carer's allowance, by €5, €10 and €15 per week. [38061/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Expenditure (3 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 347. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the Office of Public Works of private security, pest control, and other services relating to the securing or maintenance of the 139 Garda stations that have been closed since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37957/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (3 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 582. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the savings to date generated by the closure of 139 Garda Síochána stations since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37958/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (3 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 645. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for an urgently required orthopaedic procedure at Merlin Park University Hospital in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37169/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (3 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 726. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for a medical procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37704/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (3 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 736. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for critical orthopaedic surgery to treat an 80o+ scoliosis curve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37750/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists (3 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 763. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question N0. 60 of 14 October 2015, his views on a response issued by Galway University Hospital on 22 October 2015 stating that the orthodontic treatment waiting list is currently running at approximately three years,and that, therefore, it is anticipated that a person (details supplied) should be seen in July 2017; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 1007. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer in 2016 of extending the MOMENTUM programme to persons in receipt of disability payments and illness payments, who are currently excluded from participating in this programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38366/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (3 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 1080. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support an application from Galway County Council for funding from his Department for the refurbishment of local authority housing on Gilmartin Road in Tuam and in Tirboy, Tuam in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37971/15]

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: The Taoiseach is responsible.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: It is a merry-go-round in here today.

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: During the general election campaign of 2011 there was much debate about where cuts would have to be made and which sections of society would have to take the greater burden of the adjustments. One of the key questions asked in several debates and interviews with party leaders was: "What group will you prioritise for protection from cuts?" The Taoiseach and the former Tánaiste, now an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (4 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the 2016 Action Plan for Jobs will be published; if it will contain measures to help persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37945/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 140. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 146 and 156 of 8 October 2015 regarding average orthopaedic procedure waiting times in University Hospital Galway, and the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway, the way he can reconcile the two supplied replies, one of which states the average waiting times were 118 days in 2014 and 109 days in 2015,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Disability Services Provision (5 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the resources his Department will provide in 2016 to move persons out of congregated settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38222/15]