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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 481. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in implementing each of the 31 recommendations in the 2011 Health Service Executive report, Time to Move on from Congregated Settings; the time frame for full implementation of these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42333/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding for the provision of temporary accommodation in the Presentation College, Athenry, County Galway, in order that the school can accept the enrolment of children who have been refused due to the significant excess of demand for places over capacity; if she will intervene with the Industrial Development Agency Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (1 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 598. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has plans to invest in improvements to the fixed line broadband network in east County Galway, specifically in the Raheen and Catherlistrane areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42393/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (2 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimate and actual expenditure on the wage subsidy scheme, the workplace equipment and adaptation grant, the employee retention grant and the disability awareness support scheme from 2011 to 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43090/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (2 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative steps that need to be taken in order to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; the time frame for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42334/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 4. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the unacceptable waiting times for surgical intervention to treat scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43126/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I am fully cognisant of section 6 of the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013. For that reason, I will not refer to a specific individual in putting this question. The objective of the question is to get the Minister to profile his plans to deal with the unacceptable waiting times for scoliosis interventions. Will the Minister tell me why children have been waiting up to three...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: The Minister will be aware that there is no national screening service for the onset of scoliosis. The curvature of the spine is probably first observed by a general practitioner or family member. Waiting lists and waiting times are increasing significantly. I have been advised by an orthopaedic surgeon that immediate intervention is required beyond the age of 16. It is next to pointless...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: This is not an elective procedure. There are children who are begging the Minister for operations.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I ask the Minister to be more specific. What plans does he have to ensure people are taken off the waiting list in Galway?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I notice that, a Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I would like to speak about the human cost of not intervening. This is an intervention. I am aware of the case of a young woman who used to be a grade A student, but has had to miss 70 days of school in this academic year. At the age of 16, she is a user of the mental health services in Galway as a consequence of having spent three years languishing on a waiting list. I ask the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Guidelines (3 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 22. To ask the Minister for Health if a review has been carried out into the increase in the application of electro-convulsive therapy to patients against their will; the action that is being taken in terms of legislation, policy and medical practice guidelines to address this unacceptable practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42989/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 51. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to address the unacceptable waiting times for surgical intervention to treat scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42988/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Data (3 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 181. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to medical doctors under the medical card scheme and the general medical services scheme by the Health Service Executive in 2014 and 2013; the names of all recipients; the amounts paid to each individual or company in each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43292/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (8 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Like previous speakers, I acknowledge the dedication, commitment and, above all, the actions of the emergency services over the course of the weekend. I acknowledge the fact that the Minister of State got an opportunity to send his people to Cork, so he had some notice. He got there within 24 hours. We left here last Wednesday, and some left on Thursday, knowing Storm Desmond was on its...

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Fianna Fáil welcomes this Bill and will support it. We believe the wishes of involuntary patients in psychiatric hospitals who have the capacity to refuse electro-convulsive therapy, ECT - to say "No" - should be respected. The expert group on the Mental Health Act 2001 published strong recommendations in this regard earlier this year. The law currently provides for two consultant...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure (8 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 575. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expenditure on the housing adaptation grant scheme and the mobility aid scheme from 2011 to date; the cost of restoring these to their 2011 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43939/15]

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Scoliosis is a condition that affects several hundred children and adolescents in Ireland. It is a progressive disease that involves the curvature of the spine. It causes increasing difficulty with breathing and has an impact on the heart and other internal organs. As the Tánaiste can imagine, it has a particular effect on children who are sensitive with respect to their appearance as...