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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (25 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to points of concerns raised by a trainee psychologist (details supplied) in respect of the proposed changes in funding for trainee educational psychologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19082/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are in a position to assist with the tenant in-situ schemes or other relevant schemes that will provide assistance where a social housing applicant is resident in a neighbouring local authority, and where that social housing applicant has received a termination notice (details supplied); and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (25 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail how a request submitted for an Irish national, currently in a prison within the EU, is repatriated to an Irish prison under the new Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023; if advice in this regard has been circulated to relevant advocacy groups to assist families in this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 513. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the drug seroquel being given to nursing home residents in cases in which the resident suffers from dementia; if there are known contraindications for such administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18991/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to points of concerns raised by a trainee psychologist (details supplied) in respect of the proposed changes in funding for trainee educational psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19083/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to amend defective legislation that denies children over the age of 16 years with a mental illness access to free medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19562/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the date by which he will bring in new legislation to regularise the legislative anomaly, revealed by the Attorney General, where minors between 16 and 18 years of age do not qualify for free medicine for mental illness; the current state of preparation of such legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19563/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 621. To ask the Minister for Health the date by which he will bring in new legislation to regularise the legislative anomaly, revealed by the Attorney General, where people over 18 years of age do not qualify for free medicine for mental illness; the current state of preparation of such legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19564/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 622. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he and his Department have taken to address CAMHS waiting lists across the country given that figures from that the CAMHS waiting list almost doubled nationally between 2019 and 2022 from 2,327 in 2019 - the last year before the pandemic -compared to 4,293 in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19565/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 623. To ask the Minister for Health if he has sought an explanation/report from his Department and/or the HSE over the scenario where the CAMHS waiting list almost doubled nationally between 2019 and 2022 from 2,327 in 2019 - the last year before the pandemic - compared to 4,293 in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19566/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 624. To ask the Minister for Health the explanation his Department and/or the HSE have provided for the doubling of the CAMHS waiting nationally between 2019 and 2022 from 2,327 in 2019 - the last year before the pandemic - compared to 4,293 in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19567/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (25 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) in respect of personal assistants in ETBs and their long-term working conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19103/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Apologies have been received from Senator Currie and Mr. Mickey Brady, MP. On behalf of our committee I welcome Ms Aingeal O'Donoghue, assistant secretary, and Mr. Eoghan Duffy, principal officer, from the Department of the Taoiseach to discuss the work of the shared island unit. Before we begin, I will explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practices of the Houses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Anywhere I have been, particularly in the North and meeting people from the North, I have heard nothing but praise for the work you are doing, the initiatives being carried out and the progress being made, which is very welcome indeed. I call members to ask questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Has the planning been sorted out yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: So it is the same.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Not just yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Senator has a few years left before she dies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I wish to ask a couple of questions. Since the Windsor Framework or the improvement in relations between the British and Irish Governments, has there been an increase in interest in the shared island unit's activity? How is its work affected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I ask about the amount of co-funding at the moment.