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Accident and Emergency Services. (27 Jan 2010)

John Moloney: That might be helpful. I am explaining why the Department does not have it to hand. Hospitals which experienced particular challenges last week included Cork University Hospital, Beaumont, the Mater, St. Vincent's, Tallaght, St Columcille's, Galway and Clonmel.

Accident and Emergency Services. (27 Jan 2010)

John Moloney: The facts have not come up from there yet.

Accident and Emergency Services. (27 Jan 2010)

John Moloney: Figures reported by the HSE this morning at 8 a.m. indicate that Beaumont, the Mater and Cork University hospitals continue to have patients waiting for unacceptably long periods for admission, although it has informed the Minister that the situation has improved from last week and that it is continuing its efforts to improve waiting times in all hospitals, particularly these three hospitals....

Accident and Emergency Services. (27 Jan 2010)

John Moloney: The Minister has been monitoring the situation in emergency departments very closely. This afternoon she met with the CEO and members of the HSE management team to review progress and to ensure that all possible steps are being taken to minimise the waiting time for patients awaiting admission, including to the Mater. The Minister has also asked the HSE to streamline the administrative...

Accident and Emergency Services. (27 Jan 2010)

John Moloney: I certainly will.

Hospital Visiting Regulations. (27 Jan 2010)

John Moloney: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Mary Harney. I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. The HSE issued national guidelines on visiting policy to hospitals in September 2006. These guidelines reflect a balance between the needs of patients, their visitors, hospital staff and hospital procedures which allow for the most effective delivery of...

Schools Building Projects. (27 Jan 2010)

John Moloney: I am responding on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe. I thank the Deputy for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to the House the strategy for capital investment in education projects and the current position on Ballygarvan national school. The allocation of funding for school buildings in 2010 is just under...

Schools Building Projects. (27 Jan 2010)

John Moloney: I do not want to mislead the Deputy and could not really answer that question. I will take it up with the Minister for Education and Science directly and revert to the Deputy within a week. I thank the Deputy again for giving me the opportunity to outline to the House the current position on the school building project for Ballygarvan national school.

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (27 Jan 2010)

John Moloney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 226 to 229, inclusive, together. As these are service matters the questions have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Jan 2010)

John Moloney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 Jan 2010)

John Moloney: The mental health tribunal costs between the years 2006 to 2009 are as follows: Year Amount 2006 ( from 1 Nov ) â'¬ 1,000,964 2007 â'¬ 9,840,944 2008 â'¬ 9,755,372 2009 â'¬ 9,682,068 The amount for 2009 is provisional and may be subject to change as the Mental Health Commission has yet to close its 2009 accounts.

Semi-State Sector. (2 Feb 2010)

John Moloney: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan. I thank Deputy Michael McGrath for his contribution to this debate. There is considerable variation in the size and capacity of State commercial companies. They include large companies such as ESB, CIE, the Dublin Airport Authority and Bord na Móna which play a critical role in national...

Suicide Incidence. (2 Feb 2010)

John Moloney: I thank those who prepared my script for this debate. As it deals mostly with specific numbers, I wish to depart from it in my response to Deputy Neville. I am not responding directly to his concluding remarks when I say that over the 20 months I have spent travelling the country and meeting groups, I have always found that the Deputy presents these issues in a genuine manner. The manner...

Social Insurance. (2 Feb 2010)

John Moloney: I wish to respond on behalf of the Minister by stating that treatment benefits are paid to insured persons from the social insurance fund, SIF. Although the SIF has operated a surplus since 1996, this position began to change in 2008, when expenditure had to be partially funded from the accumulated surplus. Expenditure continued to exceed PRSI and investment income to the fund in 2009 and...

Social Insurance. (2 Feb 2010)

John Moloney: The Government is a bit long in the tooth for that.

Third Level Courses. (2 Feb 2010)

John Moloney: I thank Deputy Deenihan. I will respond on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, who cannot be here. Apprenticeship is a blended training programme, with part of the training delivered by employers and part by FÁS and educational institutions. In most of the trades, FÁS apprentices undertake a seven phase training programme, with phases 4 and 6 provided by the education sector in...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Feb 2010)

John Moloney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Feb 2010)

John Moloney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Feb 2010)

John Moloney: It has been ascertained that the site proposed for the development of a new Central Mental Hospital (CMH) at Thornton Hall, Co Dublin, is not large enough to accommodate an Intellectual Disability Forensic Mental Health Unit and a Child and Adolescent Forensic Mental Health, the need for which has been identified by the HSE. The question of the relocation of the CMH to an alternative site is...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (2 Feb 2010)

John Moloney: I am not aware of a scheme of financial assistance in the health services to cover the full cost of housing adaptations.