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- Health Service Staff. (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: My intention is to have a public meeting in Portrane to explain why we are thinking of locating there rather than having people believe our decision was made in advance of their having an input. There has not yet been a formal decision. The Government must decide, over the next three months, how to fund the project. I intend to meet the residents in public when we have some objections.
- Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I proposed to take Questions Nos. 10, 49 and 56 together. As Deputies will be aware, the National Quality Standards: Residential Settings for People with Disabilities, which relate to adult services, have been published by HIQA. Following a public consultation process initiated by HIQA, these standards were formulated by a standards advisory group which comprised officials from HIQA, the...
- Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I do not want to offer excuses in respect of this extremely important issue. Last year, Inclusion Ireland complained that we were not carrying out inspections in respect of children. The position in this regard has changed and such inspections will be forthcoming before the end of this year. I wish I could say when all of these matters will be dealt with. The report is imminent and I am...
- Cancer Screening Programme. (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I am replying to this Adjournment matter on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, who cannot attend the Chamber this evening due to a prearranged appointment. The national cancer control strategy was clear that to achieve better cancer prevention, detection and survival, there should be eight specialist cancer centres, each serving a population of approximately...
- Deportation Orders. (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: By way of responding, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern, is keeping faith with the statement he made on the steps of Government Buildings that day and if the issue is one of reuniting the mother with the child, I may be able to explain that. I preface my reply by reminding the House that the Minister dealt with this matter in some detail on 10 December...
- Deportation Orders. (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I will put it this way, if the mother's intention was to be reunited with her son, she had every option to allow her son travel to Nigeria either ways.
- Deportation Orders. (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I would have thought that the child's interests would have been with the natural mother in her home country, Nigeria.
- Deportation Orders. (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: Since her deportation on 1 September 2009, representatives of the bureau have made sustained efforts to communicate with the woman in question in order to facilitate the return of her son to Nigeria. However, she has refused to co-operate meaning that her son must remain in the care of the HSE until that position changes.
- Deportation Orders. (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: No.
- Deportation Orders. (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: In fact, I understand, during one telephone call with a Garda representative she indicated that she did not wish for her son to be reunited with her in Nigeria.
- Deportation Orders. (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I would have considered that the mother's wish would have been first for the maternal part of this response.
- Deportation Orders. (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: The court appointed guardian ad litem of the child in question has submitted an application to have the mother's deportation order revoked to allow her to re-enter the State to be reunited her son. I understand this application is under consideration by Department officials. It must be emphasised that the woman in question could at any point bring closure to this situation by accepting the...
- Deportation Orders. (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: The Minister acknowledges that the priority should be for the child to be with his mother in her home country.
- Deportation Orders. (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: We should not use the situation. The facts remain-----
- Garda Stations (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I thank Deputy Costello for raising this matter and I apologise that the Minister cannot be here. On 31 December 2009, the personnel strength at Fitzgibbon Garda station was 122 and the strength at Mountjoy Garda station was 107. Fitzgibbon and Mountjoy Garda stations form part of the DMR north central Garda division. On the same date, the strength of the DMR north central Garda division...
- Garda Stations (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I do not have information on Mountjoy Garda station. I will have to respond to the Deputy during the coming week.
- Garda Stations (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I will. I apologise I do not have the information to hand but I will get it for the Deputy before the end of next week.
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: The HSE provided funding of â¬585,000 to the Jack and Jill Foundation in 2009 and will be happy to consider the report "There's no Place like Home" as part of its engagement with the Foundation this year. Neither my Department nor the HSE were involved in the preparation of this report. I agree that, in general, children's needs are most appropriately met and provided in the home, and that...
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: It had been intended to locate the new Central Mental Hospital (CMH) at Thornton Hall, Co Dublin; however it has been ascertained that the site proposed for the development of the new hospital is not large enough to accommodate an Intellectual Disability Forensic Mental Health Unit and a Child and Adolescent Forensic Mental Health unit, the need for which has been identified by the HSE. The...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (11 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.