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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: How is the HSE spending it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Yes, but I am seeking the breakdown. I refer again to Deputy Neville's question, which was very succinct. Where is the difference in terms of improvement and development of existing services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Where is it being spent in the community? By community I mean the people of east Galway, but it is replicated across the country. For example, there was a community house with six patients in Athleague. On the weekend of Storm Ophelia the patients were moved to Castlerea and elsewhere and the house has closed since then. The Rosalie unit is in the process of closing down. In Portumna the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I have two supplementary questions. Earlier we spoke about early intervention. The last resource is CAMHS so every other intervention is before that. We are nearly six months into the new budget so what portion of the new mental health funding allocated by the Minister in that budget has been spent on other than existing resources? What is being spent on new projects? The money was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I totally agree with Ms O'Connor and I do not dispute one thing she has said. In her statement Ms O'Connor said that the service is still spending the funding from 2017. Is the 2018 money that is in the pipeline going to be too late for some services that are trying to penny-pinch to get them through to the end of the year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Yes. On the issue of the same initiatives, what about the new groups that provide the services? As elected representatives, can we tell them to hang on, as it will get better next year or that because there may be a few euro coming next year, they can continue to provide the invaluable service they provide?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I have one last question on dual diagnoses. I do not mean to say that it is a problem specific to Galway currently, but I refer to the issues for a child who has autism in my area. The Galway Autism Partnership, GAP, group, had come under the mental health services but must now change how it does business, perhaps because it is in the wrong space. There is a transition of moving the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: There is a transition taking place, with some children never having had an assessment. There is concern, especially among the parents of sixth class children who are now going into first year, that their children have not received assessments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: That would be really appreciated. Parents understand that it has to move and what the HSE is doing in this regard but we also realise that we cannot have children moved who have not had their assessments and who have been on the waiting list for some 18 months.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Is it the case that when there is one entry point one can access various services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Is the HSE conducting a pilot of this anywhere?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (22 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school building project (details supplied) did not commence construction in 2017. [22444/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Children's Rights (22 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the courts interpret the voice of the child with specific reference to guardianship of children Acts from 1964 to 1997, section 11 interim order on questions affecting the welfare of children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22634/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (22 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments for a person (details supplied); if consideration has been given to this case in respect of the penalty in view of the medical evidence presented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22635/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (22 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which her recent announcement will impact on a person (details supplied); the benefits this person can expect in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22614/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Eligibility (23 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) cannot obtain another year on the rural social scheme. [22805/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services in Prisons and Detention Centres: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank all of the contributors. Their presentations were among the best we have received. They were fantastic. There is a great deal of information there for us to work on. I start with Mr. Donnellan. I am acutely concerned about Castlerea. Mr. Donnellan said the services there had been withdrawn. What impact is this having on the prisoners and staff and what exactly was lost in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services in Prisons and Detention Centres: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Can the nature of that risk be teased out further? Can it be explained in terms of the risk posed to other inmates and staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services in Prisons and Detention Centres: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: How is that managed on a daily basis? I ask Mr. Donnellan to forgive me for asking all these questions but I am trying to understand. Is the prison using its resources to manage prisoners one-to-one when prison officers should be used to do other work? How are the resources being provided and managed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services in Prisons and Detention Centres: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: It is shocking. I thank Mr. Donnellan. Mr. Bergin and I know each other from the children's committee and I am delighted he is here today. One of my questions relates to the release of children from Oberstown. What programmes are involved and how does the ACTS team work with the community to integrate these children? I have been to Oberstown and I have seen the wonderful work Mr. Bergin...