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Report on Positive Mental Health in Schools: Motion (8 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank Members for letting me speak on this and congratulate members of the committee on this report on an important subject, positive mental health in schools. The core principle of addressing mental health at a school level is early intervention. Early intervention is often talked about as some quite prescriptive model which needs to be implemented in a service and that is part of it but...

Structural Assessments of Schools: Statements (7 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: I will make things easier for the Minister by asking all of my questions in a single contribution. I suppose he has inherited a disaster. It is not very promising and I will get straight to the point. I have a number of questions. In his opening remarks the Minister confirmed that "the certificates signed by WBS are on the Department's files" and mentioned that "significant issues...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Staff (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important issue. We have been informed today by groups working on the front line that the specialist ACCES team for homeless people with severe mental health difficulties, located on Conyngham Road in Dublin, is now closed to new referrals due to staff shortages. This special community mental health team for homeless people is a vital service that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Staff (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for his answer. I will revert to what I mentioned earlier about the problems with staff shortages and forward planning. It is not a personal attack on anybody but if somebody is going out on maternity leave, surely there is forward notice or somebody will cop on that if somebody is expecting to go on leave, which they are totally entitled to, something should...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 492. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet a person (details supplied) who recently corresponded with him in relation to efforts to secure mental health support for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44595/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 505. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for allocating just one place on a training course for a group (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44665/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 507. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received classes with a group (details supplied), respectively each year for the past three years; and the estimated number of trainers that will be trained in 2019. [44667/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 704. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to staff shortages the ACCESS programme for mental health care for persons in homelessness at Conyngham Road, Dublin 8 has closed to new referrals; the rationale for same; his plans to resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45547/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 705. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative care being offered to homeless persons with mental health care needs following the closure of the ACCESS programme at Conyngham Road, Dublin 8 to new referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45548/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 706. To ask the Minister for Health the full complement of staff required to operate the ACCESS programme for mental health care for persons in homelessness at Conyngham Road, Dublin 8; the number of vacant roles; the length of time each has been vacant, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45549/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Services (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 1154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason disabled persons grants have not been approved since 2016 and 2017 in the Cork County Council area due to lack of funding; and the rationale for same. [45225/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (6 Nov 2018)

Pat Buckley: 1155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason an adaption grant has not been approved for a person (details supplied) by Cork County Council in 2018; the rationale for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45226/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Incidence (17 Oct 2018)

Pat Buckley: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have died by suicide on the grounds of HSE facilities in the past three years, respectively. [42641/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Incidence (17 Oct 2018)

Pat Buckley: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have died by suicide following presentation at, or treatment by, the HSE for mental health in the past three years, respectively. [42642/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (17 Oct 2018)

Pat Buckley: 165. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 11 April 2017, the progress he has made in ensuring that the HSE compiles data which can provide insight into the numbers of persons who have died by suicide while in its care or shortly after seeking its care in order to improve services. [42643/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (17 Oct 2018)

Pat Buckley: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions being recruited for by the HSE in the mental health section; the details based on the discipline of the position; and the length of time of the vacancy and the stage the recruitment process is at. [42645/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (17 Oct 2018)

Pat Buckley: 167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new positions that will be created in the new budget period; and the details of the discipline and level of these positions. [42646/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (17 Oct 2018)

Pat Buckley: 168. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his efforts to attract new applicants for vacant positions in the mental health service, including initiatives or measures that are being planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42647/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (17 Oct 2018)

Pat Buckley: 169. To ask the Minister for Health if a new clinical psychologist has been hired to replace the vacancy at a service (details supplied); if not, the rationale for same; the timeline for a replacement to be hired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42652/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Incidence (17 Oct 2018)

Pat Buckley: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of national incident report forms that were filed over the past four years, respectively, including 2018, in which death was registered as the outcome of self-injurious behaviour, including a breakdown on the basis of facility by CHO area; and if the behaviour was logged as intentional or unintentional. [42683/18]