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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That is roughly the situation. Is there any discussion within the HSE on reinstating that post?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Earlier, there was a lot of discussion with the witnesses from the Mental Health Commission about the absence of a clear governance structure for mental health services generally and specifically concerning CAMHS. Will Mr. Walsh take us through the governance structure for CAMHS?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the reason for this change in tax treatment for GPs; if he has engaged with the Revenue Commissioners on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44349/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the installation of portacabins and a temporary car park at a school (details supplied); the expected timeline for delivery; the reason this work did not commence during the summer months to ensure that these temporary measures were in place for September 2023 to accommodate the increased enrolment that occurred on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to change the current enrolment criteria for specialist ASD units and classes to accommodate children who are on a waiting list for an assessment of needs but have not acquired that assessment, in view of the current backlog (details supplied); if her Department has a process in place to monitor if schools and preschools will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with the Minister for Health in relation to the assessment of needs waiting list which could prevent children awaiting assessment from accessing specialist classes; if where a child is awaiting an assessment of needs and cannot acquire a place in a specialist class, there are any plans to accelerate their assessments; if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the level of home tuition support approved for September 2023 versus the levels approved for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44248/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Interest Rates (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason local authority home loan mortgage interest rates have risen; his views on this increase; if he is aware of commercial banks now offering lower fixed rates than the State backed scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44347/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 226. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans to move all HSE facilities to a single pay-roll system given that this was to be implemented by July 2023 according to a representative organisation (details supplied); the arrangements for Section 38 facilities; the timeline for implementation of a single payroll system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44363/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 230. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering the fortification of bread and flour with folic acid, given its role in the prevention of neural tube defects such as spina bifida; the reason mandatory fortification has not been implemented, in view of the evidence to support this measure and the 2006 recommendation of the National Committee on Folic Acid Food Fortification in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 232. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an ongoing collection of data regarding the relationship between pregnancy outcome indicators and alcohol consumption patterns during pregnancy; if he plans to establish a national register for foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44431/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 233. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to develop clear clinical guidelines for the diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44432/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 234. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerning prevalence of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Ireland, along with the absence of dedicated health messaging addressing this issue; if there are plans in place to initiate a new public health awareness campaign outlining the dangers of alcohol consumption, and discouraging its use during pregnancy; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 235. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a comprehensive summary of any task forces or committees established within the past decade that have focused on alcohol consumption during pregnancy, including their respective recommendations and the status of implementing these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44434/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the current strategies in place to ensure clinical staff receive sufficient training in foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) to seek information on the efforts being made to enhance awareness of FASD among healthcare professionals and educators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44435/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 237. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure that individuals with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and their families have access to FASD-informed services in healthcare, education and social services tailored to their specific needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44436/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It can be seen why there is not a clear focus. This is a major issue concerning the failure to provide adequate and timely services in a streamlined way to children and adolescents. Mr. Walsh has a vast area of responsibility, and the idea of just lumping in mental health services does not seem to make a great deal of sense. How many CHOs do not have clinical directors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry, but how many of the nine CHOs do not have clinical directors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The last time the witnesses were before the committee in February, it was confirmed that staffing levels range between 45% and 75% of the target. How many of the CAMHS teams are now fully staffed?