Results 221-240 of 2,674 for speaker:John Moloney
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (27 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 291 to 293, inclusive, 297 and 298 together. The Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy, 'A Vision for Change', estimates that three hundred and thirty-two community mental health teams are required to deliver the proposed community-based mental health service. Seventy-eight of these teams relate to child and adolescent community mental health...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (27 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 294 to 296, inclusive, together. As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. Questions Nos. 297 and 298 answered with Question No. 291.
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (27 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: The following table provides data on the number of children admitted to adult acute psychiatric units and hospitals. Year Total number of children admitted to Adult Psychiatric Units *2005 39 - under 16 year olds *2006 253 - under 18 year olds **2007 217 - under 18 year olds **2008 247 - under18 year olds **2009 200 - under 18 year olds Source: *2005 and 2006 figures from HRB...
- Written Answers — Suicide Prevention: Suicide Prevention (27 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: The Budget for the National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) is set by the Health Service Executive. The following table provides details of the annual budget for the NOSP since 2005: Year Fundingâ¬m 2005 1.5 2006 2.7 2007 4.5 2008 4.5 2009 4.3 2010 3.7 The total annual funding available to support suicide prevention initiatives is in the region of â¬8 million.
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (27 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: The following table provides details of expenditure on mental health services since 2005. Year Mental Health Expenditureâ¬m 2005 775 2006 984 2007 1,000 2008 1,000 2009 1, 000 2010 977 (estimated) Source: Revised Estimates for Public Services
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Oct 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — UN Conventions: UN Conventions (27 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) is a human rights instrument with an explicit social development dimension. It adopts a broad categorisation of persons with disabilities and reaffirms that all persons with all types of disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms of existing UN human rights conventions, (principally the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Oct 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 — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (20 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have referred the question to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: The Education (Amendment) Bill 2010 provides for an amendment to the Education Act 1998 to clarify the position in relation to the delivery of speech therapy and other health and personal social services to children of school-going age. It acknowledges the role of the HSE in the delivery of these services under the Health Act 2004. It will not involve a transfer of speech and language...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have referred to the question to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Seanad: Apprenticeship Training Programmes (20 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: I apologise that the Tánaiste cannot be present. I will be replying on her behalf. I thank the Senator for raising the matter because it gives me an opportunity to outline the measures introduced to assist redundant apprentices. As of 30 September, 7,614 apprentices of the total number of 18,380 were redundant. The number of redundant apprentices who, having reached the minimum qualifying...
- Seanad: Apprenticeship Training Programmes (20 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: Yes.
- Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (20 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: I thank Senator Corrigan for raising this issue which relates to the nursing homes support scheme, the fair deal scheme. The nursing homes support scheme is a system of financial support for individuals in public, voluntary and approved private nursing homes. The scheme is available to anyone assessed as needing long-term nursing home care, including dementia-specific nursing home care....
- Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (20 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: The Senator's understanding is correct. The response is also correct, however, as support can be transferred provided the person is going from one nursing home to another. I take what the Senator has said as something that the Department and the Minister and Ministers of State at the Department must recognise as a huge anomaly. I recall visiting some months ago with Senator Corrigan the...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (19 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: The Summer Works Scheme (SWS) was introduced in 2004 to provide devolved funding to individual school authorities to undertake small scale building works which can be carried out during the summer months or at other times that avoid disrupting the operation of the school. Since then, thousands of projects such as gas works, electrical and mechanical works, roof replacements and repairs,...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Oct 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 — Eating Disorders: Eating Disorders (19 Oct 2010)
John Moloney: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Medical Certificates: Medical Certificates (19 Oct 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.