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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (27 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total budgetary allocation to Donegal mental health service over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14580/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (27 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form of the number of staff in the Donegal mental health service according to position who have retired in the past five years; the number who have been replaced; the number who are on long-term sick leave; the number of locums operating in the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14581/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (27 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 214. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of positions for which sanction for recruitment was sought by the Donegal mental health service in the past five years; the number of these that were approved; the number that are awaiting approval; the number of those that were approved that were successfully filled; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (27 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of consultants and non-consultant hospital doctors who are working in the Donegal mental health service; if this number satisfies the number recommended under A Vision for Change policy document; his plans to recruit in the service in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14584/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (27 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the following details of consultant vacancies in the Donegal mental health service over the past two years; the title of the position to which the vacancy applies; the date on which the services was informed that the position would be vacant; the date on which the vacancy arose; the action taken by the Health Service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (27 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the following details of non-consultant hospital doctor vacancies in the Donegal mental health service over the past two years; the title of the position to which the vacancy applies; the date on which the services was informed that the position would be vacant; the date on which the vacancy arose; the action taken by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a paediatric diabetes clinical nurse specialist post has not been approved for Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive's diabetes expert advisory group recommends one paediatric diabetes clinical nurse specialist per 100 children-adolescents with type 1 diabetes and there are 143...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 219. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown per hospital of the number of children registered to receive hospital based paediatric diabetes services; the number of paediatric diabetes clinical nurse specialists per hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14588/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 220. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to comply with the recommendations of the Health Service Executive diabetes advisory group in 2008, particularly in the provision of paediatric diabetes service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14589/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 221. To ask the Minister for Health if the integrated diabetes clinical nurse specialist appointed to Letterkenny General Hospital will be targeted towards the treatment of type 2 diabetes; the impact this position will have on the provision of paediatric diabetes service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14590/14]

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I want to take the Minister back to some of the information he provided earlier today, where he said the Garda Commissioner's letter explained: "there was a legislative underpinning of such recording contained in an Act of 2007". Can I take it from this that there was no legislative underpinning of these recordings up to 2007? Can I take it also that there is at least a likelihood and...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Is an offence committed if there is no consent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Central Bank Bill 2014: Department of Finance (26 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I can understand that. The Minister for Finance gave his commitment to the extent that he could, presumably on the advice of the officials before us, to support this initiative for Greece. When we were being asked to support these measures in November 2012 and during the preceding months, did we at least ask for similar treatment for Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Central Bank Bill 2014: Department of Finance (26 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Was that a "Yes" or a "No"?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Central Bank Bill 2014: Department of Finance (26 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to ask some technical questions to clarify the issues arising in respect of legislation I am currently drafting. The legislative programme mentions a security markets programme Bill, which amends the Central Bank Act 1971. Is that Bill related?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Central Bank Bill 2014: Department of Finance (26 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: There is a separate Central Bank Bill in section C. Is that a different Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Central Bank Bill 2014: Department of Finance (26 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: What will happen when ICS transfers its mortgage and home loan assets to Bank of Ireland? There is potential for an unregulated third party to purchase those loans, in which case we will have a repeat of what is already under way in terms of mortgage holders no longer being protected by the Financial Ombudsman and the code of conduct on mortgage arrears. Has that issue been considered or is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Central Bank Bill 2014: Department of Finance (26 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Even in the case of an institution, such as AIB or Bank of Ireland, which operates in the market, the protection of the Financial Ombudsman and the code of conduct is required because people are still using these facilities to protect their interests. It is not the case that the protections would not be needed. I will not support the legislation if it facilitates the sale of €1...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Central Bank Bill 2014: Department of Finance (26 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I have only one question. I am sure we will have ample time to debate the Bill on Second and Committee Stages. Could we include a provision that the assets can only be sold on to regulated institutions given that the Bill only amends the Central Bank Acts in respect of ICS?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Central Bank Bill 2014: Department of Finance (26 Mar 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The problem is that we know these assets will be sold on to a third party. We do not have that knowledge in respect of the other assets in Bank of Ireland. If that bank was to sell a big loan book, Mr. Mac Donncha can rest assured that Opposition Deputies, at least, would argue that the same protections should be put in place. It stretches our generosity to ask us to facilitate the...