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Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: There are day hospital services in Wexford, as the Minister of State has listed, but they are closed after 5 o'clock in the evening. To gain access to those services people need a referral letter from their general practitioner. What is a family supposed to do if a family member is in acute crisis and suicidal? The person has to go to an accident and emergency department and sit in a...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: I did not say that the Minister of State was responsible.

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: People have died because they were not admitted to hospital; people have committed suicide in Wexford. The Minister of State has said that Wexford and Waterford are well served, but, according to the HSE's mental health division plan for 2015, spending per capita in the mental health area in the region is €148. That compares to €223 in Carlow-Kilkenny, €198 in south...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: It has one of the highest levels of teenage pregnancy and one of the highest levels of illiteracy. The service is not good enough. I am serious about this.

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: That is the knock-on effect.

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 9. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish an acute mental health unit in Wexford General Hospital in view of the fact that the need for same has been long recognised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20549/15]

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: I accept putting patients in acute mental health beds is not ideal or seen as best practice. When A Vision for Change, a good document, was published in 2006, it looked away from locking up people behind walls and drugging them to their eyeballs. The plan, however, was that the acute bed units would not be done away with until there was enough support and facilities in the community to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (28 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 38. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the current mental health provision in County Wexford is adequate, particularly in view of the county's relatively high suicide rates which according to the last census were almost twice the national rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20548/15]

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister said this morning that, as a small carrier competing against larger companies in a changing European environment, Aer Lingus faces difficult challenges and risks. Its board and senior management recognise that and see the IAG proposal as a means to address those and enhance the company's opportunities to grow and develop. He will be hardly shocked to hear me say that this is a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Corporal Punishment (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce an outright ban on corporal punishment and in doing so to remove the reasonable chastisement defence, in order to bring Ireland in line with our commitments under the European Social Charter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19802/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason behind the recent decision to withdraw the funding from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, for the Disability Equality Specialist Support Agency community advocacy project in Wexford town; if he will consider reversing this decision in view of the important service the disability agency has provided to many families in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Inspections (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 14 May 2015, if all fines handed down for breaches to date have been paid; if he will provide details of actions taken by Bord na gCon in cases where greyhounds have tested positive for banned substances, but their owners have refused to pay the fines; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Inspections (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 13 May 2015, if he will provide details of the laboratory used in the United Kingdom, including its name and the amount of samples that have been sent there to date; the decision-making process on the part of Bord na gCon as to which samples are sent to the United Kingdom for testing; the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse Reports (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 115. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Ryan report, and in particular the recommendation for a once-off life skills programme for young persons leaving care; if he is satisfied with the rate of progress on implementation of the Ryan report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20892/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Corrib Gas Field (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has engaged a company (details supplied) to independently assess and audit the monitoring regime in place for past and current phases of the proposed Corrib gas project; if so, if he will provide details on the terms of the contract awarded to the company; if he will provide details of all payments to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Corrib Gas Field (27 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: 202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of any contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied); if he will provide details of any payments received by his Department from the company, particularly in relation to the project monitoring committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20992/15]

Criminal Justice (Terrorism Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 5:In page 5, line 13, to delete “encouraging, directly or indirectly” and substitute “directly or indirectly inciting”.

Criminal Justice (Terrorism Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 6:In page 5, line 13, to delete “encouraging, directly or indirectly” and substitute “directly or indirectly inciting”.

Criminal Justice (Terrorism Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 2:In page 4, to delete lines 32 and 33.

Criminal Justice (Terrorism Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (26 May 2015)

Mick Wallace: I thank the Minister of State. To reiterate, we could argue until the cows come home about the technicalities. Advice from the Attorney General can be perfect and sometimes maybe it is not perfect. I am not sure a Government would be acting within its remit to ignore such advice but maybe it is so. I imagined it could have some flexibility in the issue. The problem remains that despite...