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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: It may have to be revisited by the petitioner at some future date. Is it agreed to close the petition? Agreed. I thank members and the secretariat for the haste with which we expedited matters today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the representatives for coming before the committee. I do not doubt but that they seek to make a genuine effort to tackle these sensitive issues. A common theme which is emerging here is that of resources. I acknowledge the role played by the former Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, in seeking to progress matters, particularly in mental health, and the challenges she faced...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: That will be the operational number. How many are there now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Are they at capacity every night of the week?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: My motivation in asking is, whether or not there is full occupancy, in an effort to understand the culture that exists within the acute inpatient facilities. I am trying to have some degree of knowledge about the decision-making process whereby a person finds himself or herself in one of the these units. Due to the culture or decision making process, there are situations from time to time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I do not wish to extrapolate too much from what Dr. Doody said or to put words in his mouth, but he referred to Linn Dara versus the Cork facility, Eist Linn. Eist Linn is a refurbished facility.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Would that come up to the mark as a fit-for-purpose or appropriate setting post-refurbishment for the type of structures he just spoke about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: My time is brief and I will refer back to Dr. Doody on the Cork facility at a future date as there are further questions to be asked about it to shed light on, and understand better, the dynamics that inform the running of the facility. There have been legitimate questions in the past about the culture that exists there. There are 130 individuals waiting more than 18 months for CAMHS...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I apologise for cutting across Mr. Ryan but Dr. Doody is saying that 50% are seen within four weeks. I have 130 families waiting 18 months. That is based on a reply to a parliamentary question, which was Mr. Ryan's reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: There is a big gap there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: What is best international practice vis-à-visthe multidisciplinary teams? Is it a flat structure or is it a hierarchical structure whereby the psychiatrist is the head honcho, as it were? Is that best international practice or does it differ in other countries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I will follow up with Mr. Ryan. We might have a meeting in Cork in respect of services there.

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I support the motion and say that the view of the Labour Party is that the suckler sector is a vital for the Irish agrifood sector. We have been studying the report authored by Professor Thia Hennessy, Dr. Justin Doran, Professor Joe Bogue and Dr. Lana Repar entitled, The Economic and Societal Importance of the Irish Suckler Beef Sector. My own area of Cork is predominantly a dairy sector...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (24 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is paying tax on their State pension. [38432/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents Data (24 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic accidents recorded in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 on the Cork to Limerick road. [38433/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fire Safety (24 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 232. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the recently revealed high level of fire safety toxins in homes (details supplied). [38436/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (24 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call-outs due to road traffic accidents recorded on the Cork to Limerick road since January 2019. [38434/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (24 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 305. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to vaping advertising on bus stops here; his views on whether such advertising should be curtailed; if he or his officials have met with representatives of the vaping and e-cigarette industry to date in 2019; and if so, the circumstances under which the meeting occurred. [38439/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (24 Sep 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 315. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an employment issue for healthcare workers (details supplied) in County Cork. [38455/19]