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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (13 Mar 2019)

James Browne: 18. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of A Vision for Change will be published; if the new policy will be costed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12199/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (13 Mar 2019)

James Browne: I put the question on the Order Paper to the Minister of State.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (13 Mar 2019)

James Browne: We await the review of A Vision for Change that will set out the future direction for our mental health services. A Vision for Change was a very important and progressive document that set out a pathway for providing mental health services. Probably 90% of it is still extremely relevant but it needs to be updated. I look forward to the review. Obviously many aspects of A Vision for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (13 Mar 2019)

James Browne: Is there a timeline for the costings following the review? It will be important to have costings set out so that the document is not purely aspirational. It will have more teeth if costings are provided. Will the review be a follow-on document? In other words will we be able to trace the steps from A Vision for Change into the review document, rather than being a total reset? It would be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (13 Mar 2019)

James Browne: 1. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to regulate community residences which are providing care to a large cohort of vulnerable persons with long-term mental illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12661/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (13 Mar 2019)

James Browne: I ask the Minister for Health what his plans are to regulate community residences which are providing care to a large cohort of vulnerable persons with long-term mental illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (13 Mar 2019)

James Browne: I thank the Minister of State. There continues to be great concern about 24-hour staffed community residences which are not regulated but provide care to a large cohort of vulnerable people with long-term mental illnesses. The Mental Health Commission has stated that it takes the view that these residences accommodate too many service users, are often of poor physical infrastructure, and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (13 Mar 2019)

James Browne: I understand the proposal in the legislation will be to reduce the inspection rate for currently regulated centres from every year to every three years. In Kilkenny recently, there was the first ever prosecution of a mental health service. A report from Mental Health Reform came out this morning which stated that patients using the services of the HSE are seeing a failure to treat patients...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (13 Mar 2019)

James Browne: 15. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare action plan will be published; if it will contain detailed costings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12200/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cyberbullying Issues (13 Mar 2019)

James Browne: 171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to revise harassment laws here in view of the impact of cyberbullying on the mental health of a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12895/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (12 Mar 2019)

James Browne: 56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a combined pension for service with a number of defence-related bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12312/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Mar 2019)

James Browne: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of a school extension (details supplied); when contact will be made with the school on the matter; if the redesign of the project will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11850/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme (12 Mar 2019)

James Browne: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is fair that funding will not be granted to resolve building conditions in a classroom at a school (details supplied) that will soon be used by a child with cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11851/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision (12 Mar 2019)

James Browne: 317. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the introduction of brain injury identity cards here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11623/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services Provision (12 Mar 2019)

James Browne: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of the counselling in primary care service in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11703/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services Provision (12 Mar 2019)

James Browne: 334. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of extending eligibility for the counselling in primary care service to all adult general practitioner card holders. [11705/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services Provision (12 Mar 2019)

James Browne: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of extending eligibility for the counselling in primary care service to all children whose families qualify for a medical card and to all children whose families qualify for a general practitioner card, respectively. [11706/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (12 Mar 2019)

James Browne: 346. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card holders in County Wexford no longer receive appointments with a medical centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11723/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Data (12 Mar 2019)

James Browne: 362. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding children in County Wexford with autism accessing occupational therapy; the number on the waiting list; the number waiting more than six and 12 months, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11872/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (12 Mar 2019)

James Browne: 363. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a hoist at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11880/19]