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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Mental Health Strategies (29 Mar 2018)

James Browne: My question is on the Minister's plans to review mental health guidelines and supports in schools. The Minister will be aware that there is a very real, justifiable concern about the evidence that this Government as a whole is not prioritising children, whether record levels of homelessness, appalling waiting lists for hospital appointments, over 6,000 children waiting for primary care...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Mental Health Strategies (29 Mar 2018)

James Browne: I talk to primary school principals on a regular basis and I am the chair of a board of management of a primary school myself. An idea I particularly want to highlight is that, increasingly, teachers and principals are meeting young children who have physically and intellectually nothing wrong with them, but who are presenting with speech and language developmental issues and social...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department is taking to provide sufficient ASD units and class places in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14263/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (29 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 267. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline to address staffing shortages in mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14552/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (28 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has carried out a county analysis of the potential impact of Brexit here with particular reference to County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14009/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Ratings (28 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules surrounding records on individual credit ratings, specifically if a person's credit rating was affected due to the fact that they were the victim of a scam (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14476/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Charges (28 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the appeals process for a person denied a reimbursement by a HSE local office for the refund of the cost of a blood test wrongly charged to a medical card or general practitioner card holder by their general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14358/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (28 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has engaged with the Department of Education and Skills to resolve the problem of invalidated capital sport grants for primary schools that applied for funds on lands they do not own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14359/18]

Services for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (27 Mar 2018)

James Browne: Disability need not be an obstacle to success. These were the inspirational words of the late Professor Stephen Hawking, one of the most influential scientists of all time. He certainly proved his own statement. He also stated that he would not have survived without the high quality treatment provided to him by the NHS. I am the brother of a woman with spina bifida and hydrocephalus and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (27 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department and the Revenue Commissioners will seek to avoid disruption to Irish Sea movements under duty suspension between here and Great Britain post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11012/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (27 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if circular 0071/2014 will be reviewed with a view to defining exceptional circumstances; if the circumstances and criteria for such exceptional circumstances will be set out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13874/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (27 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of transfers of teachers relying on exceptional circumstances in relation to circular 0071/2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13875/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Portfolio (27 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 324. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 25 January 2018, if IDA lands are available in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13770/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (27 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children presenting to emergency departments for mental health issues in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; the number of these presentations that led to admissions in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13804/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (27 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 383. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by members of an organisation (details supplied); if he has received correspondence on same; if he has received meeting requests from members the organisation on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13839/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (27 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 384. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the assessment to be undertaken by CORU on the professions seeking regulation including athletic rehabilitation therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13840/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (27 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 389. To ask the Minister for Health the number of areas in County Wexford that do not have a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13873/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (27 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 394. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 3 October 2017, if the attention of the HSE staff management has been drawn to the way in which it can request to draw down funds previously returned to the HSE unspent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13904/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (27 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 395. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 3 October 2017, the length of time a request has been made to reclaim funds previously returned unspent; the number of requests granted; the number of requests refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13905/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (27 Mar 2018)

James Browne: 396. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 3 October 2017, if when health areas return funds allocated for mental health services in a given year; their allocation for the ensuing financial year remains unchanged, increased or decreased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13906/18]