Results 6,041-6,060 of 7,010 for speaker:James Browne

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services Provision (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 484. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the cross-divisional governance arrangements in place for the development of counselling services for those under 18 years of age in primary care. [54039/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the capacity expansion that has taken place in high observation units in Galway, Limerick and Drogheda in 2017. [54040/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 486. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the provision of high observation units in counties Donegal and Kerry. [54041/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 487. To ask the Minister for Health if a model of care for a specialist rehab unit has been agreed; if a cohort of population for a specialist rehab unit has been identified; and if so, the details of both. [54042/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 488. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new Central Mental Hospital beds for those admitted under section 21(2) of the Mental Health Act 2001 that have opened in 2017. [54043/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new staff appointed in 2017 to support the National Forensic Service. [54044/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 490. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the recruitment and establishment of a CAMHS community based forensic mental health team. [54045/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 491. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the provision of mental health services for persons experiencing homelessness has been expanded in 2017. [54046/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 492. To ask the Minister for Health if an agreed ARI contract with each CHO on delivery of programme of education and capacity building to support development of recovery oriented services is now in place. [54047/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 493. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the care pathway for MHID patients within the central mental hospital. [54048/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 494. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives being taken to address the shortage of clinical space from which community based mental health services can be delivered and to refurbish existing approved centres. [54049/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

James Browne: I apologise for my absence during the statements here last week. I am the Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care and I had to attend a meeting of the committee. Having heard and carefully considered the expert evidence before the committee, I shall vote against an inclusion of the words "repeal simpliciter". I call for a referendum to be held, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

James Browne: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Assets Sale (13 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance the details and timelines of NAMA's sale of land at a location (details supplied); if the sale was on an open market basis with a competitive tendering process; if not, the reasons an open market sale was not pursued; when the land was sold; the date that agreement was signed; if there were deposits for the purchase of the land in place before the sale of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 6 December 2017, the seven County Wexford schools benefitting from major building projects under the school capital investment programme; the status of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53369/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the shortage of primary school and secondary school places for children in the Wexford town district area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53370/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (13 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the retention of funds for the construction of a new IT Carlow campus in County Wexford will be guaranteed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53371/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (13 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the approved purchase of land at a location (details supplied) by Carlow Institute of Technology; the time and details of the deposit that was put down on the land; the person with whom the deposit was placed with; if the purchase agreement was signed; if so, the person that signed it; and if he will make a statement on the...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Staff Recruitment (12 Dec 2017)

James Browne: The Minister of State mentioned the placement criteria several times. The concern is that the HSE may be trying to compel a large number of existing employees to complete very extensive in-service training in order to maintain eligibility for their own jobs for promotion or transfer. This would severely affect service capacity and the opportunity for service development, as well as the...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Staff Recruitment (12 Dec 2017)

James Browne: I want to address the lack of psychologists in our health service. Often when I or other Deputies highlight service gaps in mental health services provision or the fact that CAMHS staffing levels are barely more than half that recommended in A Vision for Change, the response by the Government is to cite difficulties in recruitment as a key cause of the difficulties. However, some of these...