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Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data (5 Dec 2019)

James Browne: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment at the end of November 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [50847/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services Waiting Lists (5 Dec 2019)

James Browne: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care at the end of November 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 10 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [50848/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (5 Dec 2019)

James Browne: 196. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units between 1 January and 30 November 2019. [50849/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (4 Dec 2019)

James Browne: There is a constitutional right to primary education and education in general. This right was placed in our Constitution in 1937, which was very far-sighted at the time because such a right was not a common then. It is crucial that this right be upheld and vindicated for every child, no matter what his or her personal situation. Some 850 children could not get places last year, including...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (4 Dec 2019)

James Browne: I thank the Minister of State for taking this debate on school places in Wexford for children with special needs. Parents of children with special needs come to me in a state of distress every week. Very often they are worn out, not because their children have special needs but because they are exhausted from having to fight for school places and the basic services they need so that their...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (4 Dec 2019)

James Browne: 69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the position regarding the 2008 Labour Court recommendation regarding pensions for community employment scheme supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50147/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (4 Dec 2019)

James Browne: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a scheme (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50611/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Discharges (4 Dec 2019)

James Browne: 153. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital discharge will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50482/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (4 Dec 2019)

James Browne: 157. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE medical card section will not accept e-mails from former employers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50500/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (3 Dec 2019)

James Browne: The Minister of State said the unemployment rate in the south east is 5.3%. It is not. The 5.3% figure is the national average. The unemployment rate in the south east is 7.3%, which is 40% above the national average and twice the unemployment rate of Dublin. The quality of jobs is also a factor. The rate of tax returns from employed people in the south east is barely half the national...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (3 Dec 2019)

James Browne: That has been going on since I went to Waterford Institute of Technology 20 years ago.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (3 Dec 2019)

James Browne: 50. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to address the quality of jobs in the south east and the need for further investment there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49749/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (3 Dec 2019)

James Browne: Will the Minister address the quality of jobs in the south east and the need for further investment there? The south-east region has had the highest rate of unemployment on a consistent basis throughout the lifetime of this Government.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (3 Dec 2019)

James Browne: On a point of order, last summer I asked a similar question and the senior Minister did not answer it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (3 Dec 2019)

James Browne: There is no senior Minister in the south east and it is consistently lagging in the context of this matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (3 Dec 2019)

James Browne: The senior Minister should be taking this question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (3 Dec 2019)

James Browne: On what basis is the Minister allowed to delegate this question?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (3 Dec 2019)

James Browne: The south east has consistently had the highest rate of unemployment of any region but there is no focus on it. For the second time in six months, the senior Minister will not even address this matter. That is the level of contempt this Government is showing the south east.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (3 Dec 2019)

James Browne: Some 20,000 people are leaving Wexford in their cars each day in order to go to jobs elsewhere, with 14,000 of them from the Gorey area alone. They are stuck in a car park on the N11 because the Government will not address public transport issues. Many new train carriages have just been ordered but not one is for the Rosslare to Dublin rail line. We are told it will take 15 years for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (3 Dec 2019)

James Browne: She is just sitting there.