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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (30 May 2018)

James Browne: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged between 0 and 18 years of age in County Wexford that are awaiting treatment from disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23834/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (30 May 2018)

James Browne: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the average caseload of therapists working with children in County Wexford within disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23835/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (30 May 2018)

James Browne: 164. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has engaged with a company (details supplied) with regard to making Translarna available here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23976/18]

Other Questions: Mental Health Services (29 May 2018)

James Browne: I thank the Minister. In its submission to the Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care, the Irish College of General Practitioners said: "Our health system would appear to value machines, hospitals, and drugs over talk therapy, time to care and social support." Irish general practices are slowly getting bigger. As the proportion of single-handed GPs, which is now at only 18%,...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services (29 May 2018)

James Browne: I thank the Minister. I would simply repeat the figure that I previously stated. We spend €400 million a year on psychotropic drugs but we only spend €10 million on talk therapies. We hear about pilot studies and programmes but they are not being rolled out nationwide. Things seem to take so long. Take Jigsaw as an example. It started as a pilot and is a phenomenal...

Other Questions: Health Services Staff (29 May 2018)

James Browne: Are 100 front-line psychology staff being required to undergo training to remain qualified for their jobs?

Other Questions: Health Services Staff (29 May 2018)

James Browne: Some concern has been raised on this issue. The Minister may be aware there is a pressing matter of the requirement for 100 front-line psychology staff being required to undergo training to remain qualified for their jobs. Changes to criteria have meant a large number of counselling and educational psychologists are being required to complete extensive in-service training to maintain...

Other Questions: Health Services Staff (29 May 2018)

James Browne: I note the Minister's point that the criteria only apply to those looking for promotion. In a written reply to Deputy Thomas Byrne last month it was stated that the requirement to complete placements only affects those who apply for recruitment campaigns. That amounts, however, to saying that as long as someone does not want to progress in his or her career, it will not affect that person....

Other Questions: Mental Health Services (29 May 2018)

James Browne: 48. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to expand talk therapies in mental health services. [23529/18]

Other Questions: Mental Health Services (29 May 2018)

James Browne: What are the Minister for Health's plans to expand talk therapies in mental health services?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (29 May 2018)

James Browne: 39. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to deal with the lack of suitable medium to long-term inpatient units for children and adults suffering from severe mental illness and mental disabilities. [23765/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (29 May 2018)

James Browne: How does the Minister for Health propose to deal with the lack of suitable medium to long-term inpatient units for children and adults suffering from severe mental illness and mental disabilities?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (29 May 2018)

James Browne: In 1950 there were 7.9 psychiatric beds per 1,000 of our population. The Health Research Board records that the rate of involuntary admission in 2016 was 48.4% involuntary admissions per 100,000 of our population. In England, the rate in 2015-16 was 120. It is almost 2.5 times our rate. EUROSTAT reports that Ireland has the third lowest number of psychiatric beds per 100,000 of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (29 May 2018)

James Browne: As Professor Kelly stated, the statistics are quite stark and we seem to be going even further down the direction of closing these beds. He stated: "As a result, the key human rights issue in Irish psychiatry today is not disproportionate denial of the right to liberty due to over-custodial care, but, rather, issues concerning the right to access to an appropriate level of care when it is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cyberbullying Issues (29 May 2018)

James Browne: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the need to amend section 5 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 has been examined in order to include cyberbullying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23496/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Jobs Data (29 May 2018)

James Browne: 308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA supported jobs in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23691/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (29 May 2018)

James Browne: 328. To ask the Minister for Health the number of areas in County Wexford without a general practitioner; the position regarding these vacancies; when it is planned that such posts will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23151/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Expenditure (29 May 2018)

James Browne: 329. To ask the Minister for Health the underspend on mental health services within CHO1 when compared with the CHO’s 2017 budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23152/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Expenditure (29 May 2018)

James Browne: 330. To ask the Minister for Health the underspend on mental health services within CHO2 when compared with the CHO’s 2017 budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23153/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Expenditure (29 May 2018)

James Browne: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the underspend on mental health services within CHO3 when compared with the CHO’s 2017 budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23154/18]