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Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision (29 May 2018)

James Browne: 374. To ask the Minister for Health if the need to open day hospitals to provide an alternative to acute hospital admission for those seeking access to CAMHS will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23288/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Eligibility (29 May 2018)

James Browne: 415. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of home help or home care packages when a person is below 65 years of age but suffers from various diseases including partial blindness and multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23403/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (29 May 2018)

James Browne: 431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours granted and the number of home help hours that are actually provided by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23609/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (29 May 2018)

James Browne: 565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children aged between 0 and 18 years of age who died while under the care of the HSE in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23183/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2018)

James Browne: Solar energy is mentioned on page 124 of the programme for Government. When will planning guidelines to ensure best practice in the placement of these projects be introduced? It is like the Wild West at present. For example, there is a planning application for a 400-acre solar project on grade A arable land in Wexford. I do not expect the Minister to comment on a particular project but...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Portfolio (24 May 2018)

James Browne: 14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department will liaise with the IDA to ensure that additional land may be made available for development in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22625/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (24 May 2018)

James Browne: 170. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns expressed by an organisation (details supplied) that the preliminary team assessment model to be used under the HSE’s new standard operating procedure for the assessments of need is contrary to the spirit of the Disability Act 2005 which was developed as rights-based legislation. [23093/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (24 May 2018)

James Browne: 171. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns expressed by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the HSE’s new standard operating procedure for the assessments of need. [23094/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (24 May 2018)

James Browne: 172. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns expressed by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the HSE’s new standard operating procedure for the assessments of need that it conflicts with HIQA standards. [23095/18]

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

James Browne: I thank my party colleague and spokesperson on the marine and fisheries, Deputy Gallagher, for bringing forward this important motion. The reason for the motion is that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has laid before the House a statutory instrument known as the European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018. This statutory instrument allows...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services in Prisons and Detention Centres: Discussion (23 May 2018)

James Browne: My question is more for Professor Kennedy. In 1950, there were 7.9 beds per 1,000 of the population and 22,000 citizens were hospitalised in psychiatric hospitals. According to the Health Research Board, HRB, there were 17,290 admissions in our hospital psychiatric units in 2016. That is a rate of 376 admissions per 100,000. The HRB went on to state that the rate of involuntary admission...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services in Prisons and Detention Centres: Discussion (23 May 2018)

James Browne: There is evidence of increasing patient violence against staff, the reason for which according to the staff with whom I have raised this issue is that the type of drugs being misused and abused by patients has changed. For example, 20 years ago they might have been misusing and abusing hashish, marijuana, heroin and benzodiazepines but they are now misusing poly drugs, which means they have...

Other Questions: Garda Strength (23 May 2018)

James Browne: 32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sergeants and inspectors, respectively, in County Wexford on 21 April 2018; the district to which each was posted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22372/18]

Other Questions: Garda Strength (23 May 2018)

James Browne: I wish to ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sergeants and inspectors in County Wexford on 21 April 2018, the district to which each officer was posted and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Other Questions: Garda Strength (23 May 2018)

James Browne: I thank the Minister. I raised the issue of under-resourcing in the context of sergeants and inspectors in County Wexford in order to convince the Government of the need to provide additional resources. I commend sergeants, inspectors and superintendents who are doing their duty across the country, including those officers in County Wexford who are working with insufficient resources. ...

Other Questions: Garda Strength (23 May 2018)

James Browne: Gardaí in Gorey recently reacted very quickly and arrested two men in a field near the town. When the Minister visited Gorey Garda station he probably noticed that the superintendent had to travel from Enniscorthy because that is where he is based. It is a very large area, encompassing Bunclody in the west of Enniscorthy to Blackwater, south to New Ross and all the way up to the border...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Development (22 May 2018)

James Browne: 283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the hospitality skills oversight group examines the need to sustain hotels in rural towns and their associated economic benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22052/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Standards (22 May 2018)

James Browne: 307. To ask the Minister for Health the recourse available to a business or individual against which complaints that are subsequently proved to be unfounded are made to the Food Safety Authority; if there is provision against malicious complaints especially in circumstances in which the making of a complaint can damage a business, even if the complaint is not proven; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 May 2018)

James Browne: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria the HSE uses to warrant mental health supports as valid for patients using maternity services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22006/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (22 May 2018)

James Browne: 362. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 299 of 8 May 2018, the whole-time equivalent perinatal psychiatric posts located in each hub here in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22121/18]