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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 8. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for CAMHS in the Dublin 7 and 15 areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12018/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: I want to ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services in the Dublin 7 and 15 areas, and if he will make a statement on the matter. We have an ongoing crisis in CAMHS, with recruitment shortages, ongoing delays and many children being dismissed and turned away from a service because their diagnosis or presentation does not match the severity...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: We have received the classic response that more funding is being allocated. We accept that but one problem is that the Government throws money at issues without getting service delivery. We have the second highest health spending per capitain the OECD but what parents and children care about is actual delivery. It is not about how much the Government is allocating or how many more...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: -----he or she would not be triaged and turned away on the basis-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: -----that the issue was not serious enough. We have a deep underlying issue here.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: With respect, the Minister of State made a political charge in his response relating to a very serious matter, the diagnostic management of patients with severe mental illnesses. As Minister of State with responsibility for mental health, I have heard him talk more about rural taxis and telepsychiatry to get headlines in the Irish Independentthan I have heard about solutions for mental...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State should deal with his own responsibilities which he is in government to deal with.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 46. To ask the Minister for Health the reason dentistry services for persons with special needs in Connolly Hospital have been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12019/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reform of Family Law System: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: I thank all of our guests for their comprehensive submissions. I signalled first because questions to the Minster for Health are be to taken at 10.30 a.m. and I will have to excuse myself early, for which I apologise. I will not be present for the group photo. I would like to explore the in camera rule mentioned by Dr. Burns. I raised this issue with some of our other guests. I am trying...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reform of Family Law System: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: I thank Dr. Burns. Dr. Shannon mentioned the issue of children not being heard. He said it was not clear that the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 had been properly or fully implemented. Can Dr. Shannon provide a picture of how there is a mismatch across the system? Does the discretion each judge has lead to inconsistency? What is the impact on children in that scenario?...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Parades (12 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of the Reserve Defence Force in some counties are being prevented from and not authorised to participate in St. Patrick's Day parades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11469/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (12 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the additional two weeks paid parental leave for children under one year as outlined in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11518/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 263. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no funding is available to transport young adults with disabilities to day care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11490/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (12 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to a shortage of a medication (details supplied); the efforts under way to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11782/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure there is better synchronisation between rail services on the Dublin to Maynooth line and the 39 Dublin Bus service in order that passengers can better interchange between the two services and do not face lengthy waits after disembarking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12058/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Signage (12 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an issue previously raised with him directly in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12150/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (12 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status on an issue previously raised with him directly in correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12188/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (12 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 594. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to issues with the ECCE scheme by which childcare providers are prioritising children whose parents are paying for full day-care services over children whose parents are seeking to enrol them for half day care which they are entitled to under the scheme; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (7 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and ranks by gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11381/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (7 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Permanent Defence Force has taken on to date in 2019 with regard to all three services by gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11383/19]