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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (24 May 2017)

James Browne: 272. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he plans to address working conditions within public services which the pay commission recommended should be addressed by the provision of an appropriate mechanism; with specific reference to the Defence Forces and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24906/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (23 May 2017)

James Browne: 441. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the Commission on Public Pay was informed by another Department that there are currently no general recruitment or retention problems in the public service in which problems are emerging in respect of senior management and specialist skills in view of the expressed view of his Department and the HSE that there are difficulties in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (23 May 2017)

James Browne: 503. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered using the private sector to address the waiting lists for services, in view of reported difficulties in recruiting mental health staff. [24449/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (18 May 2017)

James Browne: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to provide for mandatory inquiries by the coroner in the event of a death of a mother during childbirth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23687/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Issues (18 May 2017)

James Browne: 287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with management of CIE or the manager of Rosslare Europort for the purposes of discussing Britain's exit from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23624/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety (18 May 2017)

James Browne: 300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if British construction certificates are recognised by the HSA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23685/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety (18 May 2017)

James Browne: 301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Lantra accredited tickets granted in the UK are recognised by the HSA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23686/17]

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2017)

James Browne: I thank Deputy Michael McGrath for tabling this motion and for pursuing this matter relentlessly in this Dáil. The cost of insurance is causing a very real crisis across our country. The rapid, unjustifiable and unsustainable increases in insurance costs are undermining our national competitiveness, crippling businesses and hurting families. This is leading to widespread anger and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (16 May 2017)

James Browne: 436. To ask the Minister for Health the additional positions which will be required in 2018 over and above those already required under A Vision for Change (details supplied); and the additional staff required for every 5,000 increase in the population aged over 65 years of age. [23105/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (16 May 2017)

James Browne: 437. To ask the Minister for Health the additional child and adolescent mental health services staff required for every 5,000 increase in the number of children. [23106/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (16 May 2017)

James Browne: 438. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the service reform fund established between his Department, organisations (details supplied) and the Health Service Executive; the amount which has now been allocated; the amount which has been allocated to mental health services; the allocation for each community health care organisation, CHO, in tabular form; and the mental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (16 May 2017)

James Browne: 439. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the €15 million in new funding for mental health in 2017; the additional or new services being provided in 2017 and the funding provided to each, by community health care organisation, CHO, in tabular form; and the additional posts being provided in each. [23108/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (16 May 2017)

James Browne: 440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new whole-time equivalent positions the allocation of the €15 million in new funding for mental health in 2017 will provide; and the number of positions in categories (details supplied). [23109/17]

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

James Browne: As a Wexford Deputy representing a county with a significant number of commuters who use the N11-M11 every day to get to and from Dublin, I am all too aware of the difficulties these commuters face. Commuting impacts commuters' mental health, their family life, their social life and their economic well-being. People are stuck in traffic when they should be at home with their families or in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (3 May 2017)

James Browne: Recently released figures show that 82 posts are vacant in CAMHS, including consultants and clinical nurse specialists. The scale of the vacancies is frightening. Essential consultant, psychologist, nurse and social work posts have not been filled. About one in eight positions is vacant. The situation is made worse by the fact that the Government continues to fail and fall short of what...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (3 May 2017)

James Browne: I thank the Minister of State. I heard what she said, but I have to question whether the matter is being dealt with with the urgency and imagination required. The National Treatment Purchase Fund was in place under previous Fianna Fáil-led Governments. Would it be appropriate to consider using it to deal with mental health services until such time as they are brought up to speed and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (3 May 2017)

James Browne: 4. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken on the ongoing difficulties in the provision of CAMH services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21081/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (3 May 2017)

James Browne: What action is being taken on the ongoing difficulties in the provision of child and adolescent mental health services?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (3 May 2017)

James Browne: 64. To ask the Minister for Health the status of both the national and local implementation plans on Connecting for Life. [20748/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (3 May 2017)

James Browne: 70. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatry of old age beds specifically required nationwide under A Vision of Change, in view of demographic changes; the number now in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20747/17]