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Other Questions: Home Care Packages (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: I will submit a series of questions to the Minister of State to check his facts to the effect that, in the majority of cases, the service is provided publicly by HSE staff. I dispute that contention and would like to see the figures that support it. Our experience is that more and more people are being treated as though there was an inheritance tax on their health when they get old because...

Other Questions: Home Care Packages (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: No, I asked the Minister of State his plans to expand the provision of home care services directly from the State, not from the private operators.

Other Questions: Home Care Packages (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: 7. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the provision of home care services that are provided directly by State bodies; if future funding will continue to be disproportionately directed to private home care providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40921/17]

Other Questions: Home Care Packages (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: I thank the Minister of State for outlining the situation and informing us of the consultation process, but his response did not answer my question on the Government's plans to expand the scheme via public operators as opposed to the private sector. Everyone has had experience at some level, be it through family or friends, of someone who has had a stroke or suffered from dementia going into...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: 4. To ask the Minister for Health when the closed beds in the Linn Dara facility in Cherry Orchard will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41005/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: In June, we lost half of the beds in the child and adolescent mental health services unit in Linn Dara in Cherry Orchard. At the time it was promised that they would be reopened in September. Half of the complement of psychiatric nurses was missing. Can the Minister of State enlighten us on what is happening with Linn Dara? Will the facility be fully staffed and opened in full?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: I have no doubt that the Minister of State is doing everything he can within his limits. The problem is that the limits are very tight. As in the earlier discussion about staffing and pay, everybody acknowledges that it is difficult to recruit and retain nurses in this country. It is even more difficult to recruit and retain psychiatric nurses. That is not because they have an aversion to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: Today is the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. On the "Morning Ireland" programme today, the Ombudsman for Children said the Government will be called to the UN to account for the lack of services for children. Linn Dara is a facility for adolescents with mental health issues. Between June and August last, six young people committed suicide in the area...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: Then pay the nurses properly.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: I am going to talk about the promised referendum on the eighth amendment. I read in a newspaper this morning that the Fine Gael Cabinet, or the Cabinet, does not believe the outcome of the Citizens' Assembly is acceptable for the party, the Dáil or the people. It appears that the Government, having decided to pursue the Citizens' Assembly process, is now rejecting it without letting...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: I am confused about the date that has been proposed. According to the newspaper report I have mentioned, it is probable that the referendum will take place on 8 June 2018.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: As Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton will be aware that all students will have vacated their colleges by then. I remind him that the same-sex marriage referendum was held on 22 May 2015.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: We will need large numbers of young people to participate in this referendum.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: Can the Minister explain why this referendum is being pushed back to June?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Capacity Review (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: 18. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take to deal with the theatre closures and staffing issues highlighted in submission (details supplied) to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40917/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: 44. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the compassionate access programme to medicinal cannabis will help persons that can access medicinal cannabis in other European jurisdictions but not currently here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40920/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital Expenditure (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: 54. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify reports on the funding status for the new maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40918/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: 64. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to ensure that staffing levels in public hospitals are adequate in view of the fact that existing pay and conditions are failing to retain the necessary numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40919/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (28 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if firearms assigned to the National Parks and Wildlife Service are registered with his Department. [41012/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: Come on, Deputy Dooley.