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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 476. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of posts from the 2017 allocation of €15 million for mental health; the number of posts this allocation supports; the number that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54031/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a child and adolescent mental health service appointment in each LHO area; and the number waiting zero to three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months and more than 12 months respectively, in tabular form. [54032/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 478. 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; the funding provided to each; the funding provided by CHO; and the additional posts being provided in each, in tabular form. [54033/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new whole-time equivalent positions the €15 million in new funding for mental health in 2017 will provide; and the number of positions in each, by category (details supplied), in tabular form. [54034/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional posts recruited and appointed in 2017 for the development of the DeafHear national service. [54035/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 481. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the completion of the model of care for ADHD. [54036/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 482. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the completion of the model of care for dual diagnosis. [54037/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 483. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the embedding of the existing ten Jigsaw sites to full capacity and the development of new sites in counties Cork, Dublin and Limerick. [54038/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services Provision (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 484. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the cross-divisional governance arrangements in place for the development of counselling services for those under 18 years of age in primary care. [54039/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the capacity expansion that has taken place in high observation units in Galway, Limerick and Drogheda in 2017. [54040/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 486. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the provision of high observation units in counties Donegal and Kerry. [54041/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 487. To ask the Minister for Health if a model of care for a specialist rehab unit has been agreed; if a cohort of population for a specialist rehab unit has been identified; and if so, the details of both. [54042/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 488. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new Central Mental Hospital beds for those admitted under section 21(2) of the Mental Health Act 2001 that have opened in 2017. [54043/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new staff appointed in 2017 to support the National Forensic Service. [54044/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 490. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the recruitment and establishment of a CAMHS community based forensic mental health team. [54045/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 491. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the provision of mental health services for persons experiencing homelessness has been expanded in 2017. [54046/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 492. To ask the Minister for Health if an agreed ARI contract with each CHO on delivery of programme of education and capacity building to support development of recovery oriented services is now in place. [54047/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 493. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the care pathway for MHID patients within the central mental hospital. [54048/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 494. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives being taken to address the shortage of clinical space from which community based mental health services can be delivered and to refurbish existing approved centres. [54049/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

James Browne: I apologise for my absence during the statements here last week. I am the Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care and I had to attend a meeting of the committee. Having heard and carefully considered the expert evidence before the committee, I shall vote against an inclusion of the words "repeal simpliciter". I call for a referendum to be held, as...