Results 761-780 of 1,730 for speaker:Colm Keaveney

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (11 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 86. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the underspend of €46.8 million in the mental health budget in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42997/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (11 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The Minister of State recently confirmed in response to a parliamentary question that there had been a underspend of up to €46.8 million in the mental health budget. In light of the severe pressure the service is encountering, will the Minister of the State offer the House some rationale for the underspend of €46.8 million in that budget?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The crisis has targeted the most vulnerable people. I would like the Minister of State to explain to the House the reason there is a 15 week waiting time in respect of the processing of applications under the fair deal scheme. The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, in the recent past blamed the crisis on his predecessor.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The Minister is on record in that regard in terms of his comments that this money was being diverted to other locations within the budget. What plans does he have in terms of immediate intervention to ensure families whose loved ones are stepping down from an acute setting get their rights in terms of supports under the fair deal system? The costs they are experiencing in terms of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I agree with the Minister of State that long-term care is a last resort. However, the traditional care structure has been shattered by the Government's approach with respect to the carer's allowance, home help hours, respite grants and so on. Will the Minister of State agree that delaying or adjusting budgets in this manner, as has been done in the area of mental health in terms of the time...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 83. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the ongoing delays in accessing the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42996/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The fair deal scheme is currently in crisis. Up to 2,000 vulnerable people are waiting for the processing of applications under the scheme. Will the Minister of State explain why this inordinate delay is being imposed on the public in the context of the need for care in geriatric services?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (11 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 111. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the underspend of €46.8million in the mental health budget in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42765/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 147. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the position regarding the continuing practice of admitting children to adult mental health units; the child welfare issues arising from the practice; the rights of children admitted to such units to education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42764/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (11 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he authorised and sanctioned a private agreement at a location (details supplied) in County Galway between his Department, Teagasc and a company; when this matter was discussed by Teagasc and his Department; when this matter first came to his attention; if his attention has been drawn to the serious ramifications of this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 142. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken to address the welfare issues arising from the continuing practice of the Health Service Executive of admitting children to adult mental health facilities; the steps he has taken to ensure that all staff in such units have Garda vetting and that each unit has a child protection officer; if his Department has carried out any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 167. To ask the Minister for Health if all approved centres, under the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2001, including adult mental health units into which children have been admitted, in compliance with section 17 of S.I. No. 551/2006 - Mental Health Act 2001 (Approved Centres) Regulations 2006; the action taken to ensure that all such centres are in compliance; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of every adult mental health facility or unit where children have been admitted in each year from 2011 to date in 2014 inclusive where Garda vetting of all staff that would have come into contact with said children has not taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42572/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 174. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the welfare of children is adequately protected in mental health care facilities where the staff of same do not have Garda vetting; the safeguards in place to secure the welfare of such children; if he has commissioned any reports into the welfare issues raised by this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42573/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (6 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the continuing practice of admitting children to adult mental health units, if he will confirm that all such units or facilities where children have been admitted since 2011 have a designated child protection officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42574/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that children admitted to approved centres, under the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2001, including adult mental health units into which children have been admitted, are having their rights under Article 42 of the Constitution of Ireland upheld; the actions she has taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (5 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 136. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 9 October 2014, if any study or report was commissioned into the impact of the delay of the full utilisation of the €35 million allocated for the development of community mental health teams in 2013, with the recruitment only commencing towards the latter part of 2013, on the health and well-being of those...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (5 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 137. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 9 October 2014, the reason for the delay of the full utilisation of the €35 million allocated for the development of community mental health teams in 2013 with the recruitment only commencing towards the latter part of 2013; his views that treatment deferred in mental health services often means treatment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (5 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 150. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 9 October 2014, the reason the Health Service Executive delayed the full utilisation of the €35 million allocated for the development of community mental health teams in 2013 with the recruitment only commencing towards the latter part of 2013; if this was motivated by cost containment in the HSE; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ministerial Meetings (4 Nov 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of meetings she or officials from her Department had with a person (details supplied); the purpose of each of those meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41334/14]