Results 881-900 of 2,674 for speaker:John Moloney
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 159 to 161, inclusive, together. The Department of Health and Children is committed, in partnership with other stakeholders, including the Health Research Board, to the development of improved health information systems including data requirements for health and personal social services for people with a disability. The development of information systems...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (4 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: Wisdom, a joint Health Service Executive and Health Research Board information system has been developed to record in-patient and community care activity in the mental health service, in response to recommendations made in A Vision for Change'. The primary functions of Wisdom are to assist in the coordination of mental health services for the individual, to provide management information...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (4 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: The HSE has prioritised the development of mental health services for children and young people. During 2009 the bed capacity for children and adolescents almost doubled, bringing the total number of in-patient beds to 30. In addition, two purpose built 20-bed units are under construction in Cork and Galway. In December 2009, there were a total of 55 Child and Adolescent Mental Health teams....
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 205 and 206 together. The provisions in the Disability Act 2005 and the Education of Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004, referred to by the Deputy, are the responsibility of the Departments of Health and Children and of Education and Science, respectively. No decision has been taken on the signing by Ireland of the Optional Protocol of the UN...
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (3 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Semi-State Sector. (2 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan. I thank Deputy Michael McGrath for his contribution to this debate. There is considerable variation in the size and capacity of State commercial companies. They include large companies such as ESB, CIE, the Dublin Airport Authority and Bord na Móna which play a critical role in national...
- Suicide Incidence. (2 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I thank those who prepared my script for this debate. As it deals mostly with specific numbers, I wish to depart from it in my response to Deputy Neville. I am not responding directly to his concluding remarks when I say that over the 20 months I have spent travelling the country and meeting groups, I have always found that the Deputy presents these issues in a genuine manner. The manner...
- Social Insurance. (2 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I wish to respond on behalf of the Minister by stating that treatment benefits are paid to insured persons from the social insurance fund, SIF. Although the SIF has operated a surplus since 1996, this position began to change in 2008, when expenditure had to be partially funded from the accumulated surplus. Expenditure continued to exceed PRSI and investment income to the fund in 2009 and...
- Social Insurance. (2 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: The Government is a bit long in the tooth for that.
- Third Level Courses. (2 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I thank Deputy Deenihan. I will respond on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, who cannot be here. Apprenticeship is a blended training programme, with part of the training delivered by employers and part by FÃS and educational institutions. In most of the trades, FÃS apprentices undertake a seven phase training programme, with phases 4 and 6 provided by the education sector in...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: It has been ascertained that the site proposed for the development of a new Central Mental Hospital (CMH) at Thornton Hall, Co Dublin, is not large enough to accommodate an Intellectual Disability Forensic Mental Health Unit and a Child and Adolescent Forensic Mental Health, the need for which has been identified by the HSE. The question of the relocation of the CMH to an alternative site is...
- Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (2 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: I am not aware of a scheme of financial assistance in the health services to cover the full cost of housing adaptations.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Feb 2010)
John Moloney: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.