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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services in Prisons and Detention Centres: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: How is single separation being managed in Oberstown at the moment? It is something that arose in one of the reports.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Eligibility (23 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) cannot obtain another year on the rural social scheme. [22805/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (22 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school building project (details supplied) did not commence construction in 2017. [22444/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Children's Rights (22 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the courts interpret the voice of the child with specific reference to guardianship of children Acts from 1964 to 1997, section 11 interim order on questions affecting the welfare of children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22634/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (22 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments for a person (details supplied); if consideration has been given to this case in respect of the penalty in view of the medical evidence presented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22635/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (22 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which her recent announcement will impact on a person (details supplied); the benefits this person can expect in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22614/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I am going to question Mr. Sullivan in respect of a line on page 2 of the HSE's written submission. It states, "This is in line with government policy and aligns with the recommendations of the recent Oireachtas Report, Sláintecare, which refers to the need for the HSE to be re-oriented to a more strategic leaner ‘national...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Is Mr. Sullivan saying that the Minister, Deputy Simon Harris, signed off on the restructuring?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: So was it the director general?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Perhaps Mr. Healy could answer that for me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: That brings me to my next question. I appreciate that Mr. Sullivan is new in the role. The discussion and everything else were had but then the direction had to come. Where did the direction come from?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: The direction for the restructuring. The direction had to come from somebody. Somebody had to sign the piece of paper and say that the HSE is changing how it does business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: So it was the HSE. That would have been signed off by Tony O'Brien at the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: That is okay. I just wanted to find out exactly where that decision was made. That brings me to my next question, and Deputy Neville has covered much of it. Will there be a dedicated national mental health budget, separate from the HSE general budget?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Who is responsible for it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: The witness knows we had the chief officers before the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: They provided us with 600 pages of paper on everything, right down to buying the tea bags. However, when it came to asking them questions on the day we found it very hard to get answers because people could not get through them. They told us that the reason so many pages were required is that the ICT system was not such that they could provide us with the information that was required to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: How long is it since the change was made from community health boards to CHOs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Usually, someone who sets up a new business and wishes to seek a loan would have to have financial trading accounts for 18 months. That is how it would be done. Those organisations are trading for 36 months so I should have three lots of accounts. Why do I not have something?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I have a final question for Ms O'Connor. What percentage of the overall health budget goes to mental health? What is it for 2015, 2016 and 2017? I am not looking for the breakdown.