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Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: In the opinion of the parents who are confronted with the circumstances we saw on television——

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: ——and in the opinion of people charged with mental health services and the professionals and psychiatrists who have written to the newspapers about the Minister of State's grasp of this subject——

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: A majority of psychiatrists——

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: ——know very well that while the Minister of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley, is responsible for mental health services, it does not matter what money is invested in them.

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: He has no feel, understanding, grasp or suitability——

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: He is making public statements that anger parents and leave them in despair. They are at their wits' ends trying to manage the domestic situation. They do not know where to go for help and are told they must wait for psychological and psychiatric assessment for their children in the knowledge that they are most at risk of becoming chronically mentally ill if there is no such assessment——

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: ——and will be immensely costly on the State later in life.

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the location and number of community nursing beds provided to date in 2006 and in 2005; the number of beds lost in the same period; the locations of these beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41466/06]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress in implementing the recommendations of the Government's ten-year mental health policy, A Vision for Change; her views on claims that human rights are being fundamentally breached by the Government's neglect of the mental health sector. [41465/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to introduce equity between the treatment for stamp duty purposes of first time buyers of new dwelling houses for personal occupation and those who buy sites of land in order to build dwelling houses for their personal occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41270/06]

Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I ask the Taoiseach about his statement on 10 October. He will remember the press conference on the steps of Government Buildings with the new Tánaiste. The new Tánaiste said at the time "The Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 will, accordingly, be amended. The legislation will be brought before the Oireachtas as a matter of urgency." He then said, if the Taoiseach remembers, "we got away...

EU Summits. (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach envisage the European treaty being put to the people in 2007? A recent address by him, if I read it correctly, warned against the unravelling of the constitution and the cherry-picking of elements thereof. What is his current assessment of the prospects of success regarding the existing document? What is his assessment of the attitude of other member states, particularly...

EU Summits. (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: A commitment was given by the Commission in terms of its communication on reducing the impact on the climate of aviation and its expressed intention to bring forward a legislative proposal by the end of this year. Is this still on course? Has there been contact with the aviation sector here? What position will the Government take on the general thrust of such a legislative proposal if it...

EU Summits. (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: No, on the climate impact of aviation in trying to reduce emissions and whether there would be taxation to accompany it or whatever.

Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach stated it will not take too long. What about the parents in Kerry who waited four years and four months for their child to get an assessment? Did the Taoiseach see the programme last night? If so, was he ashamed? Was it one of these programmes he feigns not to have seen? Does anybody in the Government ever own up to accountability? Is there any accountability in the...

Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach says he cannot do this tomorrow. I understand this, but he has been there for nine and a half years. I accept his statement that he did not get the opportunity to watch the programme. However, I ask him to take time out, leave off one of the pub openings or other commitments and watch the programme to see what it is like to be a parent responsible for a child with a chronic...

Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: If a person has a chronic illness in another area, he or she has access to the National Treatment Purchase Fund. Why does this not apply here? Why do the parents we saw last night not have some prospect of relief? Why can they not access the National Treatment Purchase Fund? It is not good enough for the Taoiseach to come in here and say that he does not want to deal with the...

Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It is not good enough for the Taoiseach to say that he did not see the programme and that he wishes to talk about the substantive issue, rather than the Minister of State responsible. This is not the first time we have seen this. A week ago, this same man said he thought people in the country suffering from depression were simply experiencing a condition of life. How can the Taoiseach...

Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: That is one question to which the Deputy will not get an answer.

EU Summits. (5 Dec 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his participation in the recent informal EU summit in Finland. [36469/06]