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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Commission Reports (14 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The audits referenced in the question highlight that there are 18 recommendations. Will the Minister share with the House what action plans he will put in place with respect to the recommendations set out in the audits? For the benefit of the House, the audits involve an investigation into community and mental health services, into approved centres and into the community setting which deal...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Commission Reports (14 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I welcome the Minister's alarm. Only last week, officials from the Minister's Department telephoned my office seeking the report. It is a source of great concern that the consistency with the Minister's alarm, with respect to the officials in the Department, would raise some questions in light of the fact that somebody from the Opposition benches had to be contacted to identify the report...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Commission Reports (14 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: It is a fact that there has been a general failure to investigate the contributory factors to the deaths involved. The report clearly indicates that the Department's failure to adhere to the legislation and the regulation has resulted in a collapse in a standardised approach. That only one in eight of the investigations undertaken was consistent with the approach set out by the systems...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: HSE Legal Cases (14 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: It is scandalous.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (14 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: That is not what the report suggests.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (14 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 53. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the actions taken following the findings of recent audits into the compliance of the notification and investigation of incidents of sudden unexplained death of persons in community mental health services along with associated legislative requirements and the Health Service Executive policy and procedures; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has initiated any study or briefing paper into the likely consequences for Ireland if Scotland should vote for independence in the referendum to be held on 18 September 2014; if he will provide details of same; the consequences Scottish independence would have for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the ongoing severe persecution of Christian communities in Syria, Egypt, Iraq and other parts of the Middle East, the measures he has taken, as part of a unilateral initiative by Ireland and or working with our European partners, to address this issue; if he has considered offering asylum here to those...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 310. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the studies that have been carried out since 2008 by the Office of Public Works into flooding in the townland of Pollaturick, Miltown, Tuam, County Galway, following works carried in the townland in connection with the Miltown group water scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21311/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 477 posts for community mental health services committed to in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013 that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20938/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 617. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the decision of the Health Service Executive not to grant a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has arthritis a chair in order to make daily life more comfortable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21314/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 618. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the medical card scheme to allow the local property tax and water charges to be included as allowable expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21322/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 619. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the mileage allowance included in the allowable expenses of the medical card scheme is 18 cent per km; the date on which that rate was determined; the reasoning or methodology used to determine that rate; if he will consider amending that rate in view of contemporary circumstances; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 620. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for the average number of visits to a general practitioner by medical card holders in each year from 2009 to 2013 inclusive, broken down into age cohorts of zero to five years, six to 18 years, 19 to 35 years, 35 to 69 years and over 70 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21326/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 621. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the €35 million ring-fenced for mental health in budget 2012 and budget 2013, the amount of the €35 million ring-fenced for 2012 that was spent in that year; the amount that was carried forward; of the portion carried forward from 2012 into 2013; the amount that remains unspent; the amount of the €35 million ring-fenced...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 622. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged five or under who currently are holders of a medical card or of a GP-only card; the proportion of the total national population this represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21330/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 623. To ask the Minister for Health if he remains committed to the role of the national service user executive, established under recommendation 3.5 of A Vision for Change, in informing the national mental health service directorate and the Mental Health Commission on issues relating to user involvement and participation in planning delivering, evaluating and monitoring services including...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of how of the 477 additional staff, committed to under the Health Service Executive national service plan 2013 to fulfil the objectives of further development of forensics and community mental health teams for adults, children, older persons and mental health intellectual disability, have been filled in each of the HSE areas; when...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a financial breakdown of the current budgetary performance of every hospital providing acute services within the Health Service Executive; the budgeted target for each acute hospital; the projected outturn for each acute hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21335/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (8 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any change in the standard number of hours for a full-time equivalent special needs assistant since January 2011; if so, when and what was the change in the standard number of hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20630/14]