Results 17,441-17,460 of 26,924 for speaker:Richard Boyd Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 456. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps that have been taken to investigate recent reports of inappropriate seclusion of children in the residential care facility in Ballydowd in County Dublin; his plans for safeguards to prevent inappropriate seclusion, physical and chemical restraint in the future in all residences for children [34657/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency staff employed by the Health Service Executive; the annual cost of these for 2013; for 2014; the estimated projected annual cost for 2015; for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34006/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 480. To ask the Minister for Health the net reduction in staffing, in whole-time equivalent, across the health service who have left the Health Service since the embargo on recruitment in total and by category; the total yearly saving to the payroll bill as a result of these reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34007/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 481. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of collecting fees in public hospitals, including administrative costs, the cost of debt collection agencies and legal costs for each year from 2011 to 2015, in total, by hospital and by category of fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34008/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 510. To ask the Minister for Health the savings he envisages will be made by establishing a State pharmacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34229/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 511. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons whose nursing home care is paid for under the fair deal scheme; the annual cost; the average cost per patient; the amount that is recouped from the assets and incomes of the residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34230/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 587. To ask the Minister for Health given recently expressed concern regarding inappropriate prescribing of psychotropic drugs to older or disabled patients, the arrangements his Department has put in place to monitor the appropriateness of the rapidly increasing prescription of psychotropic drugs for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34652/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staffing (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 588. To ask the Minister for Health the standards in use regarding recommended staffing levels for Primary Care Mental Health services for children; and the progress made in achieving these standards. [34653/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 589. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency assessments by staff with child mental health qualifications are available for children, with identified mental health emergencies, who attend accident and emergency departments [34654/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 590. To ask the Minister for Health his views on comments made (details supplied) that adequate arrangements had been made for transferring children of 16 or 17 years of age to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service; and if not, if he will clarify the matter [34655/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 591. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that have been made to resource the expansion of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, outlined in the new Health Service Executive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services standard operating procedure, to include children of 16 to 17 years of age; children with moderately severe mental health concerns; children referred by a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 592. To ask the Minister for Health the position on the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service being unable to accept referrals because of a lack of resources; the degree to which this issue is widespread; and the way this issue is being addressed [34658/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of catchment areas that have no permanent Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service consultant; and the number of those areas that are using a locum doctor who is not on the Child Psychiatry Specialist Register of the Medical Council; and if he will provide a list of these areas [34659/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 730. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that staff shortages in local authorities are a contributing factor to the small number of part VIIIs that have been agreed across all the local authorities. [34639/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 731. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of National Asset Management Agency properties, broken down by local authority area, that have been identified by the agency as suitable homes for inclusion in the social housing list; the number, that have been offered to each of the local authorities; that have been transferred to the local authorities; and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Expenditure (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 732. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount paid out by his Department in each local authority area for the rental accommodation scheme, housing assistance payment, and social housing leasing initiative; the number of homes that are provided under each scheme in each local authority for each month in 2015; and if he will compare the amount to the same...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 733. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been provided from his Department to each local authority through the capital assistance scheme; the number of homes that have been provided in each of the local authority areas over the past year. [34643/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 734. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government since the announcement of Strategy 2020, the number of part VIIIs that have been agreed by each local authority; the number of one-, two-, three- and four-bed homes that are in each agreed part VIII; if he will provide details of part VIII's in the pre-agreed stages, by local authority; and the timeframes for the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 735. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homes that have been acquired by local authorities through the part V scheme over the past year; and the number he projects for 2016. [34645/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (6 Oct 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 736. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government given his targets for 2015 in the Social Housing Strategy 2020, that included 1,400 to be built or acquired by local authorities and approved housing bodies, 3000 to be provided through the social housing leasing initiative, 1,000 through vacant units returned to use, 2,000 through the rental accommodation scheme and...