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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (16 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 27. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortfall in services available to children with mental health difficulties, as identified in the recent publication by the Children's Rights Alliance, Report Card 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14628/15]

Other Questions: Child Protection (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I simply point out to the Minister that in the category of the HIQA report where significant risk is identified, it is precisely in the area of children who are particularly vulnerable and who have been subjected to organisational and-or institutional abuse. That is what the report says. That is pretty worrying. If those figures are replicated in the other 16 administrative areas of the...

Other Questions: Child Protection (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the aftermath of the Ryan report and the appalling history of this State in terms of the history of child abuse and the failure to protect children, Tusla was set up with a great stated commitment to child protection. The HIQA report on just one administrative area details a chronic failure to adequately protect children in need of support and particularly 234 high priority cases who have...

Other Questions: Child Protection (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I heard the answer.

Other Questions: Child Protection (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The somewhat rosy picture painted by the Minister of an improving situation does not reflect the language in the report, which stated that the service was not sufficiently resourced to deliver a child centred, safe and effective service that met the needs of children and families. It further stated that there were long waiting lists at point of receipt of referral and following the...

Other Questions: Child Protection (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the recent report by the Health Information and Quality Authority into services provided by Tusla - Child and Family Agency - in County Cork, which saw 234 high risk children still waiting to be allocated a social worker; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14401/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 428. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of staffing levels in Tusla-Child and Family Agency, including the number of vacancies in each area, both geographical and professional; his plans to fill these vacancies; and the time frame he has set for same. [14337/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the staffing levels in each Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services team, with details of all vacancies; and his plans for filling these vacancies. [14338/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the staffing levels at primary care level, with whole-time equivalent numbers in each area, both geographical and professional; and if he will provide a comparison to international best standards. [14339/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 546. To ask the Minister for Health if he will compare the current number of inpatient beds available for children with mental health difficulties here with international best standards and agreed national targets. [14340/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 547. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of A Vision for Change; and if he is satisfied with the progress. [14341/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Governance (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 548. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent inquiries by the public accounts committee into good governance in the Health Service Executive. [14342/15]

Residential Mortgage Interest Rates: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Once upon a time what we now call banking was known as usury and it was illegal to lend money at interest because back in those days they understood the potential for lenders to engage in profiteering and extortion, and held that to be completely immoral. We have moved from that and now not only is it not illegal to engage in extortion and profiteering when lending money to people, but these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I pay tribute to Anti-Deportation Ireland, the Anti Racist Network and other groups that have spoken out on behalf of people in direct provision or, most important, the people in direct provision whose campaigning and protests brought this issue to the fore. I remind the Minister of State that he and I travelled to a big protest in Genoa in 2001 for the G8 meeting. One of the big slogans at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It certainly worries me and places question marks over the process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That was by the Italian police.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not reject it, because I have not seen it. My question was whether it concerned the Minister of State that a credible player like the Irish Refugee Council has withdrawn from the working group on the basis already alluded to by Senator Ó Clochartaigh. To my mind, that raises serious questions about what is going on in the working group. I have no doubt that there are other decent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also asked about another matter. Ultimately, these decisions come back to the Minister of State. I take the point about bringing like-minded people together, which is fair enough. We need to do that urgently because we are 15 years too late, but then it comes back to the Minister of State. Some details are up for discussion about how exactly we do the right thing and that there may be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I applaud the Minister of State's faith. However, faith is one thing but there should be a determination to achieve certain results which I do not think are open for discussion. That is the point I am making. Some things are open for discussion, but others are not. I do not see how we can justify the system the Minister of State has inherited. In fact, he has clearly said we cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I, too, welcome the fact that we are having this discussion. I give credit to the Minister of State for at least enunciating the need to radically change the situation but I give most credit to the people in the asylum process who fought on the issue and demanded justice. However, before we throw bouquets at ourselves for the fact that we are discussing it, we must deliver. I hope we all...