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Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Dan Neville: I welcome the passing of this Bill. I want to use the opportunity to briefly raise an issue I raised previously, namely, the cover provided by the health insurance companies for mental health inpatient services. There seems to be discrimination in the approach of the insurance companies to coverage for mental health inpatient services. For example, the Voluntary Health Insurance, VHI,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals and Disability Issues: Discussion (2 Dec 2015)

Dan Neville: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentation. This important area has been neglected over the decades. Those of us who have travelled to Third World countries with Irish Aid have seen some examples of that neglect. I would like to raise two particular issues, the first of which is Irish Aid's approach to the treatment of intellectual disability in developing countries....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Applications (2 Dec 2015)

Dan Neville: 55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application for the back to education allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick, given new documentary evidence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43196/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (2 Dec 2015)

Dan Neville: 67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments under the single payment scheme for 2015 for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43061/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV Incidence in Ireland: Discussion (1 Dec 2015)

Dan Neville: I welcome the presentations. One of the biggest challenges has been highlighting the stigma. That is the most difficult thing to change, as we have seen in the area of mental ill-health. It can even be subtle: where people know that someone is HIV-positive and say they do not have a problem with that, why would they have to say so if they really did not have a problem? It is ingrained...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV Incidence in Ireland: Discussion (1 Dec 2015)

Dan Neville: That would have been the end of the human race.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Assessments (1 Dec 2015)

Dan Neville: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there has been an increase in charges of property tax for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42755/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Professionals (1 Dec 2015)

Dan Neville: 454. To ask the Minister for Health if he has responded to CORU on the first part in the two-part consultation process, which is required under section 4(2) of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, regarding the regulation of psychotherapists and counsellors. [42855/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Administration (1 Dec 2015)

Dan Neville: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a safe pass for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42634/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (26 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: The case I made for the provision of inpatient psychiatric beds for children and adolescents has not been answered. I clearly asked why the recommendation in A Vision for Change that 20-bed units should be provided by 2011 has not been adopted. It was stated in A Vision for Change that the number of psychiatric beds urgently needed to be increased to 100 by 2011. That has not happened. As...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (26 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: I thank the Minister of State for his commitment.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (26 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: This relates to the provision of a child and adolescent bed unit in Limerick, as recommended in A Vision for Change, the report of the expert group on mental health, in 2006. Recommendation 10.9 of the report states, "Urgent attention should be given to the completion of the planned four 20-bed units in Cork, Limerick, Galway and Dublin, and multidisciplinary teams should be provided for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Independent Advocacy Services for Health Service Users: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: I thank the witnesses for the information in their presentations. I wish to raise one or two issues. One concerns advocacy for mentally ill patients, which is a difficult area. As regards the ethos or practice of many sections of the psychiatric service - I am not painting the whole service with the same brush because there are good communicators - many psychiatrists will refuse even to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Independent Advocacy Services for Health Service Users: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: I thank Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Lynch for their attendance and contributions. I would like to deal first with the area of data protection. This issue arose earlier and, for the information of the HSE, the then Ombudsman made it quite clear that in respect of any representations made by a public representative, there was an implication that the constituent had given permission by way of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Independent Advocacy Services for Health Service Users: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: The Chairman is telling me that I have talked for too long.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Independent Advocacy Services for Health Service Users: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: We heard from several organisations today which are all doing very good work, and their representatives made very good presentations. I do not know how many more such organisations there are from which we have not heard. I would like to ask about the diversity of the organisations. There is obviously a similarity among them due to the fact that they are engaged in the same work, but now...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (26 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42163/15]

Credit Union Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate and recognise the role the credit union movement has played. Down the decades, credit unions have ensured people with no access to the major banks are facilitated to borrow. It is a social movement rather than a banking one in that it responds to a social need and has played an important role in this respect. There are two sides to this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Applications (25 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for farm assist by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42030/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (24 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the disadvantaged areas scheme for 2013. [41508/15]