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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Architectural Qualifications (24 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 588 of 10 February 2015, the status of the decision by Quality Qualifications Ireland to facilitate the development of a common standard for architectural technology, in line with the National Qualifications Framework; the status of the advancement of plans for the strategy...

Developments in Mental Health Services: Statements (19 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate and welcome the Minister of State to the House. We come from a very low base, historically, in terms of our mental health services and how we have dealt with people who suffer from mental illness. My mother was a psychiatric nurse in the 1940s. The institution she worked in was known in her time as the mental hospital but 20 years...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: I, too, thank the Minister for her presentation. My colleagues have raised some of the issues I wished to raise so I will not dwell on them at length. Prior to the economic crash there was much concentration on the employment of people with disability. My recent checks on this area show that the public service is still at its target. Given that the target was set approximately 15 years...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: I will focus on a specific issue, namely, the relationship between homelessness and mental health. Having a severe mental health difficulty can put people at risk of homelessness for various reasons. Without proper mental health support after discharge from hospital, a homeless person may fall out of treatment and end up relapsing. Mistrust or dissatisfaction with an overly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Expressions of Sympathy Following Paris Attacks (18 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: We all concur with the Chairman's views and his proposal. These attacks demonstrate the need for solidarity within the West and especially within the European Union. They are our brothers and sisters in the European Union and it is a family issue - an international family issue - for the European Union. As we express our condolences, we should also say that we are with them and that the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (18 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 404 of 14 July 2015 for an update on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40864/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (18 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the total health budget in his Department that was allocated to the mental health services in 2004. [40766/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 138. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to the adolescent psychiatric services in the mid-west area in 2014. [40772/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds of the 108 recommended in A Vision for Change that are in place for child and adolescent mental services. [40773/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (17 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of payments under the disadvantaged areas scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40080/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (17 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of single payments for 2015 for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40082/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Woodland Improvement Scheme (17 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in relation to the native woodland scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40520/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (17 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 385. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the registration of physical therapists under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. [40256/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Infant Mental Health: Discussion (12 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: I welcome the presentations from the attendees. With regard to investment, we have been informed that €35 million extra has been invested each year, except for one year when €25 million was put in, over the past five years. That represents an increase next year of €165 million extra every year, as recruited people must be paid every year and introduced services must be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (12 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be reviewed. [39859/15]

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the motion. I will deal with one element, namely, that the safety and quality of patient care must be a primary focus, with timeliness being a crucial component of quality care. I fully agree with that. In the short time available, I will discuss regulating the area of psychotherapy and counselling. As the Minister knows, I spoke with him about this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (10 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Number 200 of 22 September 2015, if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the number of clerical workers who transferred from Foras Áiseanna Saothair - the Irish National Training and Employment Authority - to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (10 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a single payment for persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39398/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Registration (10 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the registration of physiotherapists under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. [39375/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (10 Nov 2015)

Dan Neville: 437. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendation in seventh report on the high levels of suicide in Irish society, which was published by the Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children in July 2006 (details supplied), has been introduced; and the date of introduction of the group referred to in that report. [39431/15]