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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 129. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an article in the Roscommon Herald on 12 March 2015 stating concerns regarding the closure of Rosalie Unit in Castlerea, County Roscommon, which is a 25-bed psychiatry-of-later-life unit and is under the care of the newly established POLL team; that in the past few months the staff have been informed that the unit will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Correspondence (25 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 134. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 15 January 2015, if he will reply to the question again, in view of the fact that the person who responded to this Deputy by correspondence on behalf of the Health Service Executive to that parliamentary question specifically denied any knowledge of the correspondence and contradicted its contents at a public...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (25 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 207. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a positive decision has not been made regarding the acquisition of property in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the date on which a decision will be made; the amount of ground to be acquired; the amount of compensation to be paid; his views on this project, taking into account the co-operation of...

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I am sharing my time with Deputy Barry Cowen. If Irish Water had been conceived as a Netflix series, we would currently be on series seven. What we are seeing and witnessing is slapstick comedy that lacks idealism. It looks like something along the lines of "The West Wing", but smells more of "House of Cards" in respect of the contempt with which the Government is approaching the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Physical Education Facilities (24 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 529. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Early Years Capital Programme will provide funding for the strand grants to provide natural outdoor spaces that promote active outdoor play in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11237/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (24 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 641. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a date for surgery, in view of the fact that the person is a full-time carer and is finding it difficult to carry out this function due to pain suffered on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11578/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (10 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a child (details supplied) in County Galway in respect of whom a domiciliary care allowance was awarded in 2008 is now not regarded as a qualified child, in view of the fact that the child's medical condition has deteriorated over the years; when a decision will be received on a domiciliary care allowance for a second child; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (10 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 371. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for counselling; his views that the waiting time for such appointments leaves persons in distress, delays their recovery and increases cost on the health service, for example, through increased medication costs; his plans to increase the provision of counselling service, and to...

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Whip hand.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (5 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that a quote attributed to him which recently appeared in a British news magazine (details supplied) is accurate, that is, if quantitative easing becomes the function of national central banks, rather than primarily of the European Central Bank, then he thinks that it will be ineffective; if he still stands over that assessment; in view...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Surveys (5 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that the morale of An Garda Síochána ought to be of concern to her and her Department; if she has received any report, formal or informal, on the state of morale within An Garda Síochána; if not, the steps she will take to ascertain the current morale of the force; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (5 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 184. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the protection and promotion of the dignity of the individual person receiving treatment in our hospitals should be one of the core values in the delivery of care; his further views that failure to protect and promote such should warrant some consequence to the managers and-or care teams within the hospital where such failures occur; the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (5 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 231. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total severance packages, stated in total euro amounts and individually detailed, received by any special advisers to his office since January 2014, specifically in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9640/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (5 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 232. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the primary goal and purpose of Irish foreign policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9645/15]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: The Minister of State's job was to protect them. It will be a very sad day if we cannot have a debate in the House and acknowledge that what we are doing is wrong. The Minister of State knows deep down that it is wrong and he should not let these Tories twist his arm. He can do the right thing and leave a proud legacy. He was put into government to protect the most vulnerable and this is...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: This morning, I read with some interest the Minister's contribution to this debate. I must confess that even after everything that has happened since 2011, I am surprised by how condescending and how out of touch was the Minister's speech, its tone and some of the nuanced language here this afternoon on certain aspects of social welfare fraud. I found that clearly, there is an increasing...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Discipline (4 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 104. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to detail the peak age for exclusion from primary and secondary level education, taken separately and together; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9397/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 112. To ask the Minister for Health the peak age for admission into psychiatric care for persons under the age of 18 years of age, for persons between the ages of zero and 25, for all persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9398/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 113. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for the child and adolescent mental health service in Carlow-Kilkenny the number of children admitted to an adult inpatient unit in each year from 2011 to 2014 inclusive; the number of children admitted to an adult inpatient unit in each month of 2014; the numbers waiting for their first outpatient appointment with CAMHS,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 115. To ask the Minister for Health the total allocation provided to mental health services in counties Carlow and Kilkenny for each year from 2011 to 2014, inclusive; the actual spending in respect of mental health services in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9408/15]