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Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2016)

Michael Harty: I extend my good wishes to the new Minister of State with responsibility for mental health, Deputy McEntee, and the new Minister, Deputy Harris. I wish them the best of luck in their new portfolios. The mental health service remains the Cinderella of the health service. The recent removal of €12 million from the mental health budget indicated the manner and esteem in which mental...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (24 May 2016)

Michael Harty: 575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his plans for the development of a train station at Crusheen in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11176/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (24 May 2016)

Michael Harty: 578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the appropriate funding in 2016 to support the completion of the Gort road and Tulla road northern inner relief road link in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11254/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of Social Protection (24 May 2016)

Michael Harty: On the rent deposit and rent advance scheme, Mr. Bob Jordan from Threshold said this morning that people in receipt of rent supplement are at a disadvantage in the private rented sector when they are competing for accommodation against others who have a deposit and a month's rent in their hands. How easy is it for people to get rent deposit and rent in advance so they can compete on an equal...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Michael Harty: To what extent does mental illness contribute to homelessness? Is it a primary cause of homelessness and what effect does homelessness have in precipitating a mental illness? I expect it is a huge problem. Does the trust see a role for the rural resettlement scheme? People can voluntarily move from urban areas, where there are major housing shortages and homelessness to a huge degree, to...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Focus Ireland (26 May 2016)

Michael Harty: One statistic that struck me in reading the presentation was that 34% of homeless are migrants - 17% from within the EU and 17% from outside the EU. The witnesses might comment on that.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Simon Communities of Ireland (26 May 2016)

Michael Harty: If we had better treatments for drug abuse and addiction, would we be able to prevent the 2,700 people seeking accommodation from becoming homeless or take them out of homelessness?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Michael Harty: I am struggling with the concept and trying to understand it. What criteria distinguish borrowings that are on-balance sheet from those that are off-balance sheet? One of the members of the deputation said it was difficult to keep borrowings for social housing off-balance sheet but that borrowings for affordable housing with a return could be kept off-balance sheet. Will the deputation...

Health Care Committee Establishment: Motion (1 Jun 2016)

Michael Harty: I commend the motion to the House. I thank Deputy Róisín Shortall for tabling the motion and the Minister, Deputy Simon Harris, for accepting it. I also thank the 150 Members of the Dáil who signed the motion. The Irish health service needs a long-term vision. It needs a framework that can build an efficient, effective and functioning health service. At present,...

Health Care Committee Establishment: Motion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2016)

Michael Harty: As I was saying before the debate adjourned, general practice is under severe pressure as a result of the cuts introduced under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest, FEMPI, Act, as well as the undermining of general practice and the failure to support it properly. If general practice is to be part of the solution to problems in the health service, and I believe it will be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Jun 2016)

Michael Harty: 238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his role in preventing temporary encampments at beach locations during the summer of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15503/16]

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Harty: I am not going to carry out a forensic examination of the health Estimates. I will focus more on solutions to our health service problems rather than on criticism. Many of these solutions will not cost any money to implement and indeed might save money in the long term. The first issue the Minister and his Ministers of State must address is the morale in our health service. Morale in our...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Harty: 95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the resources of An Garda Síochána in County Clare and to end the moratorium on recruitment of clerical staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17229/16]

Animal Protection (in relation to hares) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jun 2016)

Michael Harty: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan's Bill. Hare coursing is a huge part of the tradition and social fabric of rural Ireland. The breeding of greyhounds for greyhound racing and coursing is a significant sporting interest and a significant source of income for dog breeders and small farmers in rural Ireland. It is particularly prevalent in...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Election of Chairman (23 Jun 2016)

Michael Harty: I, too, congratulate Deputy Shortall on her election as Chairman and, even more so, on bringing this topic to the floor of the Dáil and in that regard, the timely establishment of this committee so quickly after the formation of a Government. Apart from the housing and homelessness issue, the health problem is the most critical in political terms. As stated by Deputy Kate O'Connell,...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Election of Chairman (23 Jun 2016)

Michael Harty: The Senators have not been nominated yet, so it will probably be next week or the week after. The provisional slot is for us to meet on a Thursday, but that does not suit because it clashes with the Committee of Public Accounts.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Election of Chairman (23 Jun 2016)

Michael Harty: On representation, we will all be lobbied. I have been lobbied substantially over the past few days. I suggest that if groups approach us individually we should acknowledge receipt of their lobby but give it to the secretariat to decide whether it is appropriate for the committee to meet them. It is probably not appropriate for us as individuals to decide on who comes before the committee....

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Michael Harty: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the UK's referendum. The decision by the people of the UK to leave the EU has come as a shock to all the countries in Europe, to Ireland, the stock markets and to the UK Government itself. Uncertainty is the most common response across Europe in stock markets, in currencies and in the markets worldwide. Uncertainty always causes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (28 Jun 2016)

Michael Harty: 431. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm that the pharmacy in University Hospital Limerick is refusing to dispense the drug Orkambi for extremely ill patients in counties Clare and Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18334/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Jun 2016)

Michael Harty: 439. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18406/16]