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Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: The Minister said that this is a complex issue that requires many different solutions. I listened attentively to the Minister when he was making his contribution and I would appreciate if he reciprocated rather than playing with his telephone and taking notes. I ask the Minister to examine two matters.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: He was playing with his telephone five minutes ago.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: One matter is the improvement work in lieu of housing programme. This applied to families who had inherited a property from a family member but the property was not fit to live in. The local authority would do up the house, the family on the housing list would occupy it and over a period of five, ten, 15 or 20 years they would repay the money that was spent on refurbishing the house. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: The committee has felt very strongly from the first meeting that if the recruitment issues were resolved and positions filled that were funded and available, including CAMHS teams and psychiatric nurses, we would go a long way to resolving a lot of the issues. Recruitment is an issue which will go a long way to solving what is a very complex service. Anyone listening to Mr. Peter Hughes's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: I ask Ms Mannion to look at how the education and local authority systems operate because they do a very good job. Local authorities advertise for general operatives, drivers etc. and people apply. They interview people, set up a panel and fill the jobs that are available. If there are other vacancies they can call on the panel for up to two years. l know that safety is important but a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: If it does not work out, one can go to the next person on the list.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: Does the witness have a figure for positions that were funded but not filled in 2017? What happened with that money?

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: On a related issue, yesterday the Residential Tenancies Board outlined the average rents payable for the first and second quarter of this year. The average rent in Dublin is €1,527, in Meath, Kildare and Wicklow it is €1,104, in Cork and Galway it is €1,000 and for the rest of the country, it is €791. If one compares the maximum rent that is allowed to people who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (12 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPs recruited since May 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24326/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Professional Development (12 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary school teachers who have completed SafeTALK and ASIST, applied suicide intervention skills training, courses respectively since May 2016; the provisions in place to support teachers to partake in these courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24327/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (12 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: 375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction the granting of funds for the purchase of an available site zoned for educational purposes for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24864/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (12 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: 395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the minor works scheme with a view to providing the grant on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25002/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (12 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the policy document outlining the procedures relating to DEIS status and the amalgamation of national schools, particularly the process whereby non-DEIS and DEIS schools are amalgamated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25220/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (12 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: 507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Iveragh, County Kerry, will be supported with the installation of ANPR cameras to assist in policing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25061/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (12 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: 514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Caherciveen Garda station will be reopened; his plans to appoint the requisite gardaí to facilitate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25095/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Policy (12 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: 594. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the re-evaluation of the national eye care plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24328/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (12 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: 595. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce the waiting time for access to orthodontic care for minors in the CHO 4 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24331/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (12 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: 639. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the progress of implementation of recommendations of the eye services review group report; his views on whether the review group's recommendations will be in place within the outlined timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24493/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (12 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: 640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 144 additional posts needed to transfer outpatient department eye services to primary care as recommended by the eye services review group report that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24494/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (12 Jun 2018)

John Brassil: 647. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to each of the community healthcare organisations, CHOs, for implementation of recommendations in the primary care eye services review group report in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24507/18]