Written answers
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Department of Health
Mental Health Services Provision
Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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819. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 14 May 2014, if he will provide details of the contents of the March 2014 memorandum issued by the National Director of Mental Health Services to all relevant managers, re-emphasising the requirements in relation to the reporting of sudden unexplained deaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22715/14]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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I have asked the Health Service Executive to furnish the Deputy with a copy of the memorandum issued by the National Director Mental Health Services on 7 March 2014.
Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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820. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 13 May 2014, if he will provide details of the difficulties with the previous NSUE model referred to in his response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22716/14]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Since October 2012, the HSE has been pursuing with the NSUE issues regarding the governance and day to day management of the organisation raised with it by some NSUE Executive members and some staff of the NSUE. Unfortunately, to date, the HSE has been unable to bring these matters to a satisfactory resolution due to the unavailability of key individuals from NSUE over an extended period of time. Arising in part out of that experience, I understand that the HSE having lost confidence in the capacity of the NSUE to operate in accordance with the financial regulations of the public service which apply to all publicly funded organisations, took the decision to cease the funding of the organisation from July 2013.
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