Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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195. To ask the Minister for Health in reference to recent health and safety audit report dated June 2014 conducted in the department of psychiatry at University Hospital Galway which noted that some staff working in the unit had not received training and education in relation to physical restraint, which is a requirement in the 2009 code of practice of the Mental Health Commission on the use of physical restraint in approved centres, the number of staff currently assigned to that department; the number who have not received the training referred to earlier; the action taken to address the management failure in not ensuring all staff had received this training; if any disciplinary action has been taken in relation to this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30504/14]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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As this is a service matter this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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196. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the requirement in the 2009 code of practice by the Mental Health Commission on the use of physical restraint in approved centres that all staff working in such units receive training and education in relation to physical restraint of psychiatric patients, and in view of the fact that psychiatric patients sometimes present in accident and emergency units, if he will confirm that all staff working in such units, including any private security guards, have received this training; if he will provide details of the last audit carried out into this; the number of staff who have yet to receive the appropriate training and education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30505/14]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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As this is a service matter this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.