Clare Daly
Question:192. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE human resources department conduct closed interviews for staff to be appointed in their post in the HSE SSWHG. [28477/18]
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Questions (192)
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I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
Hospital Appointments Status
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Michael Healy-Rae
Question:193. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28486/18]
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Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The National Waiting List Management Policy, a standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, since January 2014, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
Questions (194)
Pat Buckley
Question:194. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional CAMHS bed in tabular form. [28487/18]
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
Questions (195)
Pat Buckley
Question:195. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional CAMHS team in tabular form. [28488/18]
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Mental Health Services Expenditure
Questions (196)
Pat Buckley
Question:196. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional crisis house in tabular form. [28489/18]
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Mental Health Services Expenditure
Questions (197)
Pat Buckley
Question:197. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional suicide crisis assessment nurse in tabular form. [28490/18]
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Mental Health Services Expenditure
Questions (198)
Pat Buckley
Question:198. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurse positions now occupied; the number of vacant positions; and his plans for additional positions to be opened. [28491/18]
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Mental Health Services Expenditure
Questions (199)
Pat Buckley
Question:199. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the estimated average cost of recruiting a new consultant psychiatrist, including advertising and all related costs in tabular form. [28493/18]
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I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
Mental Health Services Expenditure
Questions (200)
Pat Buckley
Question:200. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing a seven-day week community mental health service across the State in tabular form. [28494/18]
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Mental Health Services
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Pat Buckley
Question:201. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the community mental health services operating a seven-day week schedules; the progress in developing this type of service model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28495/18]
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Mental Health Services Expenditure
Questions (202)
Pat Buckley
Question:202. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of establishing a dedicated advocacy service for mental health service users in tabular form. [28496/18]
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
Questions (203)
Pat Buckley
Question:203. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing a regulatory body for counsellors and therapy services in tabular form. [28497/18]
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Regulations to designate the professions of counsellor and psychotherapist under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 and to establish the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board were approved by both houses of the Oireachtas on 22 March 2018. I am pleased to advise that I have since signed the regulations, which will come into force on 2 July 2018.
The regulation of these professions will not require the establishment of a regulatory body. The professions will be regulated by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board under the governance of the Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU), which was established as Ireland’s multi-profession health regulator under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. The designating regulations will bring the number of professions regulated by CORU to sixteen. CORU was allocated €3,135,000 in State funding for 2018 in respect of the ongoing implementation of the 2005 Act and the regulation of all professions designated under the Act. It is envisaged that the Council will become self-financing in due course as the registers for all sixteen designated professions are established on a phased basis. The annual registration fee is €100.
The Public Appointments Service will undertake an advertisement campaign later this month inviting suitably qualified and experienced persons to apply for lay and professional positions on the thirteen person registration board. I will then make the appointments and CORU will arrange for the board to hold its first meeting later this year. There is no remuneration payable in respect of these board appointments. Travel and subsistence is payable in accordance with approved civil service rates.
Primary Care Centres Expenditure
Questions (204)
Pat Buckley
Question:204. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of ensuring that each primary care team has at least one mental health professional in tabular form. [28498/18]
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As this question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply.
Mental Health Services Expenditure
Questions (205)
Pat Buckley
Question:205. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the average cost of providing a free counselling session at primary care. [28499/18]
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Mental Health Services Data
Questions (206)
Pat Buckley
Question:206. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of free counselling sessions in primary care in 2016 and to date in 2018, by CHO area; and the number that completed all eight free sessions in tabular form. [28500/18]
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Mental Health Services Expenditure
Questions (207)
Pat Buckley
Question:207. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional mental health homeless service liaison nurse or an equivalent position in tabular form. [28501/18]
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Questions (208)
Pat Buckley
Question:208. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of reopening the closed CAMHS bed at a centre (details supplied) in tabular form. [28502/18]
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Mental Health Services Expenditure
Questions (209)
Pat Buckley
Question:209. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing a mental health nurse position in tabular form. [28503/18]
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
Questions (210)
John Brassil
Question:210. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health the status of a nursing home support scheme appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28514/18]
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Hospital Appointments Status
Questions (211)
Michael Healy-Rae
Question:211. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28518/18]
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Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The National Waiting List Management Policy, a standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, since January 2014, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.