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Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Provision
James Browne
579. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the care pathway for mental health intellectual disability, MHID, patients within the Central Mental Hospital. [33840/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Provision
James Browne
580. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the initiatives being taken to address the significant shortage of clinical space from which community-based mental health services can be delivered and to refurbish existing approved centres. [33841/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Eating Disorders
James Browne
782. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting for eating-related disorders, by county, by type of disorder, both male and female; in tabular form, the interventions in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34338/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
James Browne
783. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for children who are recipients of domiciliary care allowance to be approved for full medical cards without assessments as promised in July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34339/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Expenditure
James Browne
784. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on mental health to date in 2017; and the equivalent figures on a like for like basis in terms of services provided in each of the years from 2010 to 2016, taking into consideration reclassifications of expenditure between 2010 and 2016. [34340/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Data
James Browne
785. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on services for CAMHS by county, for more than 12 months, 24 months and 36 months, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34341/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Health Services Staff Data
James Browne
786. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the original requirement set out for each position (details supplied); the number of these positions filled; and the number yet to be filled, taking account of demographic change in tabular form. [34342/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Funding
James Browne
787. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to date in 2017 for the development of early intervention and prevention counselling services by mental health and primary care, specifically for young persons under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34343/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Health Services Provision
James Browne
788. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the counties in which he plans to extend Jigsaw services. [34344/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Provision
James Browne
789. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to date in 2017 for specific services to enhance responses to those persons who are homeless and mentally ill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34345/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Provision
James Browne
790. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to date in 2017 for improved provision of psychotherapeutic interventions for adults and children with mental illness. [34346/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Funding
James Browne
791. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the funding to date in 2017 to address the service gap for low secure acute care and rehabilitation services for mental health service users with complex needs. [34347/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Funding
James Browne
792. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to date in 2017 for continued investment in the CAMHS eating disorder service. [34348/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Funding
James Browne
793. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to date in 2017 for the opening of new acute and high observation units. [34349/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Expenditure
James Browne
794. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred in agency fees to date in 2017 by the HSE in the provision of mental health services. [34350/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Commission Reports
James Browne
795. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the details of approved centres that have yet to comply with the mental health commission, in tabular form. [34351/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Policy
James Browne
796. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if anti-ligature measures have been introduced in all settings; and if not, the details of settings where they have yet to be introduced in tabular form [34352/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Data
James Browne
797. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals to CAMHS received to date in 2017 in each CHO; the number of such referrals accepted; if those referrals not accepted were referred to other services; and if so, the details of same in each CHO. [34353/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Occupational Therapy
James Browne
798. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Wexford on a waiting list for occupational therapy; the number of children in County Wexford awaiting occupational therapy services for up to 12 months, 24 months and 36 months respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34354/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Guidelines
James Browne
799. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of each of the recommendations Nos. 15.1.1 to 15.1.9, inclusive, of a vision for change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34355/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Provision
James Browne
800. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of counties which have a seven-day support team for mental health; the details of same in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34356/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Provision
James Browne
801. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of counties which have a home care team for supporting persons with mental health; the detail of same in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34357/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Emergency Departments Staff
James Browne
802. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals which have a psychiatric nurse employed in emergency departments; the detail of same in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34358/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Health Services Funding
James Browne
803. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the agencies funded by the NOSP, National Office for Suicide Prevention, in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34359/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Ambulance Service Provision
James Browne
804. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed construction of ambulance stations for Gorey and Enniscorthy; the date on which they will proceed to the next stage; the timeframe for tendering process to commence and be completed; the timeframe for construction to commence; the funding he will allocate to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34360/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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HSE Records
James Browne
805. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the value of drugs under the control of the HSE the location of which are unknown, missing or unaccounted for at the end of each of the years 2013 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34361/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Primary Care Centres
James Browne
806. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if dietetic services will be made available in all new primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34362/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Staff
James Browne
807. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his Department's estimate of the additional resources required to provide the funding necessary for the staffing requirements under A Vision for Change, taking into account the 2016 census returns, broken down by each CHO area. [34363/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Data
James Browne
808. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age who have been admitted to acute hospitals on mental health grounds; the number of individual children these admissions relate to; and the number of subsequent readmissions in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017. [34364/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Tribunals
James Browne
809. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if an analysis has been completed or studies carried out on the number of admissions and renewal orders revoked before a mental health tribunal is held. [34365/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Provision
James Browne
810. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of the 17 mental health areas within the nine community health care organisations that provide a full weekend support. [34366/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Admissions
James Browne
811. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of admissions under the Mental Health Acts that had their status regraded from voluntary to involuntary; and the number of admissions that had their status regraded from involuntary to voluntary for each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34367/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Admissions
James Browne
812. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the numbers of persons admitted involuntarily for each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, that did not have a tribunal review of their detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34368/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hospital Admissions
James Browne
813. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of admission orders revoked under the Mental Health Acts before a mental health tribunal was held for each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34369/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Staff
James Browne
814. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of the 34 posts in the National Forensic Mental Health Service which are required to meet more secure therapeutic environments for those persons who meet the criteria for section 21(2) of the Mental Health Act 2001 that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34370/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Provision
James Browne
815. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a first appointment with a psychologist, following referral for one, two, three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12 and 12 plus months, by Health Service Executive administrative area, in tabular form. [34371/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Provision
James Browne
816. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a first appointment with a psychiatrist following referral for one, two, three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12 and 12 plus months by health service executive administrative areas, in tabular form. [34372/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Expenditure
James Browne
817. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the budgeted and actual spending by mental health administrative area from 2012 to 2016, inclusive and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [34373/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Prescriptions Data
James Browne
818. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders who were prescribed anti-depressant medication by local health area in each of the years 2011 to 2016, in tabular form. [34374/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Medical Card Data
James Browne
819. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards issued in County Wexford in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34375/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Cancer Screening Programmes
James Browne
820. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with a County Wexford address who have presented with symptoms of breast cancer and have been referred to a cancer centre and are waiting for more than three months, more than six months, more than one year, and more than two years respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34376/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Commission Reports
James Browne
821. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the recommendations of the Mental Health Commission report, The Human Cost, that have been implemented by his Department. [34377/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Awareness
James Browne
822. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if his Department has produced a mental health information leaflet for the financial services sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34378/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Data
James Browne
823. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented for mental health services to HSE facilities in County Wexford in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of persons who presented for mental health services to HSE facilities with a residential address in County Wexford in each of the years from 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34379/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Health Services Provision
James Browne
824. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the estimated construction and operation costs of a second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34380/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Health Services Provision
James Browne
825. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the methodology contained within the Herity report on cardiac services at University Hospital Waterford. [34381/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Provision
James Browne
826. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a CAMHS appointment for children in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34382/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Mental Health Services Provision
James Browne
827. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on persons with psychiatric illnesses residing in the same facilities as those who have minor mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34383/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Home Help Service Data
James Browne
828. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the average number of home help hours the HSE provided to persons in County Wexford in each of the years from 2011 to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34384/17]
Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Home Help Service Data
James Browne
829. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the HSE's expenditure on agency staff for home help care; for County Wexford in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34385/17]