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Thu, 18 Dec 2014
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Mental Health Services Provision
Colm Keaveney
423. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive staff in the mental health sector, whole time equivalent, in each HSE local area in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and the projections for 2014; if he will indicate within that the additional staff recruited by the €35 million allocations for 2012 and 2013 and the projected number from the 2014 allocation; the number currently on the payroll as distinct from having had their recruitment process completed; if he will provide a breakdown of numbers in acute psychiatric hospitals and in community based services; the numbers in each of the years stated allocated to child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49218/14]
Thu, 18 Dec 2014
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Housing for People with Disabilities
Colm Keaveney
524. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in achieving each of the nine strategic aims set out in the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011–2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48941/14]
Thu, 18 Dec 2014
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Housing for People with Disabilities
Colm Keaveney
525. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the implementation planning group for the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011–2016 was established; the number of meetings of the group that have taken place since then; the number of annual progress reports completed since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48942/14]
Tue, 16 Dec 2014
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GLAS Eligibility
Colm Keaveney
296. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on adopting the 12 point proposals (details supplied) for priority entry into the GLAS scheme in respect of commonage farmers that was provided to him by the hill farmers recently; the reasons for his agreement or disagreement with the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47758/14]
Tue, 16 Dec 2014
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Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
Colm Keaveney
424. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an orthopaedic appointment, originally scheduled for October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47744/14]
Tue, 16 Dec 2014
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Colm Keaveney
425. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for attendance at every public pain clinic in the State from first referral; if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons waiting for more than three months, six months, nine months and one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47752/14]
Tue, 16 Dec 2014
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Departmental Expenditure
Colm Keaveney
497. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each year the allocation provided for the congregated settings fund since 2011. [48256/14]
Thu, 11 Dec 2014
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Colm Keaveney
152. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive treatment in view of the time they have been waiting for this procedure they have almost totally lost their vision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47557/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Agriculture Scheme Payments
Colm Keaveney
265. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a headage payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45897/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Mental Health Services Provision
Colm Keaveney
371. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the number of posts vacant within each operational area of child and adolescent mental health service; the average waiting time for a first appointment in each operational area; if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons waiting for their first appointment for more than three months, six months, nine months, one year in each operational area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45782/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Hospital Services
Colm Keaveney
378. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health within the Galway hospital group, the average waiting time for an MRI scan from first referral; if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons waiting for more than three months, six months, nine months, one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45811/14]
Tue, 2 Dec 2014
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Colm Keaveney
379. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health within the Galway hospital group the average waiting time for attendance at a pain clinic from first referral; if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons waiting for more than three months, six months, nine months, one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45812/14]
Thu, 27 Nov 2014
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Domestic Violence Policy
Colm Keaveney
103. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the prevalence of domestic violence here, and noting that we are now only one of eleven members not to have signed the convention, when she plans signing the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence, which entered into force on 1 August 2014; when she plans to bring forward a Bill to address the necessary constitutional changes required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45596/14]
Thu, 27 Nov 2014
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Garda Reserve
Colm Keaveney
107. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding correspondence (details supplied) if she will consider, in view of the commitment to An Garda Síochána, their communities and country shown by members of the Garda Reserve, and in view of the potential savings in training costs, altering the relevant legislation to give reserve members priority in any recruitment programme for the full-time force and to waive the 35 year age limit where a person had joined the reserve force before that age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45620/14]
Thu, 27 Nov 2014
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Mental Health Services Provision
Colm Keaveney
127. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, per region, from 2012 to date in 2014, the progress in recruitment of posts in community mental health services approved following the budget ring-fencing of €90 million for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45585/14]
Thu, 27 Nov 2014
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Mental Health Act Review
Colm Keaveney
129. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health further to the ongoing delay in the publication of the expert group's review of the Mental Health Act 2001, the impact of the delay of over a year in publishing the report on addressing the continuing human rights issues within the mental health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45593/14]
Thu, 27 Nov 2014
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Health Services Staff Recruitment
Colm Keaveney
130. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 23 April 2013, if he will confirm that all of the posts identified in his reply have now been filled; the number that are still waiting to be filled; if the recruitment has been completed of the 13 occupational therapists, two physiotherapists and seven speech and language therapists for the Health Service Executive West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45594/14]
Thu, 27 Nov 2014
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Disability Support Services Provision
Colm Keaveney
133. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of early intervention teams for children in each local health area; the total number on each team; the number of children in each area waiting for an appointment with a team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45606/14]
Thu, 27 Nov 2014
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Health Services Staff Recruitment
Colm Keaveney
134. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all of the community-based mental health teams are in place in the Health Service Executive west; the posts that remain to be filled; when these will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45607/14]
Thu, 27 Nov 2014
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Proposed Legislation
Colm Keaveney
223. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 1142 of 4 November 2014 when the legislation to enable the de-designation of national heritage areas will be introduced to the Houses of the Oireachtas; the title of the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45591/14]