Parliamentary questions

Special Educational Needs

Pat Buckley

1012. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has a legal duty to refer children to the National Council for Special Education or a special educational needs officer in circumstances in which there may be an educational need at present or in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14721/20]

Special Educational Needs

Pat Buckley

1013. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has a requirement and-or an obligation, or a legal duty, to properly set out in service statements full details of all services available to meet the needs of a child in terms of timelines in which to deliver assessments of needs reports and other issues; if there is an obligation on the HSE to have an appropriate complaints mechanism to deal with issues parents might have arising out of these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14722/20]

Special Educational Needs

Pat Buckley

1014. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has a requirement or legal duty to refer a child to the National Council for Special Education and-or the special needs officer for future educational needs and services and the timeline for services for therapy and health needs; if the HSE has a requirement to provide details of services that are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14723/20]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Pat Buckley

1297. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that same sex couples that received IUI and or IVF abroad will have full recognition of their parentage on birth certificates registered here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15948/20]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Pat Buckley

1301. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the findings of a review (details supplied) on vaginal mesh; his plans to implement similar responses to the issue here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15963/20]

Schools Refurbishment

Pat Buckley

193. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will reopen; the reason no date has been given for the completion of repairs to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13238/20]

Ministerial Correspondence

Pat Buckley

550. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the letter from a person (details supplied) sent to him on 4 June 2020; his views on the matters raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12566/20]

A Vision for Change

Pat Buckley

551. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health his plans for oversight and collaborative structures to be developed for engaging in critical and supportive discussions regarding the implementation of the refresh of A Vision for Change further to contact to his office from a person (details supplied). [12567/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pat Buckley

552. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if assistance can be provided to a person (details supplied) in order to arrange an occupational therapist appointment, in view of the person's change in circumstances as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12569/20]

Mental Health Policy

Pat Buckley

577. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the status of the mental health budget for 2020; the monthly breakdown of allocation and spending of funds; if funds have been added to planned spending either as front loading or as new funds for the period of the Covid-19 crisis; and the planned expenditure for the remainder of 2020. [12676/20]

Counselling Services

Pat Buckley

578. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health his plans for the development of a universal counselling service free at the point of delivery upon general practitioner referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12677/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Pat Buckley

579. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for CAMHS initial assessments and first follow-on appointments by number waiting and location of the service [12678/20]

Inland Fisheries

Pat Buckley

646. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the support his Department is providing for the restoration of the Fermoy weir. [12601/20]

Carer's Support Grant

Pat Buckley

798. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that the carer’s grant can be received by persons that are operating as full-time carers while also working in excess of 16 hours a week in view of previous statements that the payment would be based on the level of care provided and not means tested as in the case of a person (details supplied). [12687/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pat Buckley

926. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to extend the ban evictions launched during the Covid-19 crisis to the end of 2020 in view of the intense hardship many households are experiencing and the positive impact the ban has had on homelessness numbers. [12611/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pat Buckley

927. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to extend freezes on rent reviews for residential tenancies until at least the end of 2020 in view of the intense hardship many households are experiencing and the positive impact the ban has had on homelessness numbers. [12612/20]

Rental Sector

Pat Buckley

928. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the timeline for the delivery of a residential rent deposit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12613/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pat Buckley

929. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to address the rising number of tenants with rent arrears accrued due to the Covid-19 crisis and the calls by housing advocates for an amnesty of these arrears to avoid increased homelessness and poverty among tenants. [12614/20]

Occupational Therapy

Pat Buckley

508. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health when county and city council occupational therapists will be allowed back to work in order that assessment of patient needs can be addressed relating to qualifying for adaptation grants for recent amputees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10705/20]

School Transport

Pat Buckley

195. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is such a disparity between private school bus operators who have received no payments after the Covid-19 restrictions were introduced and private school bus operators such as in the case of a company (details supplied). [8689/20]

Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

533. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of PPE for home help and carers. [8408/20]

Medical Cards

Pat Buckley

534. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all carers are provided with a medical card; the reason for this not being the case at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8409/20]

Driver Test

Pat Buckley

883. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding driver tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8495/20]

School Transport

Pat Buckley

200. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a bus service will be provided for a school (details supplied) in view of its growth in recent years and the resulting increased demand for such a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7644/20]

Mental Health Services

Pat Buckley

557. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health his plans to publish the review of A Vision for Change carried out during the term of the 32nd Dáil; his further plans for the implementation of recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7560/20]

Mental Health Services

Pat Buckley

558. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health his plans to retain all additional staff hired in the mental health services during the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7561/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pat Buckley

559. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all Covid-19 deaths recorded in the mental health services among prisoners waiting for transfer to the Central Mental Hospital and deaths of patients that contracted Covid-19 or were diagnosed while resident in a mental health setting,respectively in tabular form. [7562/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pat Buckley

644. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reopen the greyhound industry as part of the phasing out of the Covid-19 lockdown (details supplied). [7645/20]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pat Buckley

670. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5744/20]

HSE Properties

Pat Buckley

500. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the status of the site of the former HSE health centre in Cloyne, County Cork; if his attention has been drawn to the desire of a group (details supplied) to establish a base in this unit for training and storage; and his plans to assist it in this plan and to support such services in the local area into the future. [4193/20]

Eating Disorders

Pat Buckley

368. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the way in which the remaining €1.48 million allocated to CCP on eating disorders in 2018 was spent in tabular form. [52784/19]

Eating Disorders

Pat Buckley

369. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the efforts made to recruit posts for the CCP on eating disorders to date in 2019. [52785/19]

Eating Disorders

Pat Buckley

370. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason no posts for CCP on eating disorders were progressed to date in 2019. [52786/19]

Eating Disorders

Pat Buckley

371. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health his plans to address recruitment for the CCP on eating disorders in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52787/19]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Pat Buckley

454. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend long-term illness benefit to persons with enduring mental illness over 16 years of age that cannot work consistently due to their condition. [53231/19]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Pat Buckley

455. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the status of progress in the recruitment of a consultant psychiatrist for Wexford CAMHS. [53232/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

456. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the vacancies in the CAMHS team in County Wexford; and the steps taken to improve recruitment and retention of needed staff. [53233/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Pat Buckley

457. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to support an association (details supplied) to ensure the continuation of its living assistance service in County Cork indefinitely and to dispel rumours that the service may be coming to an end in 2020. [53234/19]

Mental Health Services

Pat Buckley

458. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the recommendations of A Vision for Change. [53238/19]

Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

459. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the cost of a 1% pay rise for all staff in the mental health service by discipline and the number of staff in each respective discipline in tabular form. [53239/19]

Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

460. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing staffing levels in the mental health services to meet the recommendations of A Vision for Change adjusted for population growth [53240/19]

Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

461. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the cost of employing an additional psychiatric nurse of all grades and specialisations in place in the HSE. [53241/19]

Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

462. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the cost of employing an additional consultant psychiatrist in the HSE mental health services. [53242/19]

Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

463. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the cost of establishing an additional fully staffed community mental health team. [53243/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

464. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the cost of establishing an additional fully staffed child and adolescent mental health teams. [53244/19]

Counselling Services Provision

Pat Buckley

465. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the cost of implementing universal access to free counselling services upon general practitioner referral; and the additional cost of increasing the number of sessions available under the free scheme to 20. [53245/19]

Mental Health Services Provision

Pat Buckley

466. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the cost of establishing an additional fully staffed crisis house. [53246/19]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

467. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the community mental health teams in operation nationwide; and the vacancies in each respective team, in tabular form. [53247/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

468. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the child and adolescent mental health teams in operation nationwide; and the vacancies in each respective team in tabular form. [53248/19]

Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

469. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the cost of ensuring a minimum of one psychiatric nurse as part of each primary healthcare team. [53249/19]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

470. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the funds used in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively, to provide focused support for tenancies of persons with enduring mental health problems in recovery and seeking to live more independently. [53250/19]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

471. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the funds used in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively, to provide employment and training schemes and supports for persons with enduring mental health problems in recovery. [53251/19]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

472. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the funding spent in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively, in order to provide appropriate services for persons experiencing mental illness and addiction while seeking care. [53252/19]

Suicide Prevention

Pat Buckley

473. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to the National Office of Suicide Prevention in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively, by the purpose for which the funding was used. [53253/19]

Warmer Homes Scheme Funding

Pat Buckley

572. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the delay in the provision of the SEAI grant to persons (details supplied). [53236/19]

Rural Transport Programme

Pat Buckley

617. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the successful LocalLink bus route from Fermoy to Mallow, County Cork been cancelled; and if a commitment will be given to reopen the route. [53237/19]

HSE Properties

Pat Buckley

434. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the status of a building (details supplied); the plans of the HSE to use the property; the timeline for operation; and the cost to the HSE of renting the property while it has been out of operation. [51715/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Pat Buckley

117. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop new primary and second- level schools in Midleton and east County Cork to respond to a growing population of primary school students and longer term projections in population growth for the future. [47882/19]

Road Projects Status

Pat Buckley

269. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a feasibility study has been carried out into the prospect of a bypass road project for Castlemartyr, County Cork; if not, his plans to request such a study and to implement measures to address congestion in the town which has become a major problem with over half a million vehicles passing through Castlemartyr per month. [47883/19]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Pat Buckley

365. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the status of the Linn Dara campus in Cherry Orchard Hospital; the number of residential beds operational; the services offered by the day hospital; the staffing levels; the number of staff vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47287/19]

Medicinal Products Availability

Pat Buckley

384. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to problems in procuring Epanutin 50 mg Infatabs for patients prescribed same (details supplied); his plans to rectify the situation in order to minimise harm to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46518/19]

Eating Disorders

Pat Buckley

440. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated for the clinical programme on eating disorders in 2018 and 2019; if the funds have been released to the HSE; and the amount spent in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form [44250/19]

Tax Data

Pat Buckley

134. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised from taxation on rental income in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [41670/19]

Tax Data

Pat Buckley

135. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who reported and-or paid taxation on rental income in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [41671/19]

Tax Data

Pat Buckley

136. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who declared overall losses on a rental property in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [41672/19]

Mental Health Services Funding

Pat Buckley

396. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the €25 million unspent from budget 2018 is used to develop new services for mental health in 2019. [41907/19]

Mental Health Services Funding

Pat Buckley

397. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a rationale for the failure to spend €25 million allocated for mental health in 2019. [41908/19]

Budget 2020

Pat Buckley

398. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if he will provide assurances that the funding announced for mental health in budget 2020 does not include the overrun of funding already announced in budget 2019 or subsequent budgets. [41909/19]

Budget 2020

Pat Buckley

399. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the details of all new funding provided for mental health in budget 2020, excluding money that had been announced in budget that which will not be spent by the end of 2019. [41910/19]

Budget 2020

Pat Buckley

400. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if any of the €39 million of additional funding for mental health in 2020 includes funding that had been previously announced in 2019 but had gone unspent. [41911/19]

Mental Health Services Funding

Pat Buckley

401. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that funding allocated to mental health will be spent on mental health services within the timeframe provided for by the budget in which it was allotted. [41912/19]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Pat Buckley

529. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Cork County Council has made applications to the safety improvement grants scheme for 2020; and the details of these applications especially relating to Rostellan and the R630 in east County Cork. [39804/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Pat Buckley

306. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre device review decision making process that will be given to criteria (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38441/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Pat Buckley

307. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset will specifically cover only current HSE funded users of the FreeStyle Libre device; and if not, if the Health Technology Assessment Group review will compare total blood glucose strip usage spend year on year. [38442/19]

Primary Care Centres

Pat Buckley

348. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to close the Castlemartyr health centre in Cork; if it is his decision; and if not, the person that made this decision. [38732/19]

Primary Care Centres

Pat Buckley

349. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to relocate the public health nursing services from Castlemartyr, County Cork, to Midleton Community Hospital six miles away; and the person that made the decision. [38733/19]

Primary Care Centres

Pat Buckley

350. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason in January of 2019 permission was granted to carry out a single story extension including the remodelling of the interior and the installation of a wheelchair assessable ramp at Castlemartyr community health centre; the reason work was not started on this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38734/19]

Primary Care Centres

Pat Buckley

351. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand the public health services in Castlemartyr, County Cork. [38735/19]

Primary Care Centres

Pat Buckley

352. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if the decision to close Castlemartyr health centre is finalised; and the final date for the closure. [38736/19]

Primary Care Centres

Pat Buckley

353. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has put in place to facilitate patients and service users to travel to Midleton from Castlemartyr, County Cork. [38737/19]

Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles

Pat Buckley

479. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair accessible buses operational in east County Cork particularly operating on the N25 Cork to Waterford and along the Waterford to Cork bus route, respectively. [38738/19]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Pat Buckley

787. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the national forensic mental health service facility in Portrane, County Dublin; the completion date for same; if the project will be delivered on time and within budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34709/19]

Mental Health Services

Pat Buckley

788. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the actions taken during 2018 to improve outcomes for persons with comorbid severe mental illness and substance misuse problems. [34710/19]

Mental Health Services

Pat Buckley

789. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the status of developing a no wrong door policy to address dual diagnosis in mental health; and the funding provided in future for services to adapt. [34711/19]

Higher Education Authority

Pat Buckley

328. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists employed at higher education institutes; the cost of each position annually; and the location each position is based. [33787/19]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

1650. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting for an outpatient assessment by a consultant psychiatrist in each month from June 2018 to date in 2019, in tabular form. [33724/19]

Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

1651. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatric posts across the health service; the number filled by permanent consultants; the number temporarily filled; the number currently vacant; and the length of time each has been vacant. [33725/19]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

1652. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE community mental health teams operational nationally; the number of consultants employed in the teams permanently; the number temporarily filled; the number currently vacant; and the period each post has been vacant [33726/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

1653. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE CAMHS teams established nationally; the number of consultant psychiatric posts allocated to the teams; the number of posts which are permanent; the number temporarily filled; the number unfilled; and the period for which the posts have been vacant. [33727/19]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

1654. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE specialist community mental health services for older adults teams across the health service nationally; the number of consultant psychiatric posts allocated to the teams; the number of posts which are filled permanently; the number temporarily filled; the number unfilled; and the period the respective posts have been vacant. [33728/19]

HSE Agency Staff Expenditure

Pat Buckley

1655. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff for mental health services in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the original estimate for such expenditure in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33729/19]

HSE Agency Staff Expenditure

Pat Buckley

1656. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff for mental health services in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the estimated cost if they had been permanent positions instead [33730/19]

Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

1657. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health whole-time equivalent staff required to be recruited for the full implementation of A Vision for Change in view of demographic changes; and the teams and specialties in which the additional staff are required by community healthcare organisation, CHO, area, in tabular form. [33731/19]

Nursing Staff Data

Pat Buckley

1658. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric nurses who graduated in 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively; the number hired by the HSE on full-time contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33732/19]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

1659. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the amount expended on mental health in 2018; and the percentage of the overall health budget to which this amounts. [33733/19]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

1660. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant psychiatric posts by speciality; the number of posts filled on a temporary basis; the number of posts filled by doctors not on the specialist register; the number of posts unfilled, vacant or unmatched; the location of the unfilled, vacant or unmatched posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33734/19]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

1661. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the posts from the 2018 €55 million funding for mental health; the number of posts the allocation supports; the number of posts filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33735/19]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

1662. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent posts filled within mental health as of July 2019; and the comparative number for each corresponding period in the previous ten years. [33736/19]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

1663. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of section 39 providers that hold agreements for providing mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33737/19]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

1664. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of approved psychiatric nursing posts by speciality as per A Vision for Change recommendations and demographic changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33738/19]