Parliamentary questions

Planning Issues

Pat Buckley

536. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the rationale for only choosing one planner to sit on the board which decided on an application (details supplied) for an incinerator at Ringaskiddy. [29433/18]

Planning Issues

Pat Buckley

537. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to concerns about a conflict of interest for board members who decided on an application (details supplied) due to their links to a group which has been an advocate for incineration projects here. [29434/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision

Pat Buckley

194. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional CAMHS bed in tabular form. [28487/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

195. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional CAMHS team in tabular form. [28488/18]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

196. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional crisis house in tabular form. [28489/18]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

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]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

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]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

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]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

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]

Mental Health Services

Pat Buckley

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]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

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]

Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation

Pat Buckley

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]

Primary Care Centres Expenditure

Pat Buckley

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]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

205. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the average cost of providing a free counselling session at primary care. [28499/18]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

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]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

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]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Pat Buckley

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]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

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]

Ambulance Service Provision

Pat Buckley

375. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no ambulance unit attached to the ambulance base in east County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26605/18]

School Transport Availability

Pat Buckley

364. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the services available to assist young adults with a disability such as a person (details supplied) who had been availing of school transport accessing their continuing education as before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24816/18]

Ambulance Service Provision

Pat Buckley

582. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if a report has been carried out regarding the impact of the loss of the ambulance base in east County Cork; if not, the reason therefore; and if he will institute a report on the impact of same. [24247/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Pat Buckley

717. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the services available to assist young adults with a disability such as a person (details supplied) who had been availing of school transport accessing their continuing education as before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24817/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Pat Buckley

1232. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the services available to assist young adults with a disability such as a person (details supplied) who had been availing of school transport accessing their continuing education as before; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24815/18]

Mental Health Services Funding

Pat Buckley

338. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the mental health budget in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22059/18]

Mental Health Services Funding

Pat Buckley

339. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the CAMHS budget in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22060/18]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

340. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient mental health beds in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22061/18]

Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

341. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical psychologists employed by the HSE in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22062/18]

Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

342. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists employed by the HSE in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22063/18]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

343. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the spend on mental health agency staff by the HSE in each the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22064/18]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

344. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of community mental health teams in each of the years 2002 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [22065/18]

Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

345. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels in CAMHS services as a percentage of recommended A Vision for Change levels in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date 2018, by CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22066/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

346. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels by profession in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22067/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

347. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age who were admitted to adult mental health units in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22068/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Pat Buckley

348. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the publication date of the review of the Jigsaw youth mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22069/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Pat Buckley

349. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health his policy and plans for the expansion of the Jigsaw youth mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22070/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

350. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, budget by CHO area as a percentage of recommended A Vision for Change levels in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22071/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Pat Buckley

351. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the youth mental health task force recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22072/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

352. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, as a percentage of recommended A Vision for Change levels in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22073/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Pat Buckley

433. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a new assessment of needs process; and the work carried out with stakeholders such as a society (details supplied) that have expressed concerns on this matter. [21346/18]

Mental Health Services Provision

Pat Buckley

133. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the status of the ten new beds that were to be opened in the Central Mental Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18175/18]

Mental Health Services Provision

Pat Buckley

134. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the status of the opening of Portrane mental health facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18176/18]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

135. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number waiting in the prison system and in approved centres for admittance to the Central Mental Hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18177/18]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

136. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the medium and long-term residential rehabilitation beds that are provided for by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18178/18]

HSE Funding

Pat Buckley

188. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the funding that was provided to a hospice (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the basis upon which this funding level was arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14302/18]

HSE Funding

Pat Buckley

189. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of patients treated at a hospice (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the rates of mortality or further transfer. [14303/18]

Child and Family Agency Data

Pat Buckley

884. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that all files associated with Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in County Cork are being held in a safe and secure unit; the nature of the storage; the location of the unit; the efforts being made to preserve the physical integrity of the files; if they are digitally stored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12043/18]

Health Services Staff Data

Pat Buckley

261. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent psychiatrists employed by Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10860/18]

Health Services Staff Data

Pat Buckley

262. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the composition of the liaison psychiatry team at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the number of staff on the team; the profession of each; if they are whole-time equivalents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10861/18]

Health Services Staff Data

Pat Buckley

263. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the working hours of the liaison psychiatrist at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10862/18]

Public Services Card

Pat Buckley

564. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to make it compulsory to have a public services card in order to access a range of services; the rationale for this; and the work being done to ensure that persons that do not have a public services card can still access the services they need. [11076/18]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Pat Buckley

184. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will be given to an application for a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5442/18]

Medical Card Eligibility

Pat Buckley

408. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason for refusing persons with MS to be recognised as having a debilitating illness and so receive needed support such as a medical card. [5820/18]

Motor Tax Yield

Pat Buckley

523. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount collected in motor tax by each respective county council in each of the years 2014 to 2017 in tabular form. [5627/18]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Pat Buckley

524. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount allocated for road maintenance to each respective county council in each of the years 2014 to 2017 in tabular form. [5628/18]

Working Family Payment Data

Pat Buckley

315. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Army personnel who received family income supplement in 2017 and to date in 2018. [4991/18]

Working Family Payment Data

Pat Buckley

316. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Garda personnel who received family income supplement in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [4993/18]

Road Safety

Pat Buckley

534. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional funding for road safety measures in 2017 requested by east County Cork municipal district and Cork County Council; the budget provided for these measures; and the rationale for them. [4104/18]

Mental Health Commission

Pat Buckley

851. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if a report has been commissioned by him or submitted to his Department by an external body on or relating to the Mental Health Commission; if these reports found issue with the Mental Health Commission; if the reports are of the view it is not fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55039/17]

Mental Health Commission

Pat Buckley

852. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health when the appointment of the board and CEO of the Mental Health Commission began. [55040/17]

Mental Health Commission

Pat Buckley

853. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the enacting, signing, commencement and implementation of primary and secondary legislation related to the Mental Health Commission; and when outstanding work in this regard will be completed. [55041/17]

Mental Health Commission

Pat Buckley

854. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the respective annual budgets for the Mental Health Commission since its establishment; the details of costs incurred, in tabular form; the date on which funding was allocated; and if funding was returned. [55042/17]

Mental Health Commission

Pat Buckley

855. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the recruitment process for staff for the Mental Health Commission; and the steps in the process such as approval, advertising, interviewing, offers and commencement of employment. [55043/17]

Mental Health Commission

Pat Buckley

856. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the nature of the services provided by the Mental Health Commission; the dates these services began; and his future plans for greater service provision. [55044/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists Data

Pat Buckley

291. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the yearly data on waiting times for when psychiatric patients presented at accident and emergency departments and when they are either admitted for treatment or discharged in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52809/17]

Hospitals Data

Pat Buckley

292. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the yearly number of psychiatric patients presented at accident and emergency departments, by hospital, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52810/17]

Hospitals Funding

Pat Buckley

293. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the annual funding provided for the psychiatry and psychology departments, by hospital, in each of the years 2010 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52811/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Pat Buckley

294. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of persons admitted to psychiatric inpatient beds from the accident and emergency departments; the amount spent annually on these admissions by hospital in each of the years 2006 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52812/17]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

295. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the cost by quarter of the Little Things mental health campaign. [52813/17]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

296. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if the LittleThings mental health campaign is being run by an external company; if so, the nature of the contract, including length of contract, agreed payment, nature of invoicing, details of the person or body that decides campaign messaging and other relevant details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52814/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

297. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of incidents of self-harm, suicide attempts and suicides that were recorded in each inpatient psychiatric unit in each of the years 2014 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52815/17]

Hospitals Data

Pat Buckley

298. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of return patients for each inpatient psychiatric unit in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52816/17]

Schools Establishment

Pat Buckley

128. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open an Educate Together national school in the Fermoy area of Cork. [50787/17]

Community Care

Pat Buckley

464. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that Fermoy community hospital remains open and is resourced adequately to meet the needs of the area [50661/17]

Traveller Accommodation

Pat Buckley

683. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2016 and 2017 Cork County Council drew down none of the money allocated for Traveller accommodation despite a clear need for new developments including in the case of persons (details supplied). [50489/17]

School Services Staff

Pat Buckley

728. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the delay in appointing a traffic warden for a school (details supplied) despite the position being approved in June 2017. [50525/17]

Mental Health Services Funding

Pat Buckley

269. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the mental health budget adjusted for population growth and increase in demand by year in tabular form (details supplied). [44962/17]

Commemorative Events

Pat Buckley

240. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans in the lead up to the 95th anniversary of the execution of Liam Mellows by the Free State in Mountjoy Gaol to issue a State apology to the families of the at least 77 persons executed in this period (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43452/17]

Mental Health Services Funding

Pat Buckley

343. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on mental health in 2017; the equivalent figures on a like-for-like basis in terms of services provided in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 taking into consideration reclassifications of expenditure between those dates. [43698/17]

Mental Health Services Funding

Pat Buckley

344. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the increased funding announced for mental health in line with the programme for Government commitment in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the amount of that funding for each calendar year that was actually drawn down or spent on mental health services, in tabular form. [43699/17]

Mental Health Services Funding

Pat Buckley

345. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the amount the €35 million in additional funding for mental health announced in budget 2017 that was spent in the 2017 period; the amount that was included in the expenditure figure for 2017; the amount that was carried over into the budget 2018 figures announced recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43700/17]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Pat Buckley

685. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow persons with mental health problems who wish to stay indefinitely on community employment schemes with the support of their health care providers to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42874/17]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Pat Buckley

133. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42047/17]

General Medical Services Scheme

Pat Buckley

134. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42048/17]

HSE Reports

Pat Buckley

191. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the report on Roscommon health services detailing the large sums being returned to the Exchequer in previous years; if his Department sought to investigate the cause of underspends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41141/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Pat Buckley

192. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the progress in developing a pathway to the development of a 24/7 crisis intervention model. [41142/17]

Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

355. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the detail of the standard contracts offered to each of the members of the community teams in CAMHS services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40560/17]

Mental Health Services Report

Pat Buckley

356. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the HSE child and adult mental health service, CAMHS, reports for each of the years 2013 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40561/17]

Mental Health Services Expenditure

Pat Buckley

357. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the agency spend by CAMHS for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017 by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40562/17]

Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

358. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of professions (details supplied) employed in CAMHS services in 2016 and 2017 [40563/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

359. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of young persons waiting longer than 12 months for a first appointment for CAMHS at the end of June for each of the years 2014 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40564/17]

Mental Health Services Funding

Pat Buckley

360. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall mental health budget CAMHS services have received by year since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40565/17]

Mental Health Services Data

Pat Buckley

361. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the waiting list times for a mental health service (details supplied) by site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40566/17]

Mental Health Services Staff

Pat Buckley

362. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of employees in each of the sites of a mental health service (details supplied) in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40567/17]

Disability Services Provision

Pat Buckley

1091. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37833/17]

School Transport Eligibility

Pat Buckley

348. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a place on a school bus, in view of the fact they were forced to transfer to a school outside of the area due to bullying which the education and training board are aware of. [36256/17]

Hospital Admissions

Pat Buckley

915. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting admission to the Central Mental Hospital; and if the referrals were from the courts, Prison Service or approved centres in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [35753/17]

Hospital Admissions

Pat Buckley

916. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting admission to the Central Mental Hospital in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35754/17]

Hospitals Funding

Pat Buckley

917. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the funding received by the Central Mental Hospital in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [35755/17]

HSE Staff Data

Pat Buckley

918. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of neurologists employed by the HSE; and the number of vacant posts for neurologists. [35757/17]

Medicinal Products

Pat Buckley

919. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health his plans to facilitate or support discussions between neurologists regarding the use of Epidiolex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35758/17]