Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Mental Health Services Data

James Browne

475. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health beds available in each LHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28106/19]

Emergency Departments Data

James Browne

485. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of children presenting at emergency departments here with self-harm injuries, suicide attempts and or overdoses in each of the years 2014 to 2018; the location of same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28156/19]

Job Creation

James Browne

6. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to address the quality of jobs and the need for further investment in the south east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26954/19]

Brexit Preparations

James Browne

46. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which his Department plans and will plan policing and security matters from a North-South and east-west perspective in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26664/19]

Tax Rebates

James Browne

74. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Finance when a rebate will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27027/19]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

James Browne

189. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the reason medication for ADHD ceases to be reimbursed when a child reaches 16 years of age. [27147/19]

Counselling Services Provision

James Browne

58. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent survey indicating that record numbers of third level students are seeking counselling for mental health problems; if the number of counsellors per student is low compared to the recommended ratio agreed by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26552/19]

Teaching Contracts

James Browne

166. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing secondary school teachers struggling to secure permanent positions; his plans to create additional positions in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26078/19]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

James Browne

302. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Wexford awaiting medical equipment (details supplied); the number waiting more than six, 12 and 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26847/19]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

James Browne

303. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of adults in County Wexford awaiting medical equipment (details supplied); the number waiting more than six, 12 and 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26848/19]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

James Browne

380. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of the FreeStyle Libre device to persons living with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26279/19]

Health Screening Programmes

James Browne

386. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce expanded newborn screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26303/19]

Hospital Facilities

James Browne

388. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the reported cramped working conditions at the infusion unit of a hospital (details supplied); the measures he will take to improve the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26320/19]

Eating Disorders

James Browne

430. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the national eating disorder plan and its key actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26410/19]

Hospital Beds Data

James Browne

431. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the location of three hospital beds dedicated to eating disorders here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26411/19]

Eating Disorders

James Browne

432. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if a location (details supplied) is regarded as a specialist facility for eating disorders; the location of a more specialised service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26412/19]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals

James Browne

537. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of areas of natural constraint appeals received; the number of appeals from County Wexford; the number of distinct County Wexford townlands; the number of distinct County Wexford townlands that have seen appeals lodged in relation to their level of constraint; if the independently chaired appeals committee will include members from County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26336/19]

Bituminous Fuel Ban

James Browne

606. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date the legal action threatened by coal importers regarding the nationwide smoky coal ban was received by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26543/19]

Early Childhood Care and Education Funding

James Browne

683. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) for the purposes of providing childcare in County Wexford in the past five years. [26330/19]

Childcare Services Provision

James Browne

684. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions that will be made to provide childcare to children whose parents are long-term unemployed but in need of additional childcare assistance arising from addiction or other personal issues. [26331/19]

Office of Public Works Properties

James Browne

7. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the future of a property owned by the Office of Public Works, OPW, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25720/19]

Health Services Provision

James Browne

205. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25809/19]

Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts

James Browne

202. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the reported termination of the employment of six special needs assistants, SNAs, at a school (details supplied); the reason for the decision; if the decision can be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25270/19]

Site Acquisitions

James Browne

418. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will consider purchasing a property (details supplied) to be used as a resource for community members, including persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25309/19]

Home Schooling

James Browne

574. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the role of Tusla in inspecting home schooling facilities; the contact details for the section related to inspecting home schooling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25369/19]

Defence Forces Medical Services

James Browne

20. Deputy James Browne asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a psychiatrist has been appointed to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24361/19]

Cancer Services Provision

James Browne

147. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) must wait four weeks until a MRI scan regarding a possible case of prostate cancer may be read by a consultant; if four weeks is deemed an appropriate waiting time for a rapid clinic; if a verbal report on the scan may be given to the general practitioner of the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24716/19]

Carer's Benefit Applications

James Browne

223. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to delays affecting carer’s benefit applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24757/19]

Arts Funding

James Browne

64. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to fund arts projects in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24055/19]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

James Browne

55. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which he plans to reduce the social housing waiting lists in County Wexford; his plans to provide additional affordable housing in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23192/19]

Passport Applications

James Browne

136. Deputy James Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport application by a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an affidavit in respect of the application has already been submitted; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the affidavit was signed by a notary public; if there are commissioners for oaths in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24195/19]

Tax Code

James Browne

169. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding changing tax regulations affecting self-employed fishermen; if he will consider changes to allow the taxes of self-employed fishermen to be deducted at source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23840/19]

Mental Health Services Staff

James Browne

435. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of key workers to mental health service users; the position regarding individual mental health service user care plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23304/19]

Hospital Transfers

James Browne

440. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) waiting for a transfer to the National Rehabilitation Hospital after a five-month wait in Beaumont Hospital will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23328/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

James Browne

509. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if an urgent operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23595/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

James Browne

521. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) is on an urgent hospital waiting list but will not be seen for at least 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23656/19]

Counselling Services Provision

James Browne

652. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care at the end of May 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [24036/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision

James Browne

653. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment at the end of May 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [24037/19]

Psychological Services Waiting Lists

James Browne

654. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care at the end of May 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [24038/19]

Mental Health Services Provision

James Browne

655. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units between 1 January 2019 and 31 May 2019. [24039/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff

James Browne

656. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff appointed to child and adult mental health services in each CHO to date in 2019; and the net increase in staff numbers resulting from such recruitment in each CHO to date in 2019, in tabular form. [24040/19]

Mental Health Services Staff

James Browne

657. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health whole-time equivalents now needed to be recruited for the full implementation of A Vision for Change, taking account of demographic changes in each CHO for the end of May 2019; and the teams and specialities in which the additional staff are required by CHO, in tabular form. [24041/19]

Mental Health Services Staff

James Browne

658. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of new whole-time equivalent positions the allocation of the €55 million in new funding for mental health in 2018 is to provide; the number of such positions now in place; and the number of positions by category (details supplied), in tabular form. [24042/19]

Mental Health Services Staff

James Browne

659. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff for mental health services in each of the years from 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the original estimate for expenditure for mental health agency staff in each year, in tabular form. [24043/19]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

James Browne

660. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received mental health services under the treatment abroad scheme in each of the past five years. [24044/19]

Mental Health Services Staff

James Browne

661. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the posts from the 2015 funding of €35 million for mental health; the number of posts this allocation now supports; the number filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24045/19]

Mental Health Services Staff

James Browne

662. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the posts from the 2016 funding of €35 million for mental health; the number of posts this allocation now supports; the number filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24046/19]

Mental Health Services Staff

James Browne

663. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the posts from the 2017 funding of €15 million for mental health; the number of posts this allocation now supports; the number filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24047/19]

Road Projects

James Browne

797. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a joint bid to hold a fundraising event on a new road will be supported (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23410/19]

Civil Registration Legislation

James Browne

857. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when persons will be able to retrospectively register as parents as per the Civil Registration Act 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23442/19]

Household Benefits Scheme

James Browne

866. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position on the reintroduction of the household benefits package to recipients of carer's allowance who do not live with the people for whom they care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23322/19]

Home Loan Scheme

James Browne

961. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an adjudged bankrupt that has lost all property in bankruptcy proceedings and subsequently arranged their divorce or legal separation can avail of the first-time buyers Rebuilding Ireland home loan mortgage, despite previously owning property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23367/19]

Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times

James Browne

35. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the delays in processing reviews for social welfare payments, including carer's allowance, disability allowance and domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22786/19]

HSE Funding

James Browne

84. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23064/19]

Air Quality

James Browne

121. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the recent vote by Wexford County Council to make County Wexford a smoke free zone based on significant air quality issues in New Ross and Enniscorthy; his views on the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23055/19]

Local Improvement Scheme Funding

James Browne

54. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to provide additional funding for the local improvement scheme in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22730/19]

Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts

James Browne

83. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason secondary school SNAs work during the month of June in view of the fact that only State exams are taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22978/19]

Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts

James Browne

84. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding differing levels of pay between SNAs at primary and secondary level, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22979/19]

Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts

James Browne

85. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for salary and working hours disparity between primary and secondary school SNAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22980/19]

Childcare Costs

James Browne

25. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to develop targeted supports for parents and guardians in County Wexford paying for childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21740/19]

Office of Public Works Properties

James Browne

73. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will consider transferring the ownership of a building to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22507/19]

Health Services

James Browne

205. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider upgrading mobile phones used by therapists who facilitate a DBT group at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22310/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

James Browne

211. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of registered general nurses to CAMHS for phlebotomy services, particularly in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22335/19]

Mental Health Services Provision

James Browne

219. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the reason the primary care mental health service in an area (details supplied) has been suspended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22360/19]

Primary Care Centres

James Browne

246. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand a health centre in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22500/19]

Bituminous Fuel Ban

James Browne

350. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will implement a ban on the sale of smoky coals in locations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22371/19]

Childcare Services Funding

James Browne

409. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the new national childcare scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that changes to funding streams are affecting after-school project services in disadvantaged areas; the way in which these after-school project services will be funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22421/19]

Rail Network

James Browne

53. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has applied to the European Union to designate the Dublin to Rosslare railway line with Trans-European Transport Network, TEN-T, core status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21726/19]

Mental Health Services Data

James Browne

130. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in the Central Mental Hospital; the number of operative beds there; the reason non-operative beds are not in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22141/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

James Browne

131. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the approved positions and vacancies within CAMHS services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22142/19]

Health Services Provision

James Browne

161. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if there are supports such as home help available to families struggling to cope with newly born triplets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22232/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff

James Browne

166. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of registered general nurses to CAMHS for phlebotomy services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22279/19]

Civil Registration Service

James Browne

201. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when persons will be able to retrospectively register as parents as per the Civil Registration Bill 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22148/19]

Bituminous Fuel Ban

James Browne

68. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the introduction of a nationwide ban on smoky fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21342/19]

School Accommodation

James Browne

255. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of a new school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the lack of an outdoor play area, indoor play area and toilet facilities at its premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21674/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

James Browne

256. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the forecast demand process for an area (details supplied) for primary and post-primary special classes has noted a rise in the number of children seeking places for these classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21675/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

James Browne

257. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the attention of the NCSE and his Department have been drawn, for future reference, to indications of the willingness of schools to establish special classes there, including a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21676/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

James Browne

258. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new school inclusion model; the description of behaviour practitioners that will be employed as part of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21677/19]

Garda Recruitment

James Browne

288. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Public Appointments Service process for Garda recruitment does not accept a dyslexic exemption for languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21509/19]

Health Services

James Browne

334. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of the remuneration and reimbursement scheme; if the scheme will reopen to new applicants; if so, when the scheme will reopen; the number availing of the scheme by community healthcare organisation, CHO; if there is a waiting list for new applicants; if so, the number on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21358/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments

James Browne

345. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the reason pre-fair deal hospital patients must pay an additional €2 of their €5 pension increase to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21423/19]

Paediatric Services

James Browne

393. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the loco parentis rule within paediatric homecare packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21645/19]

National Monuments

James Browne

692. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a location (details supplied) in County Wexford; if funding to secure this unstable site will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21917/19]

Combatting Cyberbullying

James Browne

9. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to revise harassment laws here taking into consideration the impact of cyberbullying on the mental health of a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20940/19]

School Transport Appeals

James Browne

64. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to correspondence of 7 May 2019 regarding an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21241/19]

Teachers' Remuneration

James Browne

67. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a qualified teacher (details supplied); if the teacher is paid in line with point one of the teaching pay scale in spite of pre-2009 years of experience; if the person's past teaching experience will be recognised; if the person's experience in different professions will be recognised; if this experience can be viewed as incremental credit; if the teacher's service can be backdated to November 2018 when the person began teaching; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21282/19]

Judicial Appointments

James Browne

76. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of justices to alleviate the lengthy delays in the High Court between a criminal case being ready for trial and the first available trial date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21287/19]

Dental Services Staff

James Browne

120. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a HSE orthodontist at a location (details supplied); if efforts are under way to establish the post as a full-time position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21242/19]

Medicinal Products Regulation

James Browne

121. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by master medical herbalists regarding the Treatment of Cancer (Advertisements) Bill 2018 and the implication of same on the profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21243/19]

Patient Data

James Browne

73. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of children presenting at emergency departments nationwide with self-harm injuries, suicide attempts and-or overdoses in each of the years 2014 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20855/19]

Civil Defence

James Browne

81. Deputy James Browne asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding legal advice provided to his Department concerning State assurances for Civil Defence; when his Department received this legal advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21002/19]

Civil Defence

James Browne

82. Deputy James Browne asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he plans to ensure that the licence renewal for the Civil Defence will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21003/19]

Local Authority Funding

James Browne

266. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason he has not released funding to local authorities for the Rebuilding Ireland programme; when this funding will be released; if his attention has been drawn to the impact of the decision on local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21115/19]

Job Initiatives

James Browne

58. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to address the issue of unemployment and the need for further investment in the south east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20361/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

James Browne

162. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding insufficient secondary school places for children in ASD units in County Wexford; his plans to increase provision of second level ASD units in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20609/19]

Teacher Discipline

James Browne

174. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if circular 0071/2014 will be reviewed with a view to defining exceptional circumstances; if the circumstances and criteria for such exceptional circumstances will be set out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20653/19]

Teacher Discipline

James Browne

175. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of transfers of teachers relying on exceptional circumstances in respect of circular 0071/2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20654/19]

Technological Universities Status

James Browne

191. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the establishment of a technological university for the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20848/19]

Missing Persons

James Browne

201. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Garda Modernisation and Renewal Programme 2016-2021 does not make reference to a policy or practice regarding missing person cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20429/19]

Missing Persons

James Browne

202. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he plans to develop a cross-departmental framework on missing person cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20431/19]