260. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the energy savings achieved in each calendar year by each of the 11 individual obligated parties (details supplied) since the commencement of the energy efficiency obligation scheme in 2014; the methods used to achieve these energy savings, by year for each of the 11 individual obligated parties; his views on the operation of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4847/18]
206. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if increased home care in the morning and a hoist can be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4714/18]
187. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of legislation to create a specific offence of interfering with life-saving equipment such as defibrillators and lifebuoys; the engagement he has had with groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4850/18]
167. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4761/18]
68. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to address the lack of housing supply in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4483/18]
642. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when Irish Water will issue a discharge licence to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4426/18]
634. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the maximum number of municipal district members for each municipal district under the terms of reference for local electoral boundary committee number 2 set up under the 2018 review of local electoral areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4203/18]
619. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4538/18]
587. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if funding will be directed towards upskilling Tús supervisors; if such supervisors will be able to move to similar departments, such as LEADER or the county council; if such supervisors will be able to carry over their years of service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4096/18]
586. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to set out the number of Tús supervisors being laid off; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4095/18]
565. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department’s mental health services working group involving the HSE, the Department of Health and Tusla will examine the growing influence of social media and smartphones on young persons' mental health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4520/18]
564. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has consulted with the Department of Health to use mental health research to help deliver the preparing for life family intervention programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4519/18]
563. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to expand the family intervention programme, Preparing for Life, to other parts of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4518/18]
562. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to encourage young persons to limit screen time spent on smartphones; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4513/18]
532. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail will increase the number of carriages from three to four on the 1.35 p.m. train service from Dublin Connolly to Wexford in view of the fact that regular train services on this route take four carriages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4063/18]
525. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the creation of a digital safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4506/18]
524. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a ban on advertising on smartphones that is aimed at children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4505/18]
504. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans of the Office for Emergency Planning for the creation of an emergency alert text messaging system for users of mobile phones in order that text message alerts can be received in cases of emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3999/18]
493. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the level of support under the TAMS scheme to reflect the need for farmers in County Wexford to purchase low-emission slurry spreading technologies that meet the terms of Ireland’s nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4187/18]
492. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding Ireland’s nitrates derogation, which seeks to ensure that 50% of slurries be spread before mid-June; if his Department has examined alternative timeframes to ensure that weather unpredictability does not create undue hardship for farmers in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4186/18]
466. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE's use of dialectical behaviour therapy to address instances of self-harm and suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4521/18]
465. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has noted possible links between the need for speech therapy and increased usage of smartphones among children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4517/18]
464. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE deals with young persons accessing mental health care in a sensitive, transparent and helpful manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4515/18]
463. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his plans to encourage young persons to limit screen time spent on smartphones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4512/18]
462. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the way in which his Department plans to commence training programmes to help recognise signs of mental issues as outlined in the national youth mental health task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4511/18]
461. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the way in which his Department plans to create an independent advocacy and information service aimed at young persons' mental health as outlined in the national youth mental health task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4510/18]
460. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to implement the recommendations set out in the national youth mental health task force report for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4509/18]
459. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has examined possible links between eating disorders and self-harm and young persons' use of social media apps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4507/18]
412. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the additional estimated cost to provide a quadrivalent vaccine for winter 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4211/18]
411. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if a cost assessment has been conducted on the amount a quadrivalent vaccine would cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4210/18]
410. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if a tender has been completed for the next winter 'flu vaccination; the cost of this tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4209/18]
409. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of multidisciplinary community mental health teams in the areas of general adult, child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, intellectual disability, old age and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4208/18]
408. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of multidisciplinary community mental health teams in place; the number that are fully populated; the number and type of teams per community healthcare organisation, CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4207/18]
407. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of multidisciplinary community mental health teams working at weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4206/18]
406. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 810 of 13 July 2017, if an updated briefing plan is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4205/18]
405. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 810 of 13 July 2017, if the HSE achieved implementation of seven over seven mental health supports across all community healthcare organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4204/18]
393. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4123/18]
385. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if his Department will revise the terms affecting tendering for production of the 'flu vaccination to counter four strains of flu instead of three strains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4100/18]
384. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if his Department will create a tendering process for four-strain influenza protection; if a cost-benefit analysis of this need has been conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4099/18]
383. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the steps will he will take to ensure that the winter 'flu vaccine serves as the optimal vaccination protection in view of the recent 'flu epidemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4098/18]
382. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the longest length of time a child has spent in an adult psychiatric ward; the age of the child in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4097/18]
375. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his plans for expanding respite services in County Wexford in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4067/18]
374. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to fund a respite house (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4066/18]
373. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a house (details supplied) in County Wexford which is adapted for disability living and lies vacant most of the week; if the HSE plans to use respite funding to open the house for respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4065/18]
363. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if individual general practitioners or general practitioner representative bodies have been or will be consulted as part of the review of the child and adolescent mental health services standard operating procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4002/18]
362. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if representatives from the various children's respite organisations (details supplied) have been or will be consulted as part of the upcoming primary care steering group meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4001/18]
361. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the loco parentis rule whereby agency nurses working HSE home care day hours cannot permit parents to leave the home unless another adult is present; if the rule will be reviewed in view of its restrictive nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4000/18]
288. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in the Garda Wexford division as of 31 December in each of the years 2015 to 2017 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4064/18]
260. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps in place for schools to deal with incidents of self-harm among pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4516/18]
259. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department liaises with the Department of Health to ensure that teachers are equipped to identify schoolchildren who may require access to mental health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4514/18]