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Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I remind the Minister that the Title of this Bill is the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013. This is not the first time the Minister has done this in this year of 2013. Does he have any idea as to how older citizens feel about this measure? This is the second time in this 12 month period the Minister has targeted the medical card entitlement of over 70s...

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It makes no mention of the €500 and the €900.

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I did not have the opportunity to either address the first amendment in my name and that of Deputy Kelleher, or indeed, the specific section to which that amendment referred. The Minister of State's amendment is an opportunity for us to make it crystal clear to him and to his colleagues in the Department of Health that the so-called Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2)...

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is it the case that Members do not individually take each of the sections, as they do on Committee Stage? In other words, do they decide whether the section is agreed?

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I apologise to the Minister of State.

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Order for Report Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Reluctantly.

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is it possible to comment at all?

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is regrettable.

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to raise a point of order in respect of the sections of the Bill. Are the sections taken in the course of Report Stage, section by section?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I apologise for not being here to hear Mr. McEnery's presentation. I welcome him to this meeting. We have been missing each other, as Mr. Whelan will confirm. I am pleased to have this opportunity to welcome him and wish him every success in his new responsibilities. I believe HIQA has an important role to play. I would like to add a little codicil to that, as I have done previously....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have reflected my deep concerns in that regard on previous occasions. I am offering my thoughts to Mr. McEnery now. I do not intend to go into the detail of the corporate plan. I have some concerns. I draw Mr. McEnery's attention to the recent closure of Rath na nÓg in Castleblayney, County Monaghan. It is well within his compass to know that the reasons given for the closure of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Youth Unemployment Measures (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 134. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the high-level conference on youth unemployment hosted by French President François Hollande in Paris on 12 November last; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50413/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding received by each organisation supported under the emigrant support programme in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50438/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget associated with the allocation of 2,000 places on Momentum for young persons under 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50439/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way macroeconomic conditionality will be applied to Irish drawdown of EU funds; what the recent agreement at EU level means for Ireland; the funding streams that will now be subject to this conditionality; the Irish position on macroeconomic conditionality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50502/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Education and Training Provision (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 5 November 2013, if she will provide further details on the 10,000 training places for young unemployed persons including the budget associated with this training; the length of the training courses; the location of these training courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50422/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the findings in the recent OECD economic survey of Ireland which found that a comprehensive national strategy to tackle the very high unemployment rates among the young is lacking, that youth policy is fragmented, with several Government Departments taking individual action, and its recommendation that a more co-ordinated and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the whistleblowing provisions for JobBridge; the way in which a person with concerns about a JobBridge opportunity and/or the JobBridge scheme may report their concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50429/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 382. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a dedicated whistleblowing feedback page on the JobBridge website to facilitate persons with concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50430/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of intern advertisements that have been placed since the start of the jobBridge scheme; the total number of advertised vacancies that have not been filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50431/13]