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Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The volume of matters laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas is significant. The work of members of the respective committees, in this instance, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children, a committee with a dual-portfolio responsibility, is voluminous when it comes to the perusal of statutory instruments, all matters pertaining to European directives, etc. The volume of the...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I support the Minister's amendments. I have also supported amendments - one of which will be coming up for a vote immediately after this - which seek to provide greater clarity and give reassurance to an opposing view or outlook on the legislation. I do not think it is about satisfying anything political. It is about using the opportunities that may present in the course of the final...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Sinn Féin supports the address of the issue of a woman's right to secure the termination of a pregnancy in the context of rape or incest. It is our party policy. The heinous act of rape, with all the physical hurt and mental anguish that accompanies it, is confounded by the failure of our provisions to acknowledge this right to take a particular course of action where a woman is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the development of a new school (details provided) in County Dublin ; if that school is part of the new build schedule; the date on which works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34123/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sunbed Usage (11 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33942/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (11 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 247. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in full, detail of the process for the awarding of the contract for a primary care centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; if the latest contract was agreed as a result of a fully competitive tendering process, the detail of same; the current stage of development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34122/13]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I would be more concerned about what the Minister will do after the Bill is passed. It is in the context of aftercare.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Sinn Féin opposed the proposal to sit until 5 a.m., not because we did not want additional time to discuss the Bill but because the time arrangement is unreasonable. The Bill should not be debated by ever-tiring heads. The Government should have rescheduled for tomorrow and Friday, if necessary, whatever time was required. Fresher, clearer contributions were what we hoped for. The...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Some of the earlier contributions would even question the purpose of the Bill. I am absolutely of the view that the Bill addresses the protection of life both of the pregnant woman and the unborn child. There are other battle lines within political groupings and they are not unique to any one party in this Chamber, but they are there. The fact is that a significant body of opinion in this...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We need to remind ourselves of the Bill’s scope and intent, which I welcome. We in Sinn Féin will support its passage through Report and Final Stages today, but the address of the Bill is the protection of life during pregnancy. As party spokesperson on health, throughout the long discourse on this Bill when first mooted at the end of last year, the hearings in January, the...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (10 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the sub-committee not required to vote on this?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (10 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In that case, I strongly object not only to the inadequate opportunity to address these matters but also to the fact that we are continuing to see a contraction in terms of resource provision in the area of health, not only in the Department but, in particular, in the HSE.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: While I appreciate the time situation, I must protest strongly that the timing of the meeting was wrong.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is very difficult-----

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I made no such inference.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I know, but the clock will not allow us to address the subhead properly.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have raised the matter in my opening remarks. Subhead C1 relates to primary care and community-led demand schemes, which have seen a reduction of 8.6%. My particular area of concern relates to the 950,000 home help hours that were removed. The Minister, in his response, talked about restoring the hours to the 2011 figures and the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, gave a commitment to...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My comment relates to subhead C2. Earlier I made reference to the Health (Amendment) Bill going through the Houses. Its briefing document states that funding available for long-term residential care has been reduced by €20 million in 2013. Earlier, the Minister made a point about other measures with regard to outcome assessments, which is fair enough. Has any evaluation been made...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is an impact assessment being done?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I raised this issue in my opening remarks and I instanced a case only this week where a person with a disability since childhood, having had a medical card while experiencing very serious associated issues, including a bowel condition, and high medical costs, had the medical card taken away on income grounds. We are not talking about massively exceeding thresholds but rather people who are...