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Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Yesterday's report in The Irish Times raises many questions, including, yet again, a question regarding the Minister's decision-making capacity. Why is it, some 18 months after the welcome announcement in January 2012 of €3 million in additional, much needed funding for autism services, that we find that only 10% of that allocation has been spent, all of it this year, with nothing at...

Other Questions: Obesity Strategy (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join Deputy Kelleher in welcoming the progress on the issue of menthol cigarettes.

Other Questions: Obesity Strategy (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am sorry for the Deputy. It is tough luck.

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Finally, a further €35 million was ring-fenced for mental health services this year, 2013. How much of that ring-fenced €35 million for mental health in 2013 - the second €35 million - has been spent and what has it been spent on, if at all?

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: May I respond to that?

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are on the cusp of the second half of this year and the Minister of State is talking about what she has learned from 2012, yet no new positions have been filled for 2013. This is unacceptable. If people have stopped complaining to the Minister of State, she should ask herself why. They are certainly complaining to Deputy Kelleher, myself and others because there is great concern within...

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is no insult in facing the truth.

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The figure changed by just two between April and May.

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I based my preparation for today's Question Time on the figures for April of this year. The broad position in April was that 383 of last year's promised 414 staff positions had been filled, were under offer or were awaiting clearance. It appears from the April HSE census that the net increase in the number of staff in the mental health services is much lower, however, and that the actual...

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister of State played a good game in her reply, with all respect to her.

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I would like to remind the House of what she indicated in her initial reply with regard to the backfilling of posts and what the HSE confirmed in May. She said that responsibility rests with "the regional directors of operations to decide within the context of their current resources [that is it] whether to fill vacancies that may arise as a result of the appointment of an individual to a...

Other Questions: Health Services Staff Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is all being done in the context of the so-called resources available to these directors, and not in the context of the needs of the services themselves or those who present themselves because they need care and attention. The Minister of State can call these posts what she likes and explain them as she pleases - as she has described, some of them are enhanced positions and are welcome in...

Other Questions: Suicide Prevention (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I draw the Minister of State's attention not to what is best practice in Germany or Scotland, although I recognise that we have similar issues to our Scottish neighbours, but to the fact that today the outgoing mayor of South Dublin County Council, with representatives of the HSE and Comhairle na nÓg, is launching a smart phone app entitled MindMindR. I have seen it and I am hugely...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Childhood Obesity (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Minister's acknowledgement that this is a cross-departmental issue. He is right. It will require the enthusiastic involvement of the Departments of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Education and Skills, Children and Youth Affairs and, as the Minister mentioned, Justice and Equality. Is there cross-departmental engagement in a structured co-ordinated way as the Minister suggests...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Childhood Obesity (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 72. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the introduction of a national strategy for a childhood obesity prevention and intervention service; if he has engaged directly or, if not, if he will engage with the anchors/providers of the W82GO childhood obesity treatment programme at Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30747/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Childhood Obesity (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Minister clarify his plans, about which I asked in the first part of my question, for the introduction of a national strategy for a childhood obesity prevention and integration service? I am particularly keen to know if it is part of what he proposes to introduce. At the meeting of the Joint Committee on Health and Children on Thursday, 13 June 2013, we were addressed by experts...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Report (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 589. To ask the Minister for Health the membership of the Steering Committee on the Walsh review of symphysiotomy; the terms of reference; the date on which they commenced work; if they have concluded their deliberations; if not, when he expects them to report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30323/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Report (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 596. To ask the Minister for Health the membership of the Steering Committee on the Walsh review of symphysiotomy; the membership of same; when it commenced work its terms of reference; if it has concluded its deliberations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30532/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Issues (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 107. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise the now anticipated shortfall of non-consultant hospital doctors by hospital site as of 8 July; the specialist disciplines so affected by hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30387/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cochlear Implants (25 Jun 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 125. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm his already signalled intent to provide funding in the health budget for the introduction of a bilateral cochlear implantation programme in 2014; his plans to meet the parents of the children affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30386/13]