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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (14 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 629. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 2 May 2013, if he will provide a progress report on the proposal to develop a primary care centre at Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22412/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (14 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date regarding the preparation of anti-bullying procedures for schools being undertaken in his Department; if he is confident that these will be introduced in schools in September, as previously advised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21761/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (14 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any consideration has been given to bringing forward to first-year second level classes the current range of transition year led projects aimed at combatting bullying and cyber-bullying; if these initiatives could apply in both first and transition yeears as a matter of course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21765/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Support Services (14 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken, or intends to take, to address the fact, now confirmed in her Department's report, that households with children, and in particular, lone parent families, have been the worst affected by the measures contained in Budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21768/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (14 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has carried out a review of the decision to cease payment of a carer's allowance claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; when a revised decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23009/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 647. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of any engagement he has had or plans to have with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, regarding those children who were adversely affected by the administration of the flu vaccine drug Pandemrix and who are suffering as a consequence from the chronic sleep disorder known as narcolepsy; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 648. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied); if he has concerns that this case may reflect a wind-down in supports in other cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21772/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (14 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 657. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out in an itemised way his Department's spending to date on outside contracts for legal and other advice on his proposed system of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22653/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (14 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 658. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out in an itemised way his Department's spending to date on outside contracts for legal and other advice on his proposed extension of free general practitioner care initially to long-term illness patients and subsequently to all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22654/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 674. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22771/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (14 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 712. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of all genito urinary medicine clinics along the border area; the extent of cross-border usage of these facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23054/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (14 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of privately run care provider organisations receiving funding from the Health Service Executive; their name and contact details; the counties or areas they cover; the financial supports they have received on an annual basis in each of the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; the way in which the sums involved are calculated; and if he will make a...

Other Questions: Child Development (9 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: One cannot overstate the importance of this particular area. We prepare young people for all sorts of responsibilities in life through the education system but there is very little focus on or preparation for the responsibilities of parenting, which is a huge responsibility and arguably even more important than many other considerations currently occupying top positions. We need a...

Other Questions: Ombudsman for Children Reports (9 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Minister for her reply. At the outset, I want to say I have great respect for Ms Logan and for her office. The purpose of my question is to establish whether the Office of the Ombudsman for Children is dealing with the various cases that come before it. We all receive the annual report - I have attended its launch on a number of occasions - and we all then continue on into the...

Other Questions: Ombudsman for Children Reports (9 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Minister's reply. She demonstrates that the essence of what I am trying to get at is actually happening. Whether or not the full potential of what could be achieved is currently in train is something we can explore again. I welcome the positivity of the Minister's reply and I commend that continuing approach to develop it, where possible.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (9 May 2013)

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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (9 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 2. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has proceeded to seek expressions of interest from interested persons or nominations of specific persons who would be prepared to serve as members of the board of the yet to be established Child and Family Agency; the number of board positions she intends for the new Agency; if a person (details supplied) has taken up her position...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (9 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: For the Minister's information, at this morning's meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children, I urged that we take the opportunity to engage with Norah Gibbons on the earliest date possible and we hope to do that over the next couple of weeks although we are heavily involved in addressing upcoming legislation with hearings on the heads of the Protection of Life During...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (9 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I commend to the Minister the inclusion of the salient expertise, relevant knowledge and experience in the family resource centre network. I have personal experience of its worth in my constituency and that is reflected the length and breadth of the country. It is very important that it continues to have that involvement and access. I appreciate that the Minister would not have the...

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical goods) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move amendment No. 18:In page 36, after line 30, to insert the following:"37.--The Minister shall, within three months of the commencement of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the potential implications on patient safety and public health, in the event of medicinal products in the anti-epileptic drug class, when used in the treatment of persons with...