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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Representations (5 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to local elected representatives, town, county, city and borough councillors to make representations to Student Universal Support Ireland on behalf of constituents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5795/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (5 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan has had their appeal refused when the information was provided in terms of their means; if same will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5302/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (5 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details on the commencement of the National Vetting Bureau Act in March 2013; if all provisions in the Act will be commenced at this time; if the National Vetting Bureau will receive additional resources to process the applications in view of the fact that it is taking approximately 12 weeks for applications to be examined; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (5 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is double charging of the prescription charge on medical card holders where the prescription item, as prescribed by the general practitioner, is not available in the milligram dosage prescribed that is 15mg of a given tablet available only in 10mg and 5mg, 7.5mg of a given tablet available only in 5mg and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Report (5 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 19 December 2012, when the full and completed Walsh report into the practice of symphysiotomy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6065/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation (31 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way in which small area renewable energy projects can feed their electricity into the main electricity grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4690/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (31 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health the person that is undertaking the review of the National Traveller Health Advisory Committee; the date on which it will be completed; when the next meeting of the National Traveller Health Advisory Committee will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4945/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (31 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health of the €115 million additional demographic moneys allocated to Health Service Executive social inclusion budget in 2012, the amount that was allocated towards traveller health developments; of the indicative additional demographic budget of €114 million allocated to social inclusion in 2013, the amount that will be allocated for traveller health;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (31 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the appalling health profile of travellers evident in the All Ireland Traveller Health Study Report published in 2010, when he will develop an action plan/update the National Traveller Health Strategy to address traveller health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4947/13]

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is what we have all read and heard. I understand the paper in question was The Sunday Business Post. Is that correct? I think it was.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: So it was a different paper, was it? Whatever is the case, the Minister agrees that it concerns some newspaper.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am not making any insinuations. I am citing from reports I have read. I have not in the intervening period heard the Minister either denounce or decry the reported statements, which were hugely offensive to the nursing profession. Here we are once again-----

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister has interrupted me sufficiently and he has had a couple of weeks to correct the record.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I would expect that the Minister's press attaché, who has strong roots in the media profession, would be able to scour the newspapers for the Minister. Perhaps, between them, they could drum up the loose change. It is not my responsibility to provide the Sunday papers to the Minister. He is well able to afford to buy the damn things himself.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On the issue of accountability, we had a taste of so-called accountability here yesterday in the course of the Topical Issue debate. This is very relevant to the Bill before us, because it is about the relationship between the HSE and the Minister. This Minister, like his predecessor Mary Harney, hides behind the HSE when it suits and pushes the HSE aside when it suits. He hid behind the...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This Bill is supposedly another step in the Government's health reform programme. The people have grown wary of the word "reform" in the mouth of the Government and, especially, the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly. We are hearing the rhetoric about reform, but the reality is nthat there is regression and retrenchment. When the HSE was established, Sinn Féin argued that it...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I must have dreamt it. The Minister has not withdrawn the remark, unless he is in the process of doing so now.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Minister clarify how this was recounted -----

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----following an interview he gave to a credible Sunday newspaper?

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Whatever the position is, I have not heard the Minister repudiate that report.