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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (16 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the efforts he has made on behalf of the residents of an area (details supplied) in County Monaghan, to ensure speedy resolution of outstanding site safety and remediation issues for this community; if he has or will liaise with the National Assets Management Agency regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (16 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to criminalise the grooming of children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56781/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: United Nations Conventions (16 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details on the work of the Interdepartmental Committee on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, namely the members of said committee; if a work programme has been developed by the committee; if the committee has made any findings with regard to what is needed for ratification of the convention;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status (16 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times he has revoked the refugee status of recognised refugees awarded by his Department during his period as Minister; the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1743/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health Services (16 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No.154 of 13 December 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive. [1410/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current absence of occupational therapy services in the Ballinasloe area of County Galway; if an occupational therapist has been selected for the area; the time frame for such an appointment and provision of said services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57863/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (16 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health if asylum seekers who leave the direct provision system will have their medical cards revoked, even if they have existing medical conditions; if so, the reason for this in view of the fact that their incomes will still be below the medical card threshold in view of the fact that they are excluded from employment and the social welfare system; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (16 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health with the promised restoration of the pre-September 2012 level of funding for home help hours, if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to arrange an assessment/re-assessment of the home help hours provision for all those whose hours were cut in the last quarter of 2012 with a mind to restoring the withdrawn hours to the greatest number possible,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the Higgins Report on Hospital Groups; if the Report has been received at the Department of Health; if not, when he expects to receive the Report; the way he intends to proceed with the Report; if he will publish the Report before he brings it to Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1302/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he or his Department will receive the report on hospital groups; the date on which he will publish the report and his plans to progress the implementation of hospital groups; if he intends to publish the report and its recommendations before it goes to Cabinet; if he will commit to maintaining the cohesion of the south east region as a single...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the proposal to recruit some 1,000 nurses and midwives at reduced rates of pay as part of the graduate placement programme; if due consideration has been given to the displacement of agency staff, temporary staff and others, including those who are currently on recruitment panels or awaiting full-time posts; the implications of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment with the child development team of the Health Service Executive; the plans in place to ensure that efficient diagnoses are made for children with aspergers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1395/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (16 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health the home help supports available to children with aspergers syndrome or autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1396/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Reform (16 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he received the Health Service Executive National Service Plan; the date on which it will be published; the date on which the individual regional service plans will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1496/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a national adult metabolic unit at the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1512/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the groups present and those who gave their testimony earlier and throughout the three days. All contributions, irrespective of the position or outlook from which they came, were significantly informative and helpful. Some contributions were exceptional. I hope the information gathered over the three days of hearings will inform Government in the preparation of the legislation it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the representatives. Many of the questions over the past three days have been repetitious. I have tried to find something different in each of the contributions and I believe I have found one or two matters on which the witnesses might elaborate. In Choice Ireland's recommendations, No. 3.1 refers to qualifications of doctors involved in the process. Choice Ireland recommends...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. When Ms Simons used the phrase "completely demolished" in reference to the Government, I felt like punching the air and shouting "Hurrah". I only wish it were so. I will set that aside, however, bearing in mind that there is very limited opportunity for us as legislators to question delegates in regard to this very important issue. I note...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the witnesses. We have made no proposal to overturn the constitutional protections for the unborn. Our role is not to make a decision but to facilitate the flow of information. Yesterday an eminent witness spoke about what he described as the discredited Supreme Court judgment and asserted that the process was flawed because no psychiatrist had been consulted. However, on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I would like to repeat some of the questions I asked Professor Binchy already. I thank Mrs. Justice McGuinness for her replies. Professor Binchy suggested that further extensions have followed when most other countries have changed their abortion laws. I made the point that the Irish people would surely be the bulwark in such circumstances. No constitutional change whatsoever is proposed....