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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health the occupational therapy services for children living in the Ballinasloe area of County Galway; the number of children on waiting lists for same; the longest and shortest waiting period; if there are plans to enhance the service and for a timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57133/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an occupational therapy appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57134/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health the full details of the service level agreement entered into by the Health Service Executive Dublin North East with a company (details supplied); if he will confirm his assent for this agreement; if he will confirm his awareness of and assent for the work to be undertaken by the company; if he will confirm his awareness of and assent for the terms of reference...

Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On my behalf and on behalf of Sinn Féin I fully support the motion in the name of the Deputies in the Technical Group. The motion recognises the absolutely critical contribution of carers in our society and it calls for the reversal of one of the cruellest cuts in budget 2013, the cut to carer's respite grant. I ask all Ministers and all Government Deputies who were in the last...

Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am happy to fill the minute if that is what you want me to do, a Cheann Comhairle.

Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will certainly reiterate my appeal to the Minister of State. This is one of those glaring obscenities in budget 2013 of which there are many. I am very conscious of the extent of the discomfort this has caused for backbench Deputies in both Fine Gael and Labour - it is not unique to Labour in this instance. I urge the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, to use her special position in...

Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I can appreciate that the Minister would be concerned but I wonder if she is in a position to give the House any assurance on the funding that will follow in the advent of the Child and Family Support Agency. We know from the supplementary budget secured by the Department of Health that there was an element of the €360 million allocation that impinged on identified needs to get to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Support Agency (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Minister's acceptance of the reasonableness of my request. The Minister will understand that in the absence of this information, people, be they political voices or from the non-governmental sector, will have real concerns and these will be fuelled by the absence of critical information. I commend to the Minister at the earliest possible time in the new year to furnish elected...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Support Agency (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the position in relation to theintroduction of the necessary legislation to facilitate the establishment of the Child and Family Support Agency; when she expects to publish this legislation; the date from which she expects the new agency to be functioning under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Support Agency (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The purpose of my question is not to trip up the Minister or her Department. I am anxious to see the new agency established as quickly as possible. The hope and expectation of all we have achieved in the course of this year rests largely on the made for purpose Child and Family Support Agency and the hope that it will be properly resourced to give effect to the people's wishes as expressed,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children's Rights Referendum (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Minister's response, which I take as a positive indication that the Government is taking the decision on board. It cannot be more clear and, no pun intended, it is crystal following the recent judgment. I hope we will arrive at a space where the Referendum Commission is seen as the independent voice for the dissemination of that independent view to the wider public, and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children's Rights Referendum (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason, despite the recorded concerns of the Referendum Commission chairman in the previous referendum (details supplied), the Government proceeded with the publication of a parallel information guide to that prepared and distributed by the Referendum Commission in the Children's Referendum, running the risk of confusion; and if she will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children's Rights Referendum (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not doubt the Minister's intent, and that is clear from the question I tabled. My concern is that if we have not already done so, we must learn from the lessons of the past. Last August, Mr. Justice Kevin Feeney, the former chairman of the Referendum Commission for the fiscal or austerity treaty referendum, depending on one's point of view, cautioned against this approach on the basis...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the institutions in which children with special care needs have been placed overseas by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56768/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Children's Strategy (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will list the 20% of actions from the National Children Strategy that have not been completed; and the reason that they have not been completed [56767/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost of the EU Presidency 2013 on his Department and its agencies; if he will provide a full breakdown of same; the way this cost compares to the previous Irish Presidency; the specific sponsorship deals which have been entered into in respect of the EU Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the impact of changes to pupil-teacher ratios on PLC courses and the total number of teaching posts in the Cavan/Monaghan area in view of Budget 2013; if he will detail the impact assessment that was conducted in advance of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56479/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 20 November 2012, if he will give assurances to students in receipt of a maintenance and top up grant for the academic year 2012/2013 under the category NA1-T, that second and subsequent instalments are guaranteed and will not be reduced as a result of Budget 2013; if he will, in addition provide details...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in respect of a Student Universal Support Ireland application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if he will process this application as a matter of urgency; when first payment will issue [56883/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Education Committees (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline and stages of plans to amalgamate Cavan and Monaghan vocational education committees; if he will confirm that the incoming newly amalgamated board is to have only two staff representatives, one from Cavan and one from Monaghan; his views on whether this is under-representative in view of the role of staff in the delivery of services;...