Results 9,401-9,420 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Walsh Report on symphysiotomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29413/12]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when redundancy payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that despite his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 1 May 2012 this person was informed by his Department by telephone on 30 May that they were still processing applications from September...

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29603/12]

Written Answers — Domiciliary Care Allowance: Domiciliary Care Allowance (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 398: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the assessment of entitlement to domiciliary care allowance, the procedure used to assess children with suspected autism spectrum disorder; the effort she has made to ensure the assessment is completely standardised and equitable, between different geographical regions and between individual medical assessors; and if she...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 641: To ask the Minister for Health further to a press article (details supplied) if he can confirm that the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, County Laois is no longer in the same category as those hospitals described as smaller hospitals; the specific criteria by which such categorisations are made; the date on which he will publish the framework for smaller hospitals; his...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 649: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will receive a date for surgery at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29601/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Strategy Statements: Departmental Strategy Statements (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 668: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the conflicting advice about carbohydrates and the recommended intake of this food group in his Department's publication Your Guide to Healthy Eating Using the Food Pyramid and the Food Safety Authority's publication Healthy Eating and Active Living for Adults, Teenagers and Children over five years - A Food...

Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 692: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 15 May 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29855/12]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 693: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent changes in mileage allowances for public health nurses in County Cavan; if he will confirm that a mileage reduction came into effect on 1 May and that all primary care staff had their existing allocations reduced by 20.5%; the way this system is implemented and monitored; if similar changes have...

Local Government (Household Charge) (Repeal) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: During Leaders' Questions this afternoon, the Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, stated he lived in the land of reality and added, in reference to the household charge, that it is a law that "the majority of people favour strongly". If he believes that statement, we are in even deeper trouble than I thought when we have such a delusional Taoiseach representing us at EU level. The household charge...

Mental Health Services (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. As she will be aware, a psychiatric unit was promised at Beaumont Hospital 25 years ago when the hospital was constructed. I understand she turned the sod for the new mental health unit in January. Is she confident the January 2013 timeframe is a realisable deadline?

Mental Health Services (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister of State's reply is certainly welcome in terms of the construction timeframe. Will she also assure the House that, against the background of many other concerns Deputies have about existing service units, the new unit will be adequately staffed and resourced to meet the day-to-day needs of its cohort of residents and service users? Given that it will not be completed for...

Mental Health Services (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It will be at least 12 months before service users have access to the new unit. My notes indicate that the north Dublin area is under significant pressure as a result of staff shortages, the ending of admissions to St. Ita's Hospital and the retirement of psychiatric nurses. While the impact of retirements is not unique to north Dublin, they are certainly causing a particular problem in the...

Mental Health Services (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I referred specifically to north Dublin.

Medicinal Products (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I add my voice to those who have called for this drug to be made available to multiple sclerosis sufferers. It is available in the neighbouring jurisdiction and most European countries. At last Thursday's meeting of the Oireachtas health committee the Minister rightly referred to the frustration caused in engaging with the pharmaceutical industry, particularly by its slowness to engage,...

Medical Inquiries (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish an independent inquiry into the manner in which the Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, the then Health Board, the Department of Health, the Medical Council and An Garda Síochána dealt with complaints of abuse by former consultant Michael Shine; if financial assistance will be provided to Dignity 4 Patients for secretarial and...

Medical Inquiries (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In the Minister's responses to me last week at the health committee and again today, he indicated giving consideration to how best to deal with the issues involved in the Michael Shine case. As he has already indicated, some of the possible options in terms of an inquiry or how it would be constructed may not be open to him at this time. What consideration is he therefore giving and what...

Medical Inquiries (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is it possible for the Minister to establish for how long this investigation by the Garda is likely to continue? It has been ongoing for years. If it is to be trundled out as a reason we cannot progress a logical stepped investigation, we must ask what is causing the delay. Why is there such an absence of progress on the Garda's part in this regard? We need to know the facts. Is there a...

Medical Inquiries (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is there not potential within existing arrangements in the Oireachtas configuration to allow such an investigation in this case?

Accident and Emergency Services (19 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Notwithstanding the work of the special delivery unit, does the Minister accept the long waiting times and the overcrowding in accident and emergency departments are directly related to the fact there is, among other factors, inadequate acute hospital bed provision? Is it not the case we cannot move patients from accident and emergency departments into the wards if there is not adequate...