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Advance Healthcare Decisions Bill 2012: Second Stage (8 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: She ruled out advance directives for the mental capacity Bill when she addressed a conference------

Advance Healthcare Decisions Bill 2012: Second Stage (8 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----organised by Amnesty International on 3 April 2012. The record is very clear and I ask the Minister to refer his queries to her about the issue.

Written Answers — Cross-Border Projects: Cross-Border Projects (7 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline his discussions with the relevant Ministers in the Northern Executive to promote economic development along the border corridor. [27322/12]

Written Answers — Cross-Border Projects: Cross-Border Projects (7 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline his consideration of the recent research published by the Centre for Cross Border Studies entitled Cross-Border Economic Renewal and its proposals to promote economic growth among the border communities. [27321/12]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (7 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons behind the decision to locate the National Ambulance Control Centre in a new building in Tallaght, Dublin, as opposed to using an existing site, such as that in Tullamore; if the Tullamore, County Offaly site was considered in the decision making process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27594/12]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (7 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the costs associated with the opening of the National Ambulance Control Centre in Tallaght, County Dublin; the extent to which equipment available from existing control centres has and will be used; the cost savings associated with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27595/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (7 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the decision was taken to refuse a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) if he review this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27624/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 384: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current timeframe for dealing with applications for carer's allowance; her plans to increase staffing levels within this section to reduce the length of time applicants are waiting before a decision is made. [26924/12]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 617: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has given approval to Monaghan County Council and a housing association (details supplied) to seek planning permission for the development of a group home for women with physical and sensory disabilities at Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; the projected timeframe for the completion of this project;...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 856: To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he has made to ensure that appropriate diagnostic and support services are available for all women who received defective PIP breast implants; if he will confirm that MRI scans are readily available to these women in both the public and private health systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26339/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 857: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was refused an MRI scan at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; if he will review this and similar cases immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26340/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 858: To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken to ensure that all appropriate medical staff, including general practitioners, are aware of the latest developments in the management of patients who received defective PIP implants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26341/12]

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (6 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 933: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the long term illness scheme; if he will include sufferers of Wegener's Granulomatosis in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26987/12]

Arramara Teo (6 Jun 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 10: To ask the an Aire Ealaíon; Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ar staid reatha Arramara Teo, agus chun a fhiafraí de ar éirigh leis an Roinn aon infheisteoirí a fháil don chomhlacht. [27092/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his plans for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; the status of the school's future development plans; and the action he will take in the coming period in relation to the school. [25788/12]

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (24 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to discuss the matter of teenage parents being discriminated against in education services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23974/12]

Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Dr. Tracey Cooper, who attended the health committee meeting this week, stressed the importance of leadership in the context of health delivery systems in this country. If one cannot measure it, one cannot manage it, to quote the saying. On what date will the health information Bill be published? This Bill aims to provide a legislative framework for the better governance of health...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This morning the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach gave categorical assurances that there would be no changes to the austerity treaty on which the people are being asked to vote this day week. Did the Government argue for no changes or did it just meekly accept that no changes would occur in the treaty text, which will enshrine harsh fiscal rules in international law in which we are being asked to...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not only that there will be no changes in the treaty text but what of the rules it seeks to enshrine in international law and, constitutionally, what will happen after the event? We will have no means of changing those in the future if our worst fears prove well founded. That is my question to the Tánaiste because he must realise this is the last opportunity for an exchange on the...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The steering is locked; it cannot turn right or left. We are heading straight for whatever lies ahead in terms of the consequences. How does the Tánaiste anticipate dealing with the consequences if the worst, well grounded and well articulated fears of the Irish people in all 43 constituencies have a sound basis? What will he do then?