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Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 491: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 8 May 2012, the exact date on which the appointment for a patient (details supplied) has been set. [23978/12]

Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (15 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 518: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to cut the home care package of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24187/12]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (15 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 528: To ask the Minister for Health the current and projected configuration of mental health services across counties Cavan and Monaghan; the further changes that have or are being considered the implications, if any, for the terms of the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24069/12]

Child Abuse (15 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the Minister had any cross-departmental engagement on the critical need to increase additional funding support for the implementation of this legislation? There is an across-the-board recognition that there will be an upsurge in reporting. Some spell all sorts of calamitous situations but we all have to be realistic that there will be an increase. The services are already under...

Child Abuse (15 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----without adequate resourcing will not suffice. Will the Minister please comment on this?

Child Abuse (15 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As a point of information, the Minister is correct in that the committee is doing good work, with excellent groups coming before it. The structuring of these Houses means that while we are dealing with the Minister in Question Time today, the committee is having further deliberations on the Children First guidelines in the basement, meeting groups coming before it. We have not got the gift...

Departmental Programmes (15 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The first children's strategy document, Our Children - Their Lives, was published in 2000. The Minister is aware that a significant number of intentions forming part of that strategy have not been realised over the intervening 12 years. Will the Minister give us a detailed outline of the areas that have not been addressed or addressed fully? Will she assure us that they will be given...

Departmental Programmes (15 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The report indicated "children will be provided with the financial supports necessary to eliminate child poverty". We are all well aware of the reality in which we live today, and an end to child poverty has not come about for many children, as they face poverty in daily life experience. There are also measures relating to social exclusion, particularly the fact that many children from...

Child Care Services (15 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the absence of a comprehensive 24 hour child protection service has left Gardaí as frontline protectors of children in emergency; her plans to rectify this deficiency in the State's response mechanism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24236/12]

Child Care Services (15 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It was in November, in the course of a response on the review of serious incidents in care services, including the deaths of children in care, that the Minister referred in the House to the Cork and Donegal pilot projects. All of this was in the context of a progress report on the Ryan report implementation group which was placed before the Houses in July last. There is also an...

Children in Care (15 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is still no statutory right to aftercare and there are no guarantees for young people leaving high support units or special care units regarding accommodation or support. Am I right in saying that in response to my question the Minister said that four young people have left either high support or a special care unit in each of the past five years, a total of 20?

Children in Care (15 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In respect of the second part of the question, the Minister said the number of these children who did not receive aftercare services was zero, that they all received aftercare services.

Children in Care (15 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister will be aware there has been great concern in relation to this area for quite a number of reasons that we have articulated here in the past and, indeed, shared. The logical question is whether there is ongoing monitoring of these young people as they make their way through very difficult years into adult life. Is there ongoing monitoring of the level of support? Where the...

Children in Care (15 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is because they have been in high support special care units that I am concerned. The fact that they were in those settings means they had particular requirements and high support needs. The position for them is not the same as that for everyone else who reaches the age of 18 years and moves into young adult life. It would be very important to obtain some of the specific details...

Written Answers — Road Signage: Road Signage (9 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in the review of speed limits and road signage throughout the State. [23037/12]

Inquiry into Patient Abuse (9 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Cheann Comhairle as an seans labhairt ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo. The High Court case settled by Mr. Ronan MacConnoran highlights once again the scandal of what happened to the victims of Mr. Michael Shine. As stated by Mr. MacConnoran's solicitor, no quarter was given by the State side in defending the case. This is one of the greatest scandals ever to blight...

Inquiry into Patient Abuse (9 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We have to recognise that the long delay in these Garda inquiries is only likely to lead us to one place - Michael Shine will have passed on. There will be no opportunity for his victims to face their abuser and to give account of the terrible vista he visited on their young lives. It is understandable that among the voices of the abused, there are those who believe that indeed is a...

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (8 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints made by gardaí in relation to a lack of or substandard patrol cars and the steps taken to address these complaints during each year of 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22676/12]

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (8 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce measures to reduce the number of burglaries in rural areas in view of the closure of some rural Garda stations. [22675/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (8 May 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to bring forward legislation to remove the legal obstacles to the abolition of ground rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22578/12]