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Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is a terrible slight on the professional staff.

Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: You know about it.

Stroke Services (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the focus of this motion on stroke and stroke services. I commend Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan and her co-signatories for placing it on the clár of the Dáil. The motion describes very well the reality of stroke and how large it looms in the lives of the Irish people. It causes some 2,000 deaths each year, which is approximately ten times more than the number of people killed on...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish the preliminary proposals the Health Service Executive has developed regarding the outsourcing of assessment agencies for the purposes of inter-country adoption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8053/12]

Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 15 December 2011, if she has received the following requested information from the Health Service Executive: the number of persons currently acting as foster carers here; the number of relative foster carers here; the number of foster careers who have not been Garda vetted; and the...

Departmental Reports (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In my question I asked for the date on which the Minister will publish the new national children's strategy. Could the Minister elaborate on that? What level of civil society engagement will be included in the consultation process and what resources will be allocated? Will there be an implementation plan to go alongside it? Are we waiting for the end of the process or can we do things...

Departmental Reports (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Minister's response.

Health Service Staff (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers and employees in the Health Service Executive run residential care homes who will have retired by the end of February; her plans to replace these workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8502/12]

Health Service Staff (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is more than anecdotal evidence that social workers across the child care area are hugely challenged by the volume of cases and information presenting. This is something we must recognise, not only in terms of the current situation but in terms of the situation likely to present following the enactment of various legislation to which the Minister and the Government are committed,...

Health Service Staff (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: May I put a brief supplementary question?

Health Service Staff (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have just one point. In the Minister's first response to this group of questions, she used the term "fortunately, not all in the one place" in referring to the exodus of personnel.

Health Service Staff (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That would worry me, although I can see how the Minister might look at it. Where is the fortunate aspect unless there is an intent not to ensure replacement? If these personnel were in one or a small number of locations, it would create an immediate crisis. Will the Minister assure us on the floor of the House that because these personnel are going in ones and twos in a range of areas...

Health Service Staff (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It will not be from community services.

Health Service Staff (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I asked the Minister about her use of the word "fortunately". Will she respond to my worries and concerns that she will not actually follow this-----

Health Service Staff (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will they all be replaced?

Garda Investigations (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received the report of the Garda Inspectorate on Garda investigations of sexual offences against children; if she is addressing on an ongoing basis together with the Department of Justice the shortcomings identified in the report, including turf wars between the Health Service Executive and the Garda allegations of...

Garda Investigations (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The report of the Garda Inspectorate was commissioned in 2009 by a former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Following its presentation to the then Minister in late 2010, it was not made public, allegedly owing to so-called legal constraints. Will the Minister advise the House as to the reason we had to wait for so long before the report was placed in the public domain? What...

Garda Investigations (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given the seriousness of the deficiencies highlighted in the Garda Inspectorate's report, will the Minister ask for an update report on the joint efforts being employed by the Garda and Health Service Executive to address them? It is not sufficient to presume or assume these matters have been dealt with in the manner in which one would expect them to be dealt with. Will the Minister ask...

Homeless Persons (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I would not take any solace from that. I am of the view that whatever methodology is employed is missing out on real situations. I have no doubt that is the case. It may very well be that young people, in particular, may not gravitate towards the city centre and if they are from suburban city areas they may very well find themselves an opportunity to sleep rough closer to home and the...

Homeless Persons (14 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Minister's indication that she is engaging with stakeholders in the widest sense, including NGOs. I presume she is referring to Threshold, Focus Ireland and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Can she indicate whether the process is already under way? The level of proactivity required in this area should be employed in this instance. It is hugely important. If one was to...