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Written Answers — Nursing Home Accommodation: Nursing Home Accommodation (31 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health if he will list the 404 private nursing homes, the 48 voluntary nursing homes and the 121 public nursing homes here at the end of 2011; and the number of beds in each. [4892/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 592: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [4986/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 609: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the extensive cuts in services proposed by the Health Service Executive for Waterford Regional Hospital, including the closing of three theatres and the reduction of in-patient care by 5% - 200 patients - and 10% in day cases - 2000 patients; his plans to prevent such cuts in services; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that the critical care unit at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, the construction of which is near completion, will not now be operational when the building is opened, due to financial restraints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5102/12]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (31 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 611: To ask the Minister for Health if he will work with the Health Service Executive to ensure the future of St Conlon's Nursing Home, Nenagh, County Tipperary, including putting in place measures to allow this home to operate to its full capacity of 33 beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5103/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the Forfás and National Competitiveness Council recommendation that housing benefits should depend on income rather than employment status and should be retained for a period as in in-work benefit. [4340/12]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she did not conduct a review of community employment schemes prior to her decision to cut the training and materials budgets by two thirds; and if she will reinstate the budgets at 2011 levels. [4339/12]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the right to education is vindicated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [4508/12]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further steps he will take to implement in full the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4511/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take directly with the Health Service Executive to ensure that the necessary supports and therapies are made available to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [4509/12]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health the current status of Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005 with regard to children over five and his intentions in terms of implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4510/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Carlow has access to urgent neuro-surgery which has been repeatedly postponed at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4612/12]

Inter-Country Adoption: Statements (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The laws surrounding adoption, both domestic and intercountry, were for many years a tangled web. The Adoption Act 2009 rectified some of the issues at the heart of what was, legislatively speaking, a complex mess. Section 19 of that Act stated that in any matter, application or proceedings before the Adoption Authority or in any court, the welfare of the child must be regarded as the first...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (25 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to offset recent job losses by prioritising job creation in Border counties and in the south east in view of the disproportionate impact of job losses in these areas. [4127/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (25 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made to date in updating the Industrial and Provident Societies Act; the progress made to date to enshrine the co-operative principles set out by the International Co-operative Alliance or ILO recommendation No. 193; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4400/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (25 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he is taking to recognise the 2012 international year of co-operatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4401/12]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (25 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused entry to the State in each year between 2002 and 2009. [4301/12]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (25 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons deported from the State in each year between 2002 and 2009. [4302/12]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Office of the Disability Appeals Officer, ODAO, in view of the fact that the post of disability appeals officer has been vacant for a number of weeks. [4416/12]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the lo-call number advertised on the website of the Office of the Disability Appeals Officer, ODAO, is now monitored for only one hour per day; if the person monitoring this phone line is an official from his Department; and if he considers it appropriate that a Department of Health official is monitoring the phone line in...