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Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No allegations were made.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Nov 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the European Commission's request to the British Government to stop applying a right to reside test to EU nationals on the basis that it amounts to indirect discrimination in contravention of EU law; if she has considered the implications for her policy under section 246(5) to (10) of the Social...

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (2 Nov 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 454: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 21 September 2011, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the information requested has still not issued from the Health Service Executive, and if she will ensure it issues without further delay. [31940/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Nov 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 463: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 471 of 27 September 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [32465/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Nov 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 464: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 27 September 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [32466/11]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (2 Nov 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 465: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 473 of 27 September 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [32467/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Nov 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 498: To ask the Minister for Health if he will inquire into the circumstances which led to distress caused to a person (details supplied) County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31986/11]

Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011: Second Stage (26 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Bill comes before the Oireachtas in, arguably, the worst possible circumstances. It reflects no credit on the Government or on the Oireachtas as a whole. The sorry fact is that the Bill is before us because our International Monetary Fund, IMF, European Central Bank, ECB, and European Union, EU, economic masters insist on it and the Government has to comply. Setting aside the merits of...

Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011: Second Stage (26 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Very significantly the report opposes the corporatisation of the development of the new primary care infrastructure. The danger of corporatisation is one of the concerns raised by some medical professionals in the context of this Bill. If the Minister is following the exchanges on the proposed legislation in the various medical journals, he will be familiar with what GPs and others are...

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Ceann Comhairle is pointing his finger in our direction, but he should be pointing it the other way.

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My amendment concerns the crisis situation in the north east and I support the amendment of my colleague, Deputy Tóibín, calling for an inquiry into the disgraceful overcrowding at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. We are facing into what may be one of the worst ever winters in our health services. If the Fine Gael-Labour Government does not act in accordance with the commitments...

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The programme for Government boasts that this is "the first in the history of the State that is committed to developing a universal, single-tier health service, which guarantees access to medical care based on need, not income". The reality is very different, as many other speakers have outlined here this evening, and is as set out in the Technical Group motion. Every Deputy in this House...

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The situation in the north east-----

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is a disgrace.

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have never yet heard a Minister for Health seek to close down a Deputy outlining the facts of the situation in the health services.

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With all her faults, Deputy Reilly's predecessor never attempted that.

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The INMO has pointed out that 842 patients spent time on trolleys in the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda in September 2011 compared to 331 in the comparable month of the previous year, an increase of 154%. The INMO states that this situation will deteriorate even further in the coming months as the winter period is traditionally worse in emergency departments...

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: May I conclude with this?

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I want a commitment from Fine Gael and Labour that they will not adopt, or even consider, the series of further proposals that are being mooted in regard to a freeze on new medical cards until 2012, the slashing of home-help hours by 600,000 and the removal of 400,000 personal assistant hours. All of these proposals are under consideration and they are a further indication of what some of...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (25 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if regulation 30 of SI 299 of 2007, Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007, is the only regulation governing the testing of local exhaust ventilation; his views on whether this regulation is insufficient to protect workers from equipment which might cause exposure to substances that cause...