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Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No. 11 proposes a ministerial rota change for parliamentary questions whereby the Minister for Health will come into the House at the end of next week. There have been many issues presented and highlighted in this House in recent times regarding the crisis in the health service. It is simply not good enough that the Minister is not accountable to the House. Affording us only one...

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That stretches from the very tip of Donegal to the Limerick border with Cork and Kerry and this is the position people in the west will face after 30 June. When will Members get the chance to address this disgraceful situation?

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: A Cheann Comhairle, as an elected representative and health spokesperson, I am demonstrating to you that there is no accountability in this House. Members see new crises unfolding within the health service every day and the Minister will not be present to take account of such matters or to advise the House on the steps he is taking to address them.

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is a crisis of untold proportions for those who depend on dialysis across the entire western region of this island. This is a serious matter and I ask the Minister to indicate through the Taoiseach that he will come to this House this week to address this critical matter for patients depending on dialysis access and for cancer services-----

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----throughout the west.

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach respond?

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Members want the Minister to come into this House to address this most recent issue.

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is not good enough as this is much too serious.

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not agreed.

Credit Availability (16 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister for Finance and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation need to act urgently because the banks in this State are actually destroying viable businesses. The Government and its predecessor have poured billions of public money into these banks. The present coalition in its programme for Government and in its so-called jobs initiative has made commitments to make credit...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (16 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 32: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that landlords register their properties and tenancies with the Private Residential Tenancies Board. [15634/11]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (16 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 38: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to deal with anti-social behaviour by tenants in private residences. [15633/11]

Written Answers — Patient Private Property Accounts: Patient Private Property Accounts (16 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health the estimated figure for the total amount held in patients' private property accounts by the Health Service Executive; if he has satisfied himself that sufficient guidelines, practices and monitoring are in place to ensure proper procedures regarding these moneys following the deaths of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In supporting the motion I wish to address two main issues: first, access to water as a basic human right that is essential for life and health; and, second, the democratic right of the Irish people to determine how we should deploy our own resources and how we should pay for them. The former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has stated: "Access to safe water is a fundamental human...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (15 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the social welfare appeals office will hold an oral hearing in relation to the appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15125/11]

Written Answers — Garda Disciplinary Proceedings: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (15 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent decision by the courts to suspend a sentence of imprisonment on a member of An Garda Síochána found guilty of a serious assault charge; and if he proposes any legislative changes to reinforce in practice the principle of equality of all citizens before the law, including in terms of sentencing policy. [15673/11]

Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (15 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 542: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of relatives caring for children who are in receipt of foster care allowance. [15375/11]

Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (15 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 543: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the definition of "private arrangement" used by the Health Service Executive in to the placing of children in the care of relatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15374/11]

Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (15 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 544: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in each local health office area that have been placed with a person as a private arrangement by the Health Service Executive social workers during each year since 1998; the number of these persons who are relatives of the child or children in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 630: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 632 of 3 May 2011 the status of the Health Service Executive's reply. [15139/11]