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Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a Health Service Executive official with responsibility for child and family health related services within the asylum system will be seconded to the Reception and Integration Agency.. [34598/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 30 June 2010, if he has received correspondence from a centre (details supplied) in County Cork on the need for an independent complaints mechanism in direct provision centres; if, in view of the issues raised in that letter, he will agree to the establishment of such a mechanism; and...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of persons granted citizenship status, by county of residency, since 2007. [35004/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Irish citizens who have been refused supplementary welfare allowance over the past 12 months for failure to satisfy the habitual residence condition. [34483/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to Irish citizens who have been refused supplementary welfare allowance over the past 12 months for failure to satisfy the habitual residence condition, the number of these that were offered a ticket back to the country they previously resided in; and the number of such offers that were taken up and the number refused....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Irish citizens refused supplementary welfare allowance based on failure to satisfy the habitual residence condition who appealed this decision to the social welfare appeals office over the past three years; the number of these appeals that were successful and the number rejected. [34487/10]

Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil don Teachta Uí Shúilleabháin. I support the motion in the name of the Fine Gael Deputies and I urge all Deputies of every party and none to support the motion. A major price is being paid for the misgovernment of this State over the past 13 years, and among those paying heavily are public patients in our health services. They are now subject to...

Health Service Investigations (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can the Minister confirm that the Hayes report addressed the unopened referrals issue and not just the X-ray situation at Tallaght Hospital? This is not clear from her response. Aside from the processing of the individual letters concerned, what steps have been taken to ensure that there will be no recurrence? Has there been any investigation on whether a similar backlog of referrals has...

Health Service Investigations (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I want to know whether we will avoid a recurrence of what we have witnessed this year.

Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister may or may not be aware that the number of patients on trolleys and chairs in hospitals today is 420. That figure was only 290 on the same date in 2005 when she committed to doing away with it entirely. Between August 2009 and August 2010 there has been an increase of 1,000 in the number of patients waiting more than three months for inpatient and day care treatments. Over the...

Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is not what the hospitals are saying.

Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I always give them.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I once again confirm that the House is unanimous in roundly rejecting what happened in Derry last night and I take the opportunity once again on behalf of Sinn Féin to appeal to those responsible to desist in their actions and to review how they could play a constructive role in the pursuit of their stated objectives. With regard to promised legislation, the State has not ratified the UN...

Order of Business (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I understand the convention has not been ratified.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Taoiseach confirming that is the case?

Order of Business (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Taoiseach certain that we will have the mental capacity Bill this session? Can he guarantee that?

Order of Business (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Regarding my second question on the independent electoral commission promised in the programme for Government, when will we see legislation to bring that about?

Ministerial Responsibilities (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach if he has exercised his powers under the Statistics Act, 1993, including his power under Section 25; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25346/10]

Ministerial Responsibilities (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will not repeat what I said earlier. I apologise, through the Chair, for having failed to note that the grouping did not include Parliamentary Question No. 5. I thought it would have done. In any event, the critical focus is that there was a request made of the Taoiseach going back to last June and in the context of the statistics regarding child deaths in care under the stewardship of...

Ministerial Responsibilities (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is no need.