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Order of Business (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The final report of what began as the Laffoy commission on institutional child abuse will be published today and I have no doubt that it will highlight a terrible litany of abuse of children by church and State over a number of decades. Will the Taoiseach schedule a debate on the commission's report and will he consider facilitating the same in the coming week so that the House can properly...

Order of Business (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----without proper human rights standards or frequent inspections. That matter requires urgent address in the House. Will the Taoiseach schedule address of the Mental Health Commission report in the context of the very serious content of that report? Allied to this, will the Taoiseach consider bringing forward the mental health (amendment) Bill that has been long scheduled but has yet to...

Order of Business (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Could the Chief Whip indicate if he shares my interpretation of the Taoiseach's response to my request earlier, which was supported by Deputy Gilmore, to have the Laffoy commission report debated in the House? I hope he has the same positive interpretation of the Taoiseach's reply as I hope I can accord to it. The content of the report is of such importance that we must have certainty. Can...

Prison Building Programme. (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I note with some relief the Minister's acknowledgement that there is an alternative to PPPs. On the indication of the possible use of the NPRF for major public capital works, my colleagues and I would have argued for this time after time. Yesterday's announcement regarding Thornton Hall comes hot on the heels of the collapse of regeneration plans for some of Dublin's most marginalised...

Prison Building Programme. (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Government produce a plan, including a timeframe, for the required works on the existing prison stock to address the questions of upgrades and overcrowding? As the question that I read into the record indicated, what steps will the Minister take to remove more non-violent offenders from the prison system? Does the Minister not agree that doing so would be a more cost effective way...

Prison Building Programme. (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Minister introduce additional legislation or amendments to the Bill to end the practice whereby people are imprisoned simply because they are unable to pay a debt? Recently, there was a high profile case in my constituency in that respect.

Prison Building Programme. (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is before the courts for consideration. Will the Minister make arrangements to remove immigrants who are routinely detained for technical or logistical reasons from the prison system, given the fact that they are not being detained in prison circumstances for any crimes and that their presence there is unacceptable? A body of people across all of the areas that I have indicated is...

Prison Building Programme. (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There must be an alternative.

Prison Building Programme. (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister claimed in his response to me that the sum of approximately €11 million that had been expended in the period since the purchase of Thornton Hall was all moneys employed as part of future investment for the project, and that it was not wasted money. Whatever has been expended, if the footprint of what was proposed is not to proceed, surely in terms of site security and whatever...

Prison Building Programme. (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is short-termist in the long term.

Prison Building Programme. (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I would not be proud of that start.

Written Answers — Diseases Classification: Diseases Classification (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if fibromyalgia is recognised as a disease by the Health Service Executive; the procedures that are followed to diagnose this condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20443/09]

Written Answers — Diseases Classification: Diseases Classification (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the campaign to have fibromyalgia recognised as a disease at EU level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20444/09]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in care who have been admitted to hospital in respect of drugs overdoses for each of the past five years; the number of those who were residing in foster care; the number who were in a residential care setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20663/09]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have been placed in residential facilities outside of the State for each of the past five years. [20664/09]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average cost of placing a child in a residential care facility outside of the State; the average cost for placing a child in a public residential care facility here; and the average cost of placing a child in a private residential care facility here. [20665/09]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have been placed in residential facilities outside of the State who have made complaints of abuse of any nature for each of the past five years; if the Health Service Executive have conducted their own investigations into each of the allegations made; the results of such investigations; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the type of care which is provided to children placed in residential care facilities outside of this State that is not available here. [20667/09]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who are on a waiting list for admission to a residential care facility outside of the State; and the number of children who are on a waiting list for admission to a residential care facility here. [20672/09]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (20 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have been removed from residential care facilities outside of the State for each of the past five years at the request of parents or social workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20673/09]