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Written Answers — Alcohol Policy: Alcohol Policy (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 160 of 28 March 2006, the recommendations that the working group on alcohol made with respect to having alcohol excluded from below-cost selling upon the revocation of the groceries order; which of these recommendations were conveyed to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; if any...

Written Answers — Alcohol Policy: Alcohol Policy (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason she has no plans to set up an office of alcohol control, in view of the annual cost of alcohol and the consequences of its abuse to the Irish Exchequer. [15570/06]

Written Answers — Alcohol Policy: Alcohol Policy (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether experts on foetal alcohol spectrum disorders should be involved in assessment of the need for pregnancy-specific warnings on alcoholic beverages; and if she will ensure that such experts are appointed to the working group on alcohol. [15571/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress to date in the talks on the renegotiation of the consultants' common contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15482/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on progress to date in the talks on the renegotiation of the consultants' common contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15711/06]

Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposal for the establishment of a centralised national organ donor register as a more effective means of ensuring the availability of organs for life-saving transplants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15483/06]

Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the proposal for the establishment of a centralised national organ donor register as a more effective means of ensuring the availability of organs for life-saving transplants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15712/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report Small Hospital, Big Service published by the Nenagh Hospital Action Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15713/06]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the situation with regard to the planned new children's hospital on a Dublin site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15715/06]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children here who were born with adverse affects from the drug thalidomide. [15572/06]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the progress of the recently established task force on the accident and emergency crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15714/06]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to increase the number of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists available to meet the needs of children with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15716/06]

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: He certainly would not be at that game.

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We all knew that this Government was in disarray in its stewardship of the health services but this motion shows clearly that it has lost the plot altogether. Yesterday 331 patients were on trolleys and chairs in accident and emergency units in this State. That is the most telling answer to this bizarre, self-congratulatory motion from the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children,...

Cancer Screening Programme. (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Tánaiste's earlier response on the number of women who do not take up the opportunity, for the following reason. Does she recall that a mammography machine was located at Cavan General Hospital for several years, that it was never used and was then transferred to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda? During its time at Cavan a number of radiographers were specially trained in...

Cancer Screening Programme. (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What is the Minister doing about the transport needs?

Cancer Screening Programme. (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not a matter for others, it is a matter for the Tánaiste. She cannot wash her hands of this.

Proposed Legislation. (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: While I acknowledge that the Tánaiste clearly envisages that the legislation will address the important issue of ensuring that all medical practitioners are properly qualified and trained, would she not also accept that we can have no dependence on whistleblowing alone in terms of drawing public and wider attention to malpractice or irregularities in terms of service delivery in any of the...

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I can certainly tell at this point that there is no——

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No. With the difficulties clearly identified——