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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Report on “A Good Death”: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Jul 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The committee is sitting in its capacity as the joint sub-committee on the Ombudsman to consider the report of the Office of the Ombudsman on “A Good Death”. I remind all those present to put their mobile phones to safe mode or switch them off entirely as they interfere with the sound recording system. I apologise to the Ombudsman and the director general from that office for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Report on “A Good Death”: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Jul 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does Ms McNally wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Report on “A Good Death”: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Jul 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The issue of private versus public hospitals was raised. During a previous interaction between the committee and the Ombudsman, he raised with us the need to ensure that all public services, whether delivered by a private or public company, come under the jurisdiction of the Ombudsman, which is an issue that arises not only in Ireland but throughout Europe. It is an issue on which the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Report on “A Good Death”: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Jul 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With regard to "do not resuscitate" decisions, do the witnesses believe there is a need to examine the guidelines or the legislation? The report indicates the families may not have understood the full implications of the term so is there more work to be done in the area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Report on “A Good Death”: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Jul 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Has the HSE corresponded about the report or accepted the conclusions? Will they be factored into practice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Report on “A Good Death”: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Jul 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Our committee will deliberate but we may wish to do a follow-up with the HSE to gauge its response to the report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Report on “A Good Death”: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Jul 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Our apologies for the delay in getting started, but we thank the Ombudsman and the director general for attending and we look forward to engaging with them. At our previous meeting, the Ombudsman raised a number of key priorities for his office. Our committee looks forward to advancing those with him in the autumn session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Report on “A Good Death”: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Jul 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will allow the witnesses to leave before entering private session.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is just symbolism.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Review (17 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will allocate funding support to the provider and licence holder of the Buncrana, County Donegal to Derry City bus route to reinstate the rights of the elderly and disabled free bus pass holders who avail of the service in view of the distress and financial strain caused to the elderly and disabled who rely on this route. [34198/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Non-EEA Student Registrations (17 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 555. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of non-EEA students registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau from 2005 to 2014; and if he will provide a breakdown of this number for each year by non-EEA new student registrations and repeat registrations. [32961/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (17 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 583. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of convicted persons imprisoned for less than one week; less than two weeks; less than three weeks; less than four weeks; less than five week; less than six weeks; less than seven weeks; less than eight weeks; less than nine weeks; less than ten weeks; less than eleven weeks; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (17 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 584. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 16 July 2014, the position regarding the table contained within indicating the proportional distribution of the number of prisoners who served less than three months in prison; and if the majority of these were at the longer or shorter end of the scale. [33408/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (17 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 656. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau since its inception, broken down by region; and the way this money has been spent. [34144/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: European Arrest Warrant (17 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 702. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will disclose the advice she received, and from whom, that informed the decision of the then Minister for Justice to delete section 42(C) of the European Arrest Warrant Act in February 2005; if she will publish the correspondence setting out such advice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34816/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (17 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1071. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the ongoing failure of the Health Service Executive to ensure that training colleges here are providing the requisite number of non-consultant hospital doctors and interns to hospitals throughout the State. [34205/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (17 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1072. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of non-consultant hospital doctors that are employed on a locum basis in hospitals throughout the State; the numbers of NCHDs that are employed on a contract basis; and the difference in cost to employ a NCHD on a locum basis as opposed to a contract basis. [34206/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (17 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1083. To ask the Minister for Health if every hospital here complies with every aspect of the European working time directive; if he will provide the information in tabular form and on a hospital basis; and for the hospitals that do not comply in full, when those hospitals expect to be in a position to comply. [34341/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (17 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1163. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) [32974/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of any negotiations with the Canadian Government regarding the extension of the current time limit of two years on visas for Irish citizens working in Canada. [34196/14]