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Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Yesterday I asked the Taoiseach to schedule at an early opportunity a Dáil debate to address the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. The report published yesterday contains what can only be described as a sickening litany of abuse and exploitation. It is an indictment of not only the religious orders, but also the State through successive Governments. The Department of...

Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On the same matter-----

Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will make a single point.

Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It may well be. I fully concur with Deputy Higgins and stress the importance of including the mental health commission's report, which was published on 14 May.

Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is absolutely vital.

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Motion (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome this debate and the opportunity to highlight the condition of muscular dystrophy, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy, DMD, and the needs of people with this condition and their families. It is unfortunate that the Dáil cannot speak with one voice on this issue. While the motion put down by the Minister of State, Deputy John Moloney, sets out some of the key facts, it is narrow...

Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have no difficulty with the stated purpose of the Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 which is to affirm the purposes of the previous Health Insurance Acts, ensure that access to health insurance cover is available to all consumers regardless of age and health status, to strengthen the legislative provisions to achieve this purpose, to enhance intergenerational solidarity...

Health Service Staff. (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Enhanced primary care teams have been presented as a way of addressing overcrowding in hospitals and, unbelievably, as a substitute for acute hospital care in the context of the downgrading of local hospitals in areas such as Monaghan, Dundalk, Nenagh, Ennis, Cork and Kerry. How is this enhanced care in the community to be delivered under the embargo on recruitment? From where will these...

Health Service Staff. (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is no universal access. How will the Minister square that circle in relation to universal entitlement? These are not alternatives to existing acute hospital services.

Health Service Staff. (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It has been promised for nine years in the programme for Government.

Health Service Staff. (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is also included in the current programme for Government.

Health Service Staff. (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister cannot say when it will be published. That is not a response. None of that is a response.

Health Service Staff. (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not think it is very far away given the closure of acute services at Monaghan General Hospital.

Health Service Staff. (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is not an alternative.

Health Service Staff. (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Leas Cheann Comhairle should mention that to the Minister. She has not responded once.

Health Service Inquiries. (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On a point of order, why has Question No. 7 not been grouped with similar questions as was the practice with the first non-priority question? I refer to Question No. 22, which would be the first and there are others.

Health Service Inquiries. (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is very poor that questions that are exactly the same are not being grouped under this response.

Health Service Inquiries. (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I would like to ask a question that is appropriate at the end.

Health Service Inquiries. (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I put it again to the Minister of State that precedents exist for putting the uncensored report before the Joint Committee on Health and Children so that it can be published under Oireachtas privilege. Apart from the crutch of legal advice, he has not explained why he will not do this. If he rigidly insists on refusing to allow publication of the full report in any form, will he at least...

Health Service Inquiries. (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My question was specific to the public health nursing service for children under the age of five. The report highlights major deficiencies in that regard.