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Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is unsuitable for people with severe mental health issues.

Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Minister of State clarify the matter and revisit the proposal in light of what I have said?

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?

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...

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to share time with Deputy Costello. I will read into the record the motion of no confidence in the Minister for Finance tabled by the four Sinn Féin Deputies: "That the Dáil: — expressing its serious concerns about revelations in the RTE Freefall documentary on 6 September, 2010 that Bank of Ireland Chairman, Mr. Richard Burrows and Chief Executive, Mr. Brian Goggin were informed...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to address the high level of general practitioner fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34707/10]

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the case that she agreed with the Minister for Health (details supplied), Social Services and Public Safety in the Six Counties not to take forward or to publish the North - South feasibility report on cooperation in health; if so, the meeting or meetings at which she agreed not to take forward or publish this report; if her...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to reports that migrant women facing domestic violence have been denied social assistance for failure to meet the habitual residence condition; if she will direct community welfare officers to disregard the HRC in such cases so that these women and their children are not left destitute or forced to...

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason community welfare officers are permitted to deny supplementary welfare allowance for failure to satisfy the habitual residence condition without offering the applicant a ticket back to the country of previous residence in circumstances where the applicant is unable to avail of any other source of income; the way persons in...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if asylum seekers who leave the direct provision system will have their medical cards revoked, even if they have existing medical conditions; if so, the reason for this in view of the fact that their incomes will still be below the medical card threshold as they are excluded from employment and the social welfare system; and if she...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if any attempt has been made to quantify the cost that has been incurred for providing mental health services to asylum seekers who have spent several years in the direct provision system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34595/10]