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Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: When will the legislation be published?

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (10 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the fact that savings amounting to €15 billion will be needed which is twice the sum that was under discussion at the time Ireland and the Commission agreed to bring our deficit below 3% of GDP by 2014, he will seek to renegotiate with the European Commission to extend the 2014 deadline; if the European Commission have expressed...

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (10 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has audited the delivery of lending commitments by banks made as part of the €7 billion recapitalisation agreement in 2009; the progress that has been made to date by Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland in delivering €3 billion in credit each to small and medium enterprises; when will he be able to audit the lending plans of the two...

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (10 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 5 October 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive [42064/10]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (10 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 5 October 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive [42065/10]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (10 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 5 October 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive [42066/10]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (10 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 5 October 2010 when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive [42067/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (10 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan [41823/10]

General Practitioner Services (11 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Minister's indication that she hopes for a situation of universal access for GPs to the General Medical Services scheme. That is as it should be and I fully concur with Deputy Lynch's argument. As a backdrop, is there not also the issue of the real shortage of GPs per head of population? When a comparison is made between Ireland and Germany, it is noted that Germany has twice...

Health Promotion (11 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Regardless of the recommendations made in the forthcoming report, I have sympathy with the Minister of State and the Government in trying to address this issue which cannot be left to the Government alone to deal with because a major societal issue is involved. In trying to address it is the Minister of State cognisant that in the past week an editorial in a newspaper with a significant...

Hospital Services (11 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can the Minister estimate the number of hospital beds that will be lost as a result of the cuts she has signalled to front line spending in the health services? In response to previous parliamentary questions she estimated these cuts at between €600 million and €1 billion. How will she explain the ongoing abuse and waste within our two tier system to patients who depend on public...

Health Service Investigations (11 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Hayes report on Tallaght Hospital. I urge the full and early implementation of all the recommendations in the report. Tallaght Hospital is a fine hospital. Its staff and patients deserve full support. While I acknowledge that progress is being made in addressing administration and filing deficiencies, I must refer again to the cutbacks the Minister has signalled for 2011....

Health Service Investigations (11 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is a real concern not only in Tallaght but in all hospital sites at this time. The Minister has said we have a challenging time ahead. The reality is that it will be a serious time, or worse, in the lives of the many patients who present themselves at our hospitals.

Health Service Investigations (11 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Since the publication of the Hayes report, has the Minister had any direct engagement with the management at Tallaght Hospital on the potential for the full implementation of the report's recommendations? I appealed earlier for the deficiencies identified at Tallaght to be rectified at the earliest opportunity. Can the Minister indicate what steps she has taken to ensure the recommendations...

Hospital Laboratories (11 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I asked the Minister a couple of questions on 22 April last. The answer I received to one question, which was particularly detailed, was incomplete. I have to say, with respect, that the answer the Minister has given me this afternoon is also incomplete. I will persist, however. The Minister claimed in response to Questions Nos. 84 and 85 of 22 April last that the Association of Clinical...

Hospital Laboratories (11 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Minister concerned that she gave false information in a parliamentary reply to this Deputy on this issue, as I have indicated to her? With regard to the certification and proper standards of the laboratories to be employed, what assurances do we have the laboratories that will be outsourced domestically or to foreign locations will reach the standards we hope for? Is she aware that...

Written Answers — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (11 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of savings which she recently claimed needed to be made in the health budget [41899/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new kidney dialysis unit in Mayo General Hospital will be ready to accommodate patients who are currently travelling a five-hour round trip three times per week to receive dialysis in University College Hospital. [42120/10]

Consultancy Contracts (16 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach if the group established to oversee the awarding of public relations contracts by Ministers is still operating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32342/10]

Consultancy Contracts (16 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: How is it decided whether PR work will be undertaken by the Department or Government press office or will be contracted out, as is sometimes the case? The Taoiseach has indicated that any such examination is not undertaken by a committee. Can he be more specific about whether there is a designated person within the Government secretariat, his own Department or anywhere else who has...