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Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (5 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to extend the nursing home repayment scheme to medical card holders who were in private care homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6532/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (5 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will make funding available, as a matter of priority, to reopen Wicklow General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6753/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will reverse the cuts to dental treatment services imposed by the last Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6813/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is proposed to proceed with contracts between the Health Service Executive and clinical dental technicians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6814/11]

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to share time with Deputy Ellis such that we will each have ten minutes.

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On April Fool's Day 2011 people in this country woke up to the reality that the new Fine Gael-Labour coalition Government, elected on the basis that it promised real change, had just pledged to pour another €24 billion of our money down the banking black hole. Many people no doubt had the feeling they were taken for fools when they voted for Fine Gael and Labour in the belief that things...

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (6 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 50: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to reform and empower local government, including introducing participatory democracy initiatives. [6923/11]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (6 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the reduced naturalisation fee of €200 applies to the widows of naturalised Irish citizens as well as the widows of persons born with Irish citizenship; if not, the basis for the differential treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7013/11]

Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On foot of the publication of the legislative programme, the signalled intent regarding the legislation that traditionally has come under the responsibility of the Department of Health and Children makes clear that it is continuing under the aegis of that Department. I for one, greatly welcome the new Government's decision to set up a new Department for children. How soon does the Tánaiste...

Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Very briefly-----

Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With the Ceann Comhairle's indulgence-----

Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What about the other promised legislation?

Suicide Prevention: Statements (7 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. By far the greatest tragedies in this economic crisis are the tragedies of people taking their own lives. That is an appalling reality that I have encountered directly. We can never fully answer the question of why individuals choose suicide but I know of cases where financial pressure pushed vulnerable people to the ultimate extreme of suicide. These...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (7 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding medical card applications in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [7098/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (7 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [7099/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to introduce legislation requiring labels on alcohol products to warn of the dangers of drinking during pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7174/11]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (7 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 30 March 2011, if he will provide clarification on the nature of the care institutions represented by the other category. [7175/11]

Hospital Services (12 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to restore the services cut from Monaghan General Hospital [7612/11]

Hospital Services (12 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is the first opportunity I have had to address the Minister on issues of concern to us all. I wish him well in his new role and responsibilities. It is no coincidence that I have chosen as the subject of my first priority question to him the hospital I know best, the one chosen to act as a blueprint for the decimation by a series of former Governments of local services at local...

Hospital Services (12 Apr 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Minister accept that the removal of services from Monaghan General Hospital and the other hospital sites to which I have referred has created an impossible working environment for consultants, doctors, nurses and other front-line service providers in County Cavan, in particular, but also in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda? That is untenable and cannot be allowed to continue....