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Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the future of the Office of the Disability Appeals Officer, ODAO; the provisions that are currently in place for parents wishing to make an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4418/12]

Inter-Country Adoption: Statements (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The laws surrounding adoption, both domestic and intercountry, were for many years a tangled web. The Adoption Act 2009 rectified some of the issues at the heart of what was, legislatively speaking, a complex mess. Section 19 of that Act stated that in any matter, application or proceedings before the Adoption Authority or in any court, the welfare of the child must be regarded as the first...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the Forfás and National Competitiveness Council recommendation that housing benefits should depend on income rather than employment status and should be retained for a period as in in-work benefit. [4340/12]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she did not conduct a review of community employment schemes prior to her decision to cut the training and materials budgets by two thirds; and if she will reinstate the budgets at 2011 levels. [4339/12]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the right to education is vindicated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [4508/12]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further steps he will take to implement in full the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4511/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take directly with the Health Service Executive to ensure that the necessary supports and therapies are made available to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [4509/12]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health the current status of Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005 with regard to children over five and his intentions in terms of implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4510/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Carlow has access to urgent neuro-surgery which has been repeatedly postponed at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4612/12]

Written Answers — Embassy Staff: Embassy Staff (31 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the new measures he will introduce governing the application procedures for embassy visas for domestic workers; and the timeframe for when these new regulations will be established. [5489/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (31 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Irish, EU and non-EU citizens who were refused a welfare payment in 2011 due to failure to satisfy the habitual residence condition. [5453/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (31 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of successfully appealed cases in 2010 and 2011 that were initially refused based on failure to satisfy the habitual residence condition. [5454/12]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Accommodation: Nursing Home Accommodation (31 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health if he will list the 404 private nursing homes, the 48 voluntary nursing homes and the 121 public nursing homes here at the end of 2011; and the number of beds in each. [4892/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 592: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [4986/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 609: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the extensive cuts in services proposed by the Health Service Executive for Waterford Regional Hospital, including the closing of three theatres and the reduction of in-patient care by 5% - 200 patients - and 10% in day cases - 2000 patients; his plans to prevent such cuts in services; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that the critical care unit at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, the construction of which is near completion, will not now be operational when the building is opened, due to financial restraints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5102/12]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (31 Jan 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 611: To ask the Minister for Health if he will work with the Health Service Executive to ensure the future of St Conlon's Nursing Home, Nenagh, County Tipperary, including putting in place measures to allow this home to operate to its full capacity of 33 beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5103/12]

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The HSE national service plan 2012 implements the continuing regime of cruel cuts begun by the Fianna Fáil and Green Party Government, and now continued by the Fine Gael and Labour coalition. This is a plan for the wholesale destruction of services across all sectors of our health care system. It is no wonder that the Government will do anything to avoid a referendum on the EU austerity...

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Those are the figures and we will see by 29 February. He said the HSE had not demonstrated how it intended to deal with the shortfall. The Minister should deal with the shortfall and tell us what the contingency plan is.

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What is the Minister's contingency plan in that area and throughout the health services? It is not contained in the Minister's health service plan 2012.