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Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (18 Jul 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health the current total annual cost of payments to hospital consultants under the various consultants' contracts, broken down by category of contract. [35752/12]

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask the Tánaiste to use the opportunity offered by the final Leader's Questions of this Dáil session to firmly rule out any attempt to curtail further entitlements to medical cards, as proposed yesterday by the IMF. Will he also rule out Government consideration of an attack on child benefit? When the Cabinet met last Tuesday to sign off on the Health Service Executive Governance Bill...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Tánaiste accept that the health budget allocation in 2012 was such that the targeted so-called savings were unrealisable, with a €750 million cut this year built on a cut of €1 billion in the previous year? Does he accept that these are unrealisable targets and that we have burdened health service delivery management with an unattainable target for this year?

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Tánaiste failed to answer my questions directly. I asked him to avail of the opportunity to state firmly and clearly that no countenance would be given to the IMF's recommendation of a further curtailment of access to medical cards. He has not ruled this out. He spoke in vague terms about what might happen some point down the road, but he has not ruled this out, nor has he ruled out...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have asked about the matter of the departure of Cathal Magee. The Tánaiste will not share with us the so-called confidentiality of Cabinet discussions, but-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will ask the Tánaiste again. When and how did he become aware of Mr. Magee's decision? What does the Tánaiste believe to be the current relationship between the Labour Party Minister of State at the Department of Health and the senior Minister with responsibility there? Is it not clear that the Tánaiste has had to assert his and his party's position-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----or is it going to be Reilly's way rather than Labour's way?

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What about my question about Mr. Magee? I hope the Tánaiste is not hiding behind the Ceann Comhairle. Surely the Tánaiste will answer that question.

Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not agreed. I wish to object only on the basis of the imposition of the guillotine in regard to this important Bill. There is no excuse for curtailing the opportunity for full participation. I object to the guillotine in principle.

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (19 Jul 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 727: To ask the Minister for Health the total health spend on agency staff; the number of whole time equivalent this equates to; and the details for same for the years 2008 to 2012 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36253/12]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (19 Jul 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 728: To ask the Minister for Health if there is a full time ambulance located in Ashbourne, County Meath; if he will provide the ambulance cover for that town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36254/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (19 Jul 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 729: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the number and grade of all hospital consultants in the State; the total, highest and lowest person and the average spend on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36255/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (19 Jul 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 730: To ask the Minister for Health the salaries and expenses of all Health Service Executive Allied Health Professionals receiving more than €100,000 per annum [36256/12]

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Sinn Féin Deputies have no confidence in the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, and we deplore the Government’s attacks on our public health services. We roundly reject its fundamentally flawed and inherited health policy. We will be voting accordingly at the end of this debate. Ar dtús, molaim an leasú in ainmneacha na dTeachtaí Shinn Féin....

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Some €1 billion was cut from health spending in 2011 and the Department of Health is referring to an overall reduction of €2 billion up to 2014. This is scary stuff. The Fine Gael-Labour Government puts the diktats of the troika before the old, the sick and people with disabilities in Irish society. There is no other conclusion. Regularly, the Government points to the troika...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Fianna Fáil Party motion is carefully worded because that party agrees with austerity and cannot fully oppose health cuts based on austerity, not to mention the party's own appalling record in office from 1997 to 2011, not least in respect of health.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Fianna Fáil Party had the opportunity to transform our health services, but squandered it just as it squandered so much else that could have made for a better society. It certainly had the time and means to make a difference. I appreciate that the current Government does not, but it none the less has a responsibility. Its members saw it and knew it when they stood in my current...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will park some of what I had prepared to say. There must be a major change not only in health policy, but in the economic strategy being pursued if we are to avoid a meltdown in the public health services. The first step is not just the removal or resignation of the Minister in place, but equally the adoption of a health policy based on fairness, equity and access for all on the basis of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (18 Sep 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reverse his decision to close Lisbrook Direct Provision centre for refugees in Galway City. [39260/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programme (18 Sep 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that adequate capacity is in place to facilitate the rollout of the national cancer screening programme in 2012; that the bowel cancer screening programme is extended to people aged 55 to 74 years; that multi-annual funding is in place to support the programme by the end of 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37146/12]