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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Consultancy Contracts (8 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister has never bothered to read them.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Consultancy Contracts (8 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The reality is very different.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme (8 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health if the review he initiated in his Department on how best to compensate those women victims of the former consultant Michael Neary and who were excluded from the terms of the redress scheme on the grounds of age, has reported to him; the way he intends to proceed; how quickly he will act, in view of the fact that the number of women involved continues to reduce;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance (8 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health the way he intends to address the refusal by his Department of Mobility Allowance to persons over 66 years of age; if he will immediately remove the age restrictions; if he will provide for retrospective payment to all those entitled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48958/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Immigration Policy (8 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 26 June 2012, if he will provide the 2011 figures; and if these figures can be broken down into criminal and immigration related offences. [49297/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (8 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the free anti-bullying resource for teachers at www.antibullyingcampaign.ie; if this or other similarly appropriate resources are made available to teachers; the level of supports, funding and training available for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49294/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (8 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the development of a new school (details provided) in County Dublin ; if that school is part of the new build schedule; the date on which works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49331/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (8 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; when a decision may be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49104/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49157/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Workers Register (8 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail all costs associated with the full introduction of the health and social care professions legislation which are to be levied on individual workers; if he will provide a breakdown of same by profession; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that €295 per annum will be levied on individual social workers; his views on whether this is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (8 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in full detail the process for the awarding of the contract for a Primary Care Centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; if the latest contract was agreed as a result of a fully competitive tendering process; the detail of same; the current stage of development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49330/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Community and Voluntary Groups (8 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join the Chairman in welcoming each of the contributors. I am of similar mind to the views expressed by Mr. Chris Macey of the Irish Heart Foundation and Mr. John McCormack of the Irish Cancer Society, whose respective contributions I welcome. In the limited time available to me, it will not be possible for me to direct questions to all five lead speakers. I would like to highlight a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Community and Voluntary Groups (8 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I believe that decisions are being taken by HSE managers and the Minister without any consideration of impact. I am awaiting a reply to a parliamentary question to the Minister on this issue. I had hoped to have that response with me today. However, perhaps Mr. Dolan will say, authoritatively or from an informed and speculative basis, what would have been the impact, had it proceeded, of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Community and Voluntary Groups (8 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the guests who are the last four of nine we will have heard this morning. I ask the Chairman, as it has been an important opportunity for each of the groups but also for each of us, if he proposes to act on the information provided? It should not only be about airing one's concerns and hopes it is what actions the committee might take. I do not want to be prescriptive but my view...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the fact the Minister has put on the record a commitment to afford due regulation and recognition of counsellors and psychotherapists within a reasonable time. I hope it will be realised within a reasonable period. He has stated it is in the interest of the patient, the public and the profession. Only a month has elapsed since we last addressed this legislation. Has there been...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I clearly recall the presentation of the initial consideration dating back to the period to which Deputy Dan Neville referred during the tenure of the last Administration and the then Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney. It was something I supported at the time and the Deputy has made a sustainable and convincing case. The point he makes on including psychological therapists and...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister is perplexed. He cannot understand all of this agreement. It is too much for him.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: One never knows.

Credit Union Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. I echo the comments of a number of previous speakers, from my own party and others, in commending the credit union movement on its contribution to Irish life and communities right across the island. As outlined by my party colleague and spokesperson on finance, Deputy Pearse Doherty, in his contribution to this debate last week,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons in households with children are almost three times as likely to be in debt arising from ordinary living expenses compared with those living in households without children; if she has investigated the impact that any cut to child benefit would have on the level of debt amongst households with...