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Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On my behalf and on behalf of Sinn Féin I fully support the motion in the name of the Deputies in the Technical Group. The motion recognises the absolutely critical contribution of carers in our society and it calls for the reversal of one of the cruellest cuts in budget 2013, the cut to carer's respite grant. I ask all Ministers and all Government Deputies who were in the last...

Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am happy to fill the minute if that is what you want me to do, a Cheann Comhairle.

Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will certainly reiterate my appeal to the Minister of State. This is one of those glaring obscenities in budget 2013 of which there are many. I am very conscious of the extent of the discomfort this has caused for backbench Deputies in both Fine Gael and Labour - it is not unique to Labour in this instance. I urge the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, to use her special position in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the institutions in which children with special care needs have been placed overseas by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56768/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Children's Strategy (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will list the 20% of actions from the National Children Strategy that have not been completed; and the reason that they have not been completed [56767/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost of the EU Presidency 2013 on his Department and its agencies; if he will provide a full breakdown of same; the way this cost compares to the previous Irish Presidency; the specific sponsorship deals which have been entered into in respect of the EU Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the impact of changes to pupil-teacher ratios on PLC courses and the total number of teaching posts in the Cavan/Monaghan area in view of Budget 2013; if he will detail the impact assessment that was conducted in advance of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56479/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 20 November 2012, if he will give assurances to students in receipt of a maintenance and top up grant for the academic year 2012/2013 under the category NA1-T, that second and subsequent instalments are guaranteed and will not be reduced as a result of Budget 2013; if he will, in addition provide details...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in respect of a Student Universal Support Ireland application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if he will process this application as a matter of urgency; when first payment will issue [56883/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Education Committees (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline and stages of plans to amalgamate Cavan and Monaghan vocational education committees; if he will confirm that the incoming newly amalgamated board is to have only two staff representatives, one from Cavan and one from Monaghan; his views on whether this is under-representative in view of the role of staff in the delivery of services;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Commission Reports (18 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he received the 2012 Inspection Report from the Mental Health Commission; the steps he is taking to ensure that all issues raised in these reports are addressed; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56502/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Home Help Service (19 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health if the approximately 950,000 home help hours cut in 2012 will be fully restored; if all individual recipients of home help support who had hours cut in 2012 will have them restored immediately or early in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57247/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Home Help Service (19 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In her post-budget speech, the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, made a vague claim that there is a commitment on the part of the Government to restore home help hours and home care packages. Questioned by me at a recent meeting of the Committee on Health, the Minister indicated he intended to restore funding in 2013 to the 2012 level. My core objective...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Home Help Service (19 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I can only interpret from the Minister's reply that he intends to restore the budget to the funding level that pertained prior to 30 August 2012. One can only presume that while he is not saying this clearly, the cuts announced in the Budget Statement of December 2011 for 2012 will stand. Does the Minister accept that the home help hours and home supports being provided are among the most...

Other Questions: Obesity Levels (19 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Last February, the Minister told the Dáil there would be a voluntary code which would be monitored over a period of time. In the event of non-compliance or if it did not bear fruit, the Minister said he would legislate. Much of the focus in this regard has been on restaurant menus. I believe it should be directed at the foodstuffs we buy in supermarkets and the local convenience store...

Other Questions: Symphysiotomy Report (19 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister indicated some time early in the new year. On receipt of the report, I presume the Minister will publish it so that we have the opportunity to examine its content. Whatever the final Walsh report contains, there is an onus and responsibility on all political voices to listen to the demands of the victims of what I have always seen as a barbarous procedure, a view the Minister...

Other Questions: Symphysiotomy Report (19 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I accept the Minister's point that concern at this matter is shared across the board in the Chamber. I acknowledge the commitment of members of both Government parties in regard to the all-party group. Their contribution and their commitment to resolving this issue is unquestioned. I ask the Minister to accept, whatever legal advices might be presented, that there is equal and, arguably,...

Other Questions: Medicinal Products (19 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: When does the Minister of State expect the arrangement he has outlined to take effect? Some generic substitutions are costing between 96% and 98% of the originator medicine, which is a very marginal saving and defeats the purpose of replacement and of whatever savings can be accrued from it. Can the Minister outline the action being taken to give effect to the commitment he has outlined? ...

Other Questions: Medicinal Products (19 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I recommit to offer every support for the fast-tracking of this Bill which I, of course, support. We should use this opportunity to consider ideas to improve the legislation. That is how we should approach legislation, as opposition voices. If we are not opposed to a measure our amendments are intent on improving it, where possible. We should use the intervening period before the...

Other Questions: Ambulance Service (19 Dec 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My attention has been drawn to a report in the Donegal Democrat of Monday, 26 November. This referred to a situation where a distraught mother had to drive her unconscious child to hospital while a paramedic tended to the child in the back seat of the car. If this was an isolated incident, it might not have been raised in this way, but I am told there are other reported instances where...