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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Cork University Hospital and the redeveloped unit at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, remain unopened today, despite the completion of the units in the autumn of 2012 at an estimated spend of €900,000; if he will immediately address this situation in the interest of epilepsy patients here; if he will provide a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the Stroke Unit at South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel, including the date in which it opened, previous, present and future expected workload, the geographical area it provides services for, the staffing levels at this unit, the staff, numbers and WTE, that are specifically dedicated to this unit, the funding allocation to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Expenditure (7 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health if there are partial grants or financial assistance available for people seeking a home help or their own home help if the Health Service Executive cannot sent anyone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6457/13]

Magdalen Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I support the motion, but I regret that it has been made necessary by what I can only describe as the wholly inadequate response of the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice and Equality to the publication of the McAleese report last week. There is no excuse whatever for the mean-spirited and defensive utterances of the Taoiseach and the Minister. No doubt, they would prefer if we thought...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (12 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the shortest, longest and median turnaround time for Garda clearance; if he will outline the efforts he is making to ensure prompt turnaround of applications, with particular reference to those of potential staff members of health care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6949/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (12 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health if he will work in conjunction with the Health Service Executive to ensure the implementation of the strong recommendation of the jury in an inquest in Wexford (details supplied) that families of vulnerable patients be informed prior to release from any institution so they may put a support plan in place, as outlined by letter of 31 January 2013 from the Wexford...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Garda Vetting Applications (12 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he has made and will make to ensure prompt processing of Garda vetting applications, with particular reference to those of potential staff members of healthcare facilities; if he will detail the contact he has had with the Department for Justice and Equality in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6948/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Support Agency (13 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to publish the facilitating legislation for the establishment of the Child and Family Support Agency; the anticipated date on which the Child and Family Support Agency will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7444/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Support Agency (13 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The content of the Minister's reply has not changed very much since the previous occasion on which we addressed this issue. She is quite correct in stating that I remain fully supportive of the new agency. I look forward to it commencing operations. However, as she indicated in the previous reply she gave last July, almost eight months ago, the purpose of the task force's report was to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Support Agency (13 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If any further delay were to occur, I would be obliged to resubmit to the Minister my plea to the effect that the heads of the Bill should be published. I do not believe that doing so would in any way inhibit progress relating to the preparation of the legislation. It is my view that publishing the heads of Bills is good practice in all instances. I argued the matter with the previous...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Adoption Legislation (13 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she intends publishing the Adoption (Amendment) Bill to give legislative effect to the changes promised in the Children's Rights Constitutional Amendment passed by referendum last November; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7445/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Adoption Legislation (13 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is over three months since the electorate passed the children's referendum, on 10 November last. I would have hoped that by now we would have seen the publication of the necessary amending legislation to give effect to the wishes of the people in the new Article 42A.2.2°, which requires the State to put laws in place allowing for the adoption of any child, regardless of whether the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Adoption Legislation (13 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The provisional legislation published prior to the referendum was very straightforward. It was within the confines of what I once again put on the record of the House in my first question. Why we cannot proceed to address that three months later concerns me. Regarding the other matters the Minister is hoping to address in tandem with this legislation, what further delay will that cause in...

Other Questions: Youth Services (13 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: When does the Minister expect the roll-out of the signalled new youth cafés to commence? Will she share with the House the locations of these new initiatives? How many youth cafés will be in situ with the advent of the additional eight indicated? Regarding the area-based approach to the child poverty initiative that she announced as part of the two new strands to deal with child...

Other Questions: Youth Services (13 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What about the new locations?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Reports (13 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will publish the final report on the Ryan Implementation Plan in 2013; if she will list the outstanding recommendations yet to be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7303/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on Children's Rights (13 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ratify the third optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure, which would enable children and their families to make complaints to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7302/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Aftercare Services (13 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a statutory right to aftercare for children leaving the care system. [7608/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues (14 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health if he will withdraw his scheme of two-year contracts on reduced salaries for graduate nurses; if he will enter talks with nurses’ representatives who have expressed willingness to discuss genuine savings while safeguarding the already reduced pay of their members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7763/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues (14 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I was a member of the Sinn Féin delegation which met recently with the troika. I was very conscious in that regard of the impression - widely reported in the media - the Minister gave that permission to introduce what many call a yellow pack scheme for qualified nurses was achieved in negotiations with the troika. It was made clear to us by the troika at our meeting that the scheme is...