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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (25 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 229. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 979 of 16 January 2013, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [19638/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Correspondence (25 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 231. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 27 March 2013, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19650/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (25 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to increase bus services to a town (details supplied) in County Meath; if he will outline detail of same; his views that the current service is unsatisfactory in view of the increase in population in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19648/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (25 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to increase bus services to a town (details supplied) in County Meath; if he will outline detail of same; his views that the current service is unsatisfactory in view of the increase in population in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19649/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I joint with the Chairman and other colleagues in welcoming each of the contributors. Like so much in life and death, this is not a straightforward issue by any measure. Dr. O'Rourke talked about the one-page system. It must be acknowledged that, irrespective of the different views on presumption or signing up, everybody is sincerely working towards the objective of improved donor...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I concur with Deputy Billy Kelleher. On my question about the current complement of those practising, Professor Hickey has indicated that it is in the order of 20 whole-time equivalents. What is the current complement across the board of kidney and all other relevant specialties and what figure does he believe it should be? On the concpet of presumed consent, all of the views expressed...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (30 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the amount paid to private landlords through rent allowance for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; broken down by local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19935/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (30 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 395. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline any changes and/or amendments his Department will be making in the coming months regarding standards for privately owned septic tanks and the qualifications required from operators who install and or service septic tanks;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19903/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 519. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the most recent outpatient waiting times at Waterford Regional Hospital; if he will provide a breakdown of same by speciality and by waiting time, less than three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to twelve months, one to three years and more than three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (30 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 543. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 5 March 2013, when Health Service Executive policy that persons who have both an LTI card and a medical card should use their medical card to access medicines came into effect; his views on whether this leaves those patient at a financial disadvantage compared to those on the LTI scheme only; the measures he is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (30 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 544. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who hold both an LTI card and a full medical card; and the number who hold both an LTI card and a general practitioner only medical card. [19933/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (30 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 545. To ask the Minister for Health if it is now policy to refuse LTI cards to newly diagnosed diabetes sufferers who already have medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19934/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 571. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to secure a base for the Order of Malta branch in Kells, County Meath, in view of its important role in the delivery of health services and supports in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20151/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (30 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 573. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the range of mental health services available for adults, adolescents and children in the Cavan Monaghan constituency and across the Dublin north east region; if he will outline his plans for further developments already signed off on but yet to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20159/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (30 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 577. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that unmarked ambulance and emergency vehicles are in use in the Kildare area; if these include high powered vehicles; if he will detail the date of purchase and cost of same; if it is policy that workers are allowed take these vehicles home; if this practice has ever left any area short of vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (30 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 578. To ask the Minister for Health the vehicle maintenance protocol for emergency vehicles in the Kildare area; if it is the case that there are two qualified mechanics employed by the Health Service Executive in the eastern region yet when vehicles are scheduled for routine maintenance they have to go off the road to a main garage for repairs at extra expense to the taxpayer; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (30 Apr 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 579. To ask the Minister for Health the level of mileage at which ambulances are at the end of their life; the process for ensuring that that is the case; the number of vehicles in the Kildare area which have surpassed this mileage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20278/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Eligibility (1 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: During the Easter recess, Members of the Oireachtas received an email from the HSE informing us that further restrictions in medical card eligibility were being introduced in April. In the communication the HSE told us it was amending the eligibility criteria relating to medical cards by removing home improvement loans and excluding the first €50 per week from travel to work expenses...

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Eligibility (1 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Again, I have to ask the Minister to accept that the situation regarding the transport expenses will significantly discriminate against people who live in the vast swathes of rural Ireland where there are no public transport facilities. Workers on comparable incomes carrying out similar tasks on a daily basis located in any of the major urban and city centres that have public transport will...

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Eligibility (1 May 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is no such guarantee in this situation.